huge weight gains

tbrain1989
tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone know the real highest number that you can gain or hold through water retention?

ive put on 14lbs in a fortnight.

i only weigh myself fortnightly because otherwise i get too obsessive with the scales, i really cant believe i can put on that much weight?

anyone shed any light on the situation

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  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    any takers?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I know as a woman I can retain as much as 10lbs if not more...but that's being a women...

    but I looked at your diary and from April 16th to April 23rd you logged 1 day, then a half a day, then nothing until Monday which looks like another half day and Tuesday looks incomplete as well...

    If you are not logging it's not all water retention chances are some of it is actual weight...
  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    i know my loggin is sparadic but i keep a photo food diary (i wish MFP would support that as a feature.)

    i try and load all the information from my photos in bulk, i know that doesnt help with food critiqueing by my mfp friends but its easier for me then logging all the time.

    its eassuring to know you can retain that much, although im led to thinking it might be during the one metaphysical time men and women differ alot
  • Tillyecl1
    Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
    If you are not logging it's not all water retention chances are some of it is actual weight...

    If you are not already I think weighing your food would be a good idea. Some of the things in your diary (like cereals for example) are very high in calories for the portion size you get, and the portions can be quite hard to judge unless you weigh them (cereal portions on the packet do not = a bowlful by a very long way sadly). It could be that you are underestimating your calories.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    i know my loggin is sparadic but i keep a photo food diary (i wish MFP would support that as a feature.)

    i try and load all the information from my photos in bulk, i know that doesnt help with food critiqueing by my mfp friends but its easier for me then logging all the time.

    its eassuring to know you can retain that much, although im led to thinking it might be during the one metaphysical time men and women differ alot
    Photos don't tell you how many calories is in your food. If you want to be consistent I'm afraid you need to log accurately. if you're not willing to log it's all guesswork
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    sorry sporatic logging is missing 8-10 days in a month you miss weeks at a time and not sure how photos help you count calories...

    I went back to the first of april..and there are two days in one week you are probably a total of 2300 over goal...then the next week one day you were over by 2300, then various days over by a couple hundred then you stopped logging for a week...then sporatic the next week.

    Your lack of logging, your overages etc answers your question....you probably didn't gain 14lbs in 2 weeks but there is definately some weight gain there...with a bit of water retention.
  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    the photos i take are of the nutritional information on the food i eat. so they show the calories/weights etc.

    the time between my weight checks was two weeks so thats why i was curious

    i guess mfp isnt for me if i cant log as the advocates insist.
  • midwestspitfire
    midwestspitfire Posts: 46 Member
    the photos i take are of the nutritional information on the food i eat. so they show the calories/weights etc.

    the time between my weight checks was two weeks so thats why i was curious

    i guess mfp isnt for me if i cant log as the advocates insist.

    That's not what anyone is saying.
    But if you're not logging and you're not weighing then it makes it impossible for everyone, with essentially no information, to help you ascertain what the problem might be.
  • lunglady
    lunglady Posts: 526 Member
    Depends on if you have any underlying medical conditions. CHF or CKD patients can put on that much water weight in 1-2 days, let alone 2 weeks. You did not provide enough information.
  • Eleonora91
    Eleonora91 Posts: 688 Member
    Does anyone know the real highest number that you can gain or hold through water retention?

    ive put on 14lbs in a fortnight.

    i only weigh myself fortnightly because otherwise i get too obsessive with the scales, i really cant believe i can put on that much weight?

    anyone shed any light on the situation

    Basing on my personal experience only, water weight or other wastes weight can affect your weight for a relatively short amount of time. If you gained a considerable amount of weight (I'd say more than 1-2 kgs) in more than 1-2 weeks, it might not be just because of water or wastes. If I gain weight after following my usual routine or overeating for a single day, I'm usually not concerned... but if I gain, and I know I haven't been tracking my foods accurately or if I'm finding it hard to lose that weight in more than a week or two, I usually do not consider it as a mistake but I start doing something to get back on track.
  • freemystery
    freemystery Posts: 184 Member
    Oh people can retain a lot of water, I lived with somebody who was deliberately "inflated" with almost 30lbs of water so that it would be easier for doctors to perform surgery on her. It took months for her to drop that weight.

    But that's not what is happening here. I think you need to be upfront and honest with yourself about what you're eating. And if you have the slightest shred of doubt, log everything for a week solid. Don't change what you eat, just take your normal serving of cereal and then check how much it weighs. If you're thinking "oh 156 cals per serving, like on the box" and the box serving is 30g and you're putting 87g into your bowl...
    No snark intended at all. This is precisely what I had to do.

    Water retention might be wishful thinking on your part. If you want to know the answer you're going to have to change up what you do to find out. This is about you and nobody on this message board can definitively answer your question as it applies to your situation. All we can do is offer general information, anecdotes and advice where we think it could hep.
  • Tabithas_Transformation
    Tabithas_Transformation Posts: 93 Member
    For your weight loss to be successful, you're going to have to start logging accurately. It does feel like a lot of effort in the beginning but I promise you that it will become second nature.

    When you log every day and every morsel that goes in your mouth, you're not only more accountable, but you also start to notice patterns like higher sodium leading to a 1-2lb gain (water retention). A photo of the nutritional information is only going to help you if you're 100% certain that you had the serving size on the box.

    Use weighing scales
    Log absolutely everything
    and Read this thread:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    i do appreciate the effort people go to anonymoulsy to try and help each other with no personal gain their own.

    i guess logging it is then.

    P.s. that thread is good

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