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4 lbs weight gain in 2 days!!!!

charlotterobson198
charlotterobson198 Posts: 6
edited January 31 in Food and Nutrition
please please please can someone shed some light on this!!!! been eating my 1310 calories a day exercising 6 times a week and i step on the scale yesterday and booooom!!!! 4 lbs gain in 2 flipping days!!!! can someone tell me what it could be or is eyc panicking so much!!!!!

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  • sg992
    sg992 Posts: 60 Member
    Are you eating back your exercise calories? If you work out 6x a week then 1310 seems quite low, I'm on 1200 a day but on exercise days I eat a few hundred extra.
  • charlotterobson198
    charlotterobson198 Posts: 6
    and that for sure is it as i always keep inside my calorie goal, and i only eat back some of the calories i burn like 200 maybe??? i eat less than 2000, its just the first time its happened and im worried.
  • EnviousDan
    EnviousDan Posts: 107 Member
    Weight can fluctuate a lot with water and exercise. I wouldn't be weighing yourself every two days. I would weigh youself once a week MAX. You may also need more calories per day.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    Doesn't mean a thing. Very normal fluctuation. Give it a week and the gain will be gone. I have done the same thing many, many times. I have gained four pounds just from exercise and eating breakfast. Just keep moving in a positive direction of eating right and exercising and you will be fine in the long term.:flowerforyou:
  • charlotterobson198
    charlotterobson198 Posts: 6
    phew thanks guys!!!! i just didnt understand what was going on!!! so just stick to what im doing and drink lots and should go back to normal??? i mean i ride my horse 5 times a week and go the gym 6 times im on my feet all day at work so i shouldnt have put that on in fat xx
  • SleeplessinBerlin
    SleeplessinBerlin Posts: 513 Member
    Water weight. Just eating salty foods, heat, TOM and many other things can make you gain, and sometimes it might be 4lbs, sometimes 2lbs and sometimes 6 or more.
  • LeanneGoingThin
    LeanneGoingThin Posts: 215 Member
    It's not fat, so don't worry. Weight fluctuates.
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