gained 4 pounds of water weight!! how to lose this overnight
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DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Thanks you guys for the speedy comments and I am weighing for a goal weight. I use to weigh 245 pounds but gained 20 pounds back and I am trying to lose it and it's hard
You're never going to weigh that goal weight consistently. It will fluctuate, even when you get there. You'll dip below and above it by a couple of pounds, each and every day. and it will take you time to get there. Stop weighing yourself for a while.0 -
DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Thanks you guys for the speedy comments and I am weighing for a goal weight. I use to weigh 245 pounds but gained 20 pounds back and I am trying to lose it and it's hard
Maybe it's hard because you're impatient? I say this not to be mean but because I lost about 25 and regained it and it has been a slow process to getting back to the lost 25. I may hit my last pound to lose in the next few days but I'm really not sweating it. I do weigh every day but at the same place and at the same time. I take into account sodium and menstrual cycle will affect water weight and I just let it be. Let it happen. Keep doing what you're doing. I have goals too but I don't have a time restriction on them because I know my body doesn't care about calendars.
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You can eat perfectly, if there is such a thing, and it doesn't matter, your weight will still fluctuate. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it. No matter what you do it's going to happen, especially after you eat or drink something, think about it, the food and drinks you put in your body weigh something so of course they are going to cause your weight to increase.0
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It is hard. For many of us, it's hard! You're making it harder than it needs to be, though.
Your weight is going to fluctuate! 245 isn't that much better than 250. You have a lot of weight to lose and have to calm down before you get frustrated and give up.
Patience, patience, patience!! Go to the Patience Store and buy a LOT of it. You're going to need it.
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Being that my starting weight was 316 pounds I try to give myself some lieu way into how I eat but all the slacking is causing me to gain! So I've been weighing constantly lately0
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DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Being that my starting weight was 316 pounds I try to give myself some lieu way into how I eat but all the slacking is causing me to gain! So I've been weighing constantly lately
Weighing yourself doesn't make you lose weight any faster. It just makes you obsess about it. Weigh your food, not yourself.
Please read the first post in this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here0 -
Seriously, even of you have to weigh every day, only do it first thing in the morning after you've used the toilet. Going at it all day is completely illogical, as you've been putting things in to your body (and getting rid of them) all day. Weight fluctuates. Especially for women, frankly. Hormones are a pain. But even a 5lb a day fluctuation is normal and if you obsess over it and try to hold yourself to strict deadlines, it's a recipe for disaster.0
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DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Well will it flush away to the weight I wish it to be by tomorrow??
This is my prayer every day.
It really doesn't matter what you weigh day to day. It matters what you weigh month to month.0 -
I always thought weight loss competitions were a bad idea. This has confirmed it.0
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You should never weigh yourself after dinner! Just think, the weight of all the food you just ate and liquids you just drank are inside your body, in addition to the added weight of all the bodily digestive secretions and enzymes (saliva, stomach acid, bile, etc etc) your body created out of thin air to digest your meal! I easily weigh 2-3 lbs heavier literally from the time I get home from work, compared with after dinner. Weighing yourself after dinner is honestly just torturing yourself. Stop that.0
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Doll, you're gonna give yourself a nervous breakdown if you don't chill out. Your weight can fluctuate by several pounds over the course of a day. STOP weighing yourself multiple times a day! Once a day is plenty and a lot of folks here don't weigh more than once a week. Focus on accurately tracking and logging your food so you stay in your calorie goal each day. And don't freak out if you go over once in a while! Relax and remember that you want to set up sustainable habits that you can follow indefinitely. Stressing out over a scale reading multiple times a day for the rest of your life doesn't sound like much fun. Breathe, smile and remember that the journey is just as important as the destination.0
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Don't weigh yourself so often. It would drive anyone crazy. Within a given day I can vary by 4 pounds. Be patient0
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socalprincess1 wrote: »You should never weigh yourself after dinner! Just think, the weight of all the food you just ate and liquids you just drank are inside your body, in addition to the added weight of all the bodily digestive secretions and enzymes (saliva, stomach acid, bile, etc etc) your body created out of thin air to digest your meal! I easily weigh 2-3 lbs heavier literally from the time I get home from work, compared with after dinner. Weighing yourself after dinner is honestly just torturing yourself. Stop that.
