Why do I gain 3-4lbs everytime I eat?!
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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 forums 0 -
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:
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I will just follow all your expert advice.thanks0
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He eats. He weights more. He drinks he weights more. He pees and poos. He weights less. He retains water due to salt or exercise and he weights more. He wonders why he weights more. He gets concerned. He is trying to fix that concern by changing how he eats so that his weight doesn't vary.
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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 -
This. Drink a gallon of water then weigh yourself. You'll weigh more, but nutritionally and calorie wise, you've not done anything.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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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...
By using the C word... Riiiiiight....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...
You're welcome, glad to be of help, anytime.0 -
LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »I hate that! I also gain weight every time I put clothes on!
My new weightloss program: Take off clothes. The end.0 -
LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »
Keep lifting those pizzas0 -
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This. Drink a gallon of water then weigh yourself. You'll weigh more, but nutritionally and calorie wise, you've not done anything.Think I am just addicted to the scale and need not be.
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Think I am just addicted to the scale and need not be.
This is my problem too, I would weigh myself in the morning, after I ate, after I got dressed, after I went to the restroom... It got a little crazy and hectic.
So, now I force myself to weigh myself only once a week. I asked my boyfriend to hide the scale from me until Wednesday mornings, before I eat. Then he takes it back into Narnia or wherever he puts it. Lol!0 -
Katiebear_81 wrote: »LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »I hate that! I also gain weight every time I put clothes on!
My new weightloss program: Take off clothes. The end.
You should prob leave your clothes on.#justsayin
Well you are a charmer.0 -
Iron_Feline wrote: »Katiebear_81 wrote: »LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »I hate that! I also gain weight every time I put clothes on!
My new weightloss program: Take off clothes. The end.
You should prob leave your clothes on.#justsayin
Well you are a charmer.
Isn't he though? Also, I really wish people knew how to hashtag properly OR has the hashtag now taken the place of "no offense but ..." right before you say something offensive?0 -
Are you under the impression your stomach contains an anti-gravity device? The food you eat and the liquids you drink have weight - if you eat it, that weight becomes part of you until the intake is digested.
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Because food has a weight and it's now in your stomach.0
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Iron_Feline wrote: »Katiebear_81 wrote: »LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »I hate that! I also gain weight every time I put clothes on!
My new weightloss program: Take off clothes. The end.
You should prob leave your clothes on.#justsayin
Well you are a charmer.
Isn't he though? Also, I really wish people knew how to hashtag properly OR has the hashtag now taken the place of "no offense but ..." right before you say something offensive?
#yourcatchingonnicely0
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