4 lb weight gain in a day

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    edited July 2015
    karendurrant2 wrote: »
    increase your protein intake and have 3 small snacks and 3 meals everyday, you MUST INCLUDE PROTEIN with every snack and meal, this simple thing will increase your weight loss but everyone stalls every now and then so tough it out!

    Outdated information like this is wrong. Meal timing does not increase metabolism.
  • NoIdea101NoIdea
    NoIdea101NoIdea Posts: 659 Member
    karendurrant2 wrote: »
    increase your protein intake and have 3 small snacks and 3 meals everyday, you MUST INCLUDE PROTEIN with every snack and meal, this simple thing will increase your weight loss but everyone stalls every now and then so tough it out!

    This 'simple thing' WON'T increase your weight loss. Protein leaves most people filling fuller for longer so you aren't tempted to snack as much, but it does not 'increase weight loss' in the way that you are insinuating it does. I see that's your first ever post. Welcome to the forums.
  • bclarke1990
    bclarke1990 Posts: 287 Member
    Water weight. Sometimes you'll go weeks without losing weight and then lose several lbs overnight. Two days ago I was 147 now I'm 143. :)
  • LessofPenny
    LessofPenny Posts: 53 Member
    without seeing your diary/work out..... I would say take into consider a few things..... monthly cycle? not enough calories? Too much salt? Muscle weights more than fat, time of day exactly the same? constipated....this is a big one.... maybe a natural cleanse from the health food store would give you the boost that you need. And Of course, what everyone else said.... Oh and don't get discouraged.... and get lots of rest.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    LessofPenny wrote: »
    without seeing your diary/work out..... I would say take into consider a few things..... monthly cycle? not enough calories? Too much salt? Muscle weights more than fat, time of day exactly the same? constipated....this is a big one.... maybe a natural cleanse from the health food store would give you the boost that you need. And Of course, what everyone else said.... Oh and don't get discouraged.... and get lots of rest.

    The OP isn't gaining muscle on a 1200 calorie diet, especially being a female. Second, cleanses do not do anything. If the OP is constipated then a probiotic would be ideal. But a cleanse is just a laxative. And your body will naturally cleanse itself.


    OP, there are many factors, like others eluded to, that will affect weight loss. If you have a lot of sodium in your diet, than eating foods high in magnesium and potassium can help offset the effects. Also, if you just started and saw 1 lb per day, its mainly water weight lost. It's common and will taper. At your weight 1 lb per week is ideal. Realistically, I would worry more about body composition (lean body mass vs fat mass) than weight itself. This means having a smaller deficit, resistance training and higher protein numbers (about 1g per lb of lean body mass or about .8g per lb of weight) can help you achieve this.

    Generally, most of us wouldn't suggest a 1200 calorie diet as it is harder to get your required nutrients to maintain your muscle mass, let alone sustain a healthy body. And LCD can lead to increase metabolic adaptation (a slowing of the metabolism) to compensate for the late of calories.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    LessofPenny wrote: »
    without seeing your diary/work out..... I would say take into consider a few things..... monthly cycle? not enough calories? Too much salt? Muscle weights more than fat, time of day exactly the same? constipated....this is a big one.... maybe a natural cleanse from the health food store would give you the boost that you need. And Of course, what everyone else said.... Oh and don't get discouraged.... and get lots of rest.

    on a 1200 calorie deficit? Building muscle mass ain't that easy.

    A cleanse for what exactly?

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    karendurrant2 wrote: »
    increase your protein intake and have 3 small snacks and 3 meals everyday, you MUST INCLUDE PROTEIN with every snack and meal, this simple thing will increase your weight loss but everyone stalls every now and then so tough it out!

    Eating protein at every meal increases satiety for some people, but it certainly isn't required for weight loss.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    MicheleStitches wrote: »
    Don't panic! Trust the process. If you are eating healthy foods in a calorie deficit for your body's requirements, you WILL lose weight. It will fluctuate up and down, but the trend will be in a downward direction.

    If your weight goes up and continues to go up over a period of time, you will need to re-examine what you are eating.

    If you have been losing at a rapid pace (more than 1-2 lbs. per week) please remember that is not sustainable! It may be very encouraging on the emotional end of things, but as you approach your ideal weight, the rate of loss WILL slow down and you will hit plateaus. Don't let that discourage you. Slow and steady wins the race!
    If she still gaining it's because she is in a surplus, has nothing to do with what she is eating. CI/CO, you know science. ;)

    OP do weigh your solid foods and measure liquids only?

  • twink9223
    twink9223 Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks for all your comments,weighed in this morning and straight back to were I was before the gain so must have been water weight
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    twink9223 wrote: »
    Thanks for all your comments,weighed in this morning and straight back to were I was before the gain so must have been water weight

    High sodium days can increase water retention.
  • qb63
    qb63 Posts: 88 Member
    Also, if you're going to stress over small gains (which are going to happen no matter what you do), try only weighing yourself only once a month and watch for the overall downward trend. I, know, easier said than done! :)
  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    It's not really unusual. I would say 4 lbs is on the higher side of a weigh flux, but nothing I haven't seen myself. I used to weigh every day and often several times a day...I MADE myself stop...I made it a goal that is just as important as my diet and excercise goals to me to stay off the scale except for Friday morning. I'd highly encourage you to try it. It's better in so many ways...I'm more motivated and really get to be excited about progress like I never could weighing daily. I push to Friday (a concrete mini goal) and then I usually get an extra burst of motivation from seeing a loss to fuel me through the weekend. Even if I see a gain, that kind of inspires me more to work harder. It was tough to ignor the call of the scale at first but it's much easier now that I'm use to it. I'll never go back!
  • snowflakesav
    snowflakesav Posts: 649 Member
    So you lost 14 or 15 pounds in 2 weeks and gained back 4 of it for about a week?
    As an average woman eating 1200 calories a day you are likely going to lose one or two pounds a week. Sounds like you are ahead of the game by 4 or 5 pounds. Your expectations aren't realistic if you think that you will continue losing more than 1 or 2 pounds a week on average.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Yes, it's water retention.

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