All of those secretions etc are already part of your body weight, though I agree with the rest of what you're saying.0 -
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You will lose the water weight within a few days, then you will gain it back again. It's just a fact of life. Sorry. 0
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... and remember to breathe!0
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Maybe this will relax you:
If you stay on par with diet and exercise, it should be a lot easier for you to lose the weight than a person that weighs in the high 100s (like me). You will be able to lose about 4-6 lbs per week if you stay dedicated, and I will never be able to do that.
This might seem weird, but water weight usually results from not drinking enough water. Your body will hang on to the water that is in the food you eat when it does not get enough. If you are drinking sufficiently, it helps the body process nutrients and get things where they need to go. Are you drinking enough? Whereabouts do you live, and what is your intake of water like?0 -
RockstarWilson wrote: »Maybe this will relax you:
If you stay on par with diet and exercise, it should be a lot easier for you to lose the weight than a person that weighs in the high 100s (like me). You will be able to lose about 4-6 lbs per week if you stay dedicated, and I will never be able to do that.
This might seem weird, but water weight usually results from not drinking enough water. Your body will hang on to the water that is in the food you eat when it does not get enough. If you are drinking sufficiently, it helps the body process nutrients and get things where they need to go. Are you drinking enough? Whereabouts do you live, and what is your intake of water like?
No, not really. In a few cases, possibly, but usually water weight results from diet, muscle damage or hormones.0 -
Stop weighing yourself all the time, it'll only keep annoying you and discourage you!! As a female, your weight will fluctuate all the time, and I know it's very frustrating. I've been having the same issue this week. Try assessing your progress by how many inches you lose, not lbs (they can mislead you)
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DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Thanks you guys for the speedy comments and I am weighing for a goal weight. I use to weigh 245 pounds but gained 20 pounds back and I am trying to lose it and it's hard
You don't have a goal weight ...you have a goal weight range ..purely because water weight fluctuations are normal
My weight ..at maintenance ...this is Normal ..ups and downs
Also weigh at same time of the day
And log into a trendweight app like happy scale / Libra or trendweight.com (which is what this is)
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DeterminedbyGod wrote: »Being that my starting weight was 316 pounds I try to give myself some lieu way into how I eat but all the slacking is causing me to gain! So I've been weighing constantly lately
There is absolutely nothing meaningful that you can learn by weighing yourself multiple times a day. Pick a time each day and stick with that time. Pay attention to the trend, not the daily weight.0 -
RockstarWilson wrote: »Maybe this will relax you:
If you stay on par with diet and exercise, it should be a lot easier for you to lose the weight than a person that weighs in the high 100s (like me). You will be able to lose about 4-6 lbs per week if you stay dedicated, and I will never be able to do that.
This might seem weird, but water weight usually results from not drinking enough water. Your body will hang on to the water that is in the food you eat when it does not get enough. If you are drinking sufficiently, it helps the body process nutrients and get things where they need to go. Are you drinking enough? Whereabouts do you live, and what is your intake of water like?
Please ignore the weight number in this post...that is a ridiculous amount ...and completely unhealthy ..even the morbidly obese should not be losing an excessive amount per week ...2lbs best ...over 3.3lbs virtually guaranteed kidney issues like gallstones and would need to be under direct medical supervision
That said water weight increase with dehydration and with change-up in exercise and with ovulation / periods and with sodium
Learn to use it as a way to understand your body ...not something to freak about0 -
Just weigh yourself once a week and first thing when you get up0
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I get bloated (water weight) when I eat too much sodium. Then its gone the next day or so. Just saying.DeterminedbyGod wrote: »You guys I am trying to figure why am I holding all of this water. Have this ever happens to anyone and how did you lose it??
Sorry for typing the way I did I was frustrated
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SherryTeach wrote: »I think I'd put the scales away for a while.
Yeah. I think its time to perhaps not weigh yourself for at least a week. Maybe two.0 -
You know what can cause you to gain weight? The cortisol you're producing by giving yourself this kind of stress over perfectly normal scale fluctuations. You did not lose a pound between yesterday and today anyway, so you haven't really gained it back, either. Perhaps this information will be useful: http://www.webmd.com/diet/can-stress-cause-weight-gain?page=10
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Hmm, when I think of "holding onto water" I think of being up several pounds for several days at my morning weigh ins.
What I do not think of is being up several pounds in the evening - after eating dinner - from the weight I was in the morning.
Did you just start losing weight? You sound brand new to the process of weighing yourself.0
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