Gained 25 lbs in a few days

Here's the deal, you CAN put on 25 lbs of fat in a few days. It's physically possible however EXTREMELY improbable. a pound of fat gain requires a caloric surplus of 3500 calories (3500 over maintenance). So 25 lbs of fat would be 87,500 calories over maintenance in the time 5 day period. That's an average of 17,500 calories over maintenance per day. You would know if you were doing that. I can't say even on my worst cheat day ever I ate close to that many calories, let alone kept doing it for 5 days in a row.

Here are some possible causes to why you had a 25 lb weight gain. I'll list them in the order I think is most likely to least likely. It's probably a combination of several of the factors listed below:

1. Your scale is broken. Was it the same scale you got all the reading from? If so, it's probably broken, if not, then you probably have a major discrepancy between scales and how much weight you actually gained is probably far less then you think.

2. You gained some water. While 25 lbs of water gain would probably cause some pitting edema (you can push you skin in and it stays indented for a while) 10 lbs of water gain would not. For the additional 15 lbs see point #1

3. You gained some fat. You can gain fat if you ate more then you burned. Probably nothing close to 25 lbs but it could be part of the problem. As for accounting for the rest of the gains see points 1 & 2.

4. You are making this up or exaggerating the numbers/time frame.

5. The laws of physics do not apply to your body.

Again I listed those in the likelihood that they are the cause of the problem.

If you aren't lying, you should call the doctor immediately or go to the emergency room.

People don't gain weight like that by eating.

Thank you for your elaborate answer, Vismal
I was weighed by a doctor and yes I had some serious feet swelling right after - that was the reason I went for a check up. But the edema has gone and I still weigh the same I just hope I hadnt massed up my body by this and could still lose weight normally. Today for instance I went on an elliptical but after 10 minutes I had to go down because I got tired so easily. I have heard it was because my body gets tired faster when it weighs more... And I am not adding up the numbers, unfortunately..

The doctor weighed you before and after the gains? Like you went to the doctor, got weighed, went back 5 days later and got weighed again? If not then you are comparing 2 weights from different scales. While I would hope your doctor's scale isn't broken, the other scale used very well might be.

Did the doctor have any explanation for the weight gain?

Here's the deal, you CAN put on 25 lbs of fat in a few days. It's physically possible however EXTREMELY improbable. a pound of fat gain requires a caloric surplus of 3500 calories (3500 over maintenance). So 25 lbs of fat would be 87,500 calories over maintenance in the time 5 day period. That's an average of 17,500 calories over maintenance per day. You would know if you were doing that. I can't say even on my worst cheat day ever I ate close to that many calories, let alone kept doing it for 5 days in a row.

Here are some possible causes to why you had a 25 lb weight gain. I'll list them in the order I think is most likely to least likely. It's probably a combination of several of the factors listed below:

1. Your scale is broken. Was it the same scale you got all the reading from? If so, it's probably broken, if not, then you probably have a major discrepancy between scales and how much weight you actually gained is probably far less then you think.

2. You gained some water. While 25 lbs of water gain would probably cause some pitting edema (you can push you skin in and it stays indented for a while) 10 lbs of water gain would not. For the additional 15 lbs see point #1

3. You gained some fat. You can gain fat if you ate more then you burned. Probably nothing close to 25 lbs but it could be part of the problem. As for accounting for the rest of the gains see points 1 & 2.

4. You are making this up or exaggerating the numbers/time frame.

5. The laws of physics do not apply to your body.

Again I listed those in the likelihood that they are the cause of the problem.

+1,000

Thank you for your elaborate answer, Vismal
I was weighed by a doctor and yes I had some serious feet swelling right after - that was the reason I went for a check up. But the edema has gone and I still weigh the same I just hope I hadnt massed up my body by this and could still lose weight normally. Today for instance I went on an elliptical but after 10 minutes I had to go down because I got tired so easily. I have heard it was because my body gets tired faster when it weighs more... And I am not adding up the numbers, unfortunately..

The doctor weighed you before and after the gains? Like you went to the doctor, got weighed, went back 5 days later and got weighed again? If not then you are comparing 2 weights from different scales. While I would hope your doctor's scale isn't broken, the other scale used very well might be.

Did the dr weigh you in the same cloths as your weigh in 5 days prior? Cloths and shoes can easily add 5lbs to your weight.