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Why do I gain 3-4lbs everytime I eat?!
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Back away from the scale. Weigh at the same time every day, or even better - Weigh once or twice a week. I get discouraged in a tiny part of myself when I weigh every single day, even worse when at random times, because there are natural and frequent fluctuations, even just depending on how hydrated I've been for several days previously. You'd be amazed how one meal or one day of not drinking enough can effect the scale, especially when it comes to retaining water/water weight. Just chillax and give it some time. Don't obsess.0
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I'm just going with best effort I've seen in a while to be honest!0
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Lol I like that word....cheeky everyone say it out loud CHEEKY0
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If you don't want to weigh so much after eating, I'd recommend choosing more calorie dense foods. You could just try drinking your calories in oil?0
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I've got to stop checking the forums when I can't sleep in the middle of the night....0
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Completely And totally unrelated First post I made was "WTF" on one of those "date marry pass" forums.... and it has been notifying me for 3 days HOW THE HELL DO I STOP IT!0
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Why would you weigh yourself after eating?? common sense would tell you that of course you'd be heavier with the food you've just eaten. Try not to get hung up on fluctuations, they happen day and daily for lots of reasons, if you can't handle them stick to weighing in less often.0
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nancyjay__ wrote: »Completely And totally unrelated First post I made was "WTF" on one of those "date marry pass" forums.... and it has been notifying me for 3 days HOW THE HELL DO I STOP IT!
Did you tick the little gold star by mistake
on the website go to the top right-hand side, click on the star (bookmarks) and cancel it
also click on the bell - at the top there is a 'notifications preferences' click off on any you don't want to be notified about0 -
nancyjay__ wrote: »Completely And totally unrelated First post I made was "WTF" on one of those "date marry pass" forums.... and it has been notifying me for 3 days HOW THE HELL DO I STOP IT!
Did you tick the little gold star by mistake
on the website go to the top right-hand side, click on the star (bookmarks) and cancel it
also click on the bell - at the top there is a 'notifications preferences' click off on any you don't want to be notified about
No I didn't bookmark it but I posted on it it's so annoying and if I turn off notifications it will turn off for all forums0 -
nancyjay__ wrote: »Completely And totally unrelated First post I made was "WTF" on one of those "date marry pass" forums.... and it has been notifying me for 3 days HOW THE HELL DO I STOP IT!
Everyone on here's a jerk.... Until you want some help.... :laugh:0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »nancyjay__ wrote: »Completely And totally unrelated First post I made was "WTF" on one of those "date marry pass" forums.... and it has been notifying me for 3 days HOW THE HELL DO I STOP IT!
Everyone on here's a jerk.... Until you want some help.... :laugh:
Huh why did you quote me0 -
I will just follow all your expert advice.thanks0
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He can plug his weight in an app every day. The app smooths out irrelevant variations. He can look at a trend. The trendline more clearly answers the question that is probably underlying his weighting himself, namely: am I gaining or losing weight today?
I mean at any point of time he weighs the weight his scale told him he weighs. Not sure what that tells him in isolation and without comparing it meaningfully to previous numbers especially if the changes seem to cause concern.
I guess I understand this advice. I don't go so far as use an app/program to graph it, but after a few days of multiple weighings, I see the pattern/trend and feel like I have a reasonable idea of where the midpoint is among all the fluctuations.
But, then, I don't obsess. I weigh frequently because I think it's kind of cool to see how much weight can fluctuate. I kind of laugh when I see people claiming "plateau" because their weekly weigh in keeps giving the same number. Really? My weight swings around a 2-5 pound range every day...it would be so easy to have a couple water-retention weigh ins give the impression of a stall or gain.
tl;dr? Weight loss isn't linear. Try to see the fluctuations as a fun little science experiment on your body.0 -
What it the actual heck?0
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Are you weighing your food before you eat it?0
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Holy hell! I was just saying it blows my mind how much weight I gain after I eat.
Note to self:don't weigh myself after I eat
Note to self:everyone on mfp forums is a expert trainer/nutritionist.
Note to self:never post anything in mfp forums again...0 -
Think I am just addicted to the scale and need not be.
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The point was if you eat a pound of food and then weigh yourself you are going to weigh a pound more. Same for the food going the other direction.0
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