Unexplained gain water or real?

Johnson12312
Johnson12312 Posts: 5
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have not weighed myself in a few months but I have been tracking my calories and stuff and I am 160, and I went on the scale and it said 175, my jeans still fit good, and I have indents on skin for water retention. Last night I was drinking a bit and then had a very salty dinner with fried fish and stuff like that. I also started working out moderately and got me sore, I have not been drinking too much water, and have had more high carb diet lately. The only weight I see is in the stomach and it has indents when I jab into it. What is this?

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  • Johnson12312
    Johnson12312 Posts: 5
    TDEE is 2300, I have had around 2100 give or take a day. I do all resistance workout training
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  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I hover around a few lbs. 15 lbs IMO would be a lot of water. Is it the same scale?
  • Johnson12312
    Johnson12312 Posts: 5
    Different scale. I have been eating 2142 calories a day. I am going to college in a big campus so I walk every day for like 15 minutes and 3 times a week I do resistance training for 15 minutes. I've had a lot of carbs in diet, well over 275 grams
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  • Johnson12312
    Johnson12312 Posts: 5
    MrM27 you are no help at all
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    ....but it IS extremely difficult for anyone to answer that. My only advice would be to keep doing what you're doing and weigh in every so often to see if you are gaining, losing, or maintaining. With no other information, i don't know what else you could do. Doesn't sound like you know the answer, either, lol
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  • Johnson12312
    Johnson12312 Posts: 5
    I am not going to give you my credit card number I do not know what else to say. If I knew everything I would not ask for any help
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Johnson12312 wrote: »
    Different scale. I have been eating 2142 calories a day. I am going to college in a big campus so I walk every day for like 15 minutes and 3 times a week I do resistance training for 15 minutes. I've had a lot of carbs in diet, well over 275 grams

    There can be some difference between the scales. Can you start weighing yourself on one scale more frequently and measuring/weighing your food? (I have to get in the habit of weighing my food). It will help you notice trends faster. It really is hard to know what is going on on-line with very little info.

    If you really are that swollen (15 lbs of water your shoes wouldn't fit and you would be obviously bloated) you should see a dr.

    If you want to post your info to calculate your TDEE someone here could re-calculate it for you to re-check it. I use the mfp calculator because I am not consistent with my exercise.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    edited November 2014
    with the amount of info given, I'm guessing it is fat
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I just checked your profile. You are 18. Are you still growing taller?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    you weigh 15lbs more?

    do you? if it's different scales you don't know

    lets say you do weigh more - so what - your clothes fit you say - do you feel fatter? do you measure bigger?

    as for the poke it and it's water weight ... seriously? that's not how water weight works, it's on a cellular level - if you poke it it's either bloating (gas) or fat

    if you have no difference to your clothes fitting and measurements don't worry about it

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    chrisdavey wrote: »
    with the amount of info given, I'm guessing it is fat

    with the amount of info given, I'm guessing it's an aardvark

    <makes as much sense to me> :grinning:
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