LADIES!!!

Amanda82691
Amanda82691 Posts: 298 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so this might be an odd post a little different then normal but I want to see if what I'm dealing with is normal.

So over the last couple weeks I went from 144 to 141. I was doing very well. Well Tuesday I went on a binge, drank wine all day had brownies and pizza. It was bad. Yesterday was good however.

My concern/question is well wednesday morning I was back up to 144 and today as I write this 145!! Now I figured this number would go up because of the binge. Also it is the week my lady friend aunt Flo pays a visit. So I'm sure that is not helping.

So as stupid as this question sounds because truth is I know the answer I just want to hear I'm not crazy or alone lol. This isn't true weight!? I didn't gain 3-4 pounds back just because of one bad day!?

And do any of you ladies out there during that special time have this issue of weight fluctuation? I never really have before then again I have been successful in my weight loss as I have this past month.

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  • YogaSanity
    YogaSanity Posts: 6 Member
    Water weight.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Water retention. A lot of women are basically sponges during TOM. Lucky us, huh?

    Of course you didn't gain back 3-4 pounds just from one day. The sodium in the pizza combined with your TOM means you just gained some water weight which will go away afterwards.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    did you consume 14,000 calories over your maintenance ? so on that crash & burn day do you think you consumed 16000 calories roughly?

    or not

    sodium, hormones = water weight

    weigh in a week and update us
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Amanda82691 wrote: »

    And do any of you ladies out there during that special time have this issue of weight fluctuation? I never really have before then again I have been successful in my weight loss as I have this past month.

    My weight fluctuates around ovulation as well as my period
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    around TOM my weight can fluctuate crazy. if you tend to hold on to the sodium from foods, it can make it worse. it will all fall off- its not REAL weight.
  • BioQueen
    BioQueen Posts: 694 Member
    After bad weekend (and a month of more or less maintaining but eating a larger volume and salt content than when I was losing), I had about 7 pounds of water weight that took about a week for me to lose, and I probably lost a pound during that week of actual weight. Don't worry too much if it was a bad day. If it was a bad week/month there may be some additional actual weight there, but in one day I would bet the vast majority is water weight :)
  • vinerie
    vinerie Posts: 234 Member
    Water weight.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    around TOM my weight can fluctuate crazy. if you tend to hold on to the sodium from foods, it can make it worse. it will all fall off- its not REAL weight.

    if i look at something salty, I start to retain water
  • Amanda82691
    Amanda82691 Posts: 298 Member
    Thanks for all the words of comfort :)
  • jaims224
    jaims224 Posts: 62 Member
    Yep, both would affect water retention. I always love the week after because I lose weight without trying.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    edited June 2015
    I gain 5-8# the day before I ovulate and it doesn't budge until the first day of my period, roughly 18/19 days later (I have a very long 37 day cycle). Then I lose that 5-8#, PLUS any real weight from the deficit I maintained during that time, in a 3-4 day span. Usually between 7-10# in a few days. The water weight stays off, and I lose at a normal rate (about 1# a week) until the next time I ovulate. My true loss is somewhere in the 4-6# range each month, though the scale will have moved 9- 14# total due to water weight.
  • dizzzigrl
    dizzzigrl Posts: 196 Member
    Here's my advice, stay off the scale! I used to weigh myself a few times a day, and it didn't do anything but discourage me... when I threw it away, I felt liberated!
  • nikinuu
    nikinuu Posts: 22 Member
    I went away for a week beginning of the month gained 6lb! Too much wine I think haha 3 days after coming home back down to starting weight the scales are the devil I think
  • mrsloganlife
    mrsloganlife Posts: 158 Member
    Mine always fluctuates with Aunt Flo--I don't weigh at that time to prevent getting discouraged (because I already feel like a beached whale so I don't need my scale to make that feeling worse). But the next week is always confidence building because that scale goes down :)

    I also only weigh myself once a week as weight can fluctuate daily--I get too stressed weighing daily.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    Definitely water weight. Just drink more water and you should be fine in a couple of days.
  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    I have a similar issue but from a few days. I'm starting to think it isn't water for me though.

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