Huge weight swing while on vacation

buffcleb
buffcleb Posts: 150 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I was in vegas for just over a week... I ran most days but intentionally had fun and ate probably 1000 calories over what I normally do every day... last day we hit a french buffet in Paris and I don't even want to guess at how many calories that dinner was...

so after my vegas trip my weight went up 17 pounds... holly $#%) right... thats almost 10%...

well in the last 5 days 11 pounds gone... I am going to wait another week before recording my official weight again... I am on maintenance and have been for about 4 months... anyone else have huge swings in their weight while on vacation

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  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    Lots of people do. And it's water. Because if you think you really burned 10,000 calories a day for 5 days (which is what it would take to lose 11 pounds of weight in 5 days, assuming a TDEE of 2200), I'd love to know what you did for those 5 days.
  • AlicesNirvanaHealthWellness
    AlicesNirvanaHealthWellness Posts: 111 Member
    I'm going on vacation tomorrow and worried about the balance between family fun and eating calorie deficit
  • buffcleb
    buffcleb Posts: 150 Member
    I didn't worry about it... figured having fun for one week would not kill me... but I did not expect a 10% weight gain... even if it was only temporarily...
  • kgraves3
    kgraves3 Posts: 28 Member
    Don't panic. Keep in mind that there are about 3500 kcal in a pound of fat. So that means that in your week in Vegas, you would have had to have eaten almost 60,000 kcal over maintenance to have gained 17 pounds of fat.

    You've probably gained a small amount of fat and have retained a lot more water than usual. Go back to your normal, healthy lifestyle and you'll be back to your pre-vacation weight soon enough.
  • sinistras
    sinistras Posts: 244 Member
    Did you poop in proportion to your eating in Vegas? Are you back on track now? Hope so! Poops don't lie!
  • pineapple_jojo
    pineapple_jojo Posts: 440 Member
    Did you go by plane? I really retain water when i do that and then after a couple of days it goes - perhaps that explains some of the gain?
  • buffcleb
    buffcleb Posts: 150 Member
    Did you poop in proportion to your eating in Vegas? Are you back on track now? Hope so! Poops don't lie!

    I had issues... second day in had to hit the drug store after getting a case of the runs... then didn't got again for several days... since then no issues... went more then normal but I ate more then normal... so kind of figured that was to be expected...
  • buffcleb
    buffcleb Posts: 150 Member
    Did you go by plane? I really retain water when i do that and then after a couple of days it goes - perhaps that explains some of the gain?

    5 hour flight each way... first flight since I started keeping track of my weight so I do not know if its normal for me...

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