We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

13 pounds of water weight?? TMI

leantonedliz
leantonedliz Posts: 13
edited January 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Not sure how, but I know I haven't gained 13 pounds and I am basically the same exact size as I have been.

Is this...poop...bloat...what is it?

I haven't been eating a ton of sodium lately, so you'd think it would be the opposite, right?

Maybe I haven't been going to the bathroom as much lately? I don't really pay much attention to it...

Or do you think the scale is broken?! AHH! HELP!

Replies

  • leantonedliz
    leantonedliz Posts: 13
    Oh also I should mention I have my yearly physical tomorrow and it's probably going to be awkward if I go in having "gained" 13 pounds...which is like 10% of my weight (I'm really short lol)
  • supermodelchic
    supermodelchic Posts: 550 Member
    Hmm no clue hun , that's alot of extra weight, take your measurements, see if they measure up to what you should be, and hey your going to the doctor's ask them..
  • leantonedliz
    leantonedliz Posts: 13
    I just took them, they are exactly the same as they were the other day...
  • wtfusernameisnttaken
    wtfusernameisnttaken Posts: 192
    If you've been doing a lot of strength training over the past few days/weeks you could have gained more muscle mass, which wouldn't necessarily increase your inches but definitely increase your weight.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,151 Member
    Scale in the same spot? Wearing the same clothes? Same time of day? Did you just eat? ToM?
  • janessanessa
    janessanessa Posts: 299 Member
    may be water weight, especially if you have recently done any sort of vigorous workouts or a race etc. all of those little tears in muscle fibers lead to an increase in water weight as your body repairs them....may also be a fluctuation in scale or menstrual cycle. recheck tomorrow AM after drinking plenty of plain water and flushing your system out a bit maybe?
This discussion has been closed.

Categories