I've been on this really great dite this passed week

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Pammalla
Pammalla Posts: 71 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
And I've lost 6 lbs in 3 days!!!!!

It's called the flu.

Seriously how much of the weight that I lost can I expected to gain back once I'm feeling better? I don't want to record a low number then it pop back up

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    ahhhh yes. nothing like a good stomach bug or flu to bump up the weight loss LOL

    whether or not it comes back depends on whether or not you eat it back. I've never had any come back.... you might retain some water for a bit when you start eating again but it will likely fall off.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    If you haven't been eating much and struggling to keep liquids down (or are sweating a lot), a fair bit of it will be water/food weight. (6lbs of fat is a lot to lose in 3 days - pretty much impossible)

    I wouldn't weigh until you're better (well enough to be going back at work) and go from there. You probably have had some actual fat loss, but until you're back into routine it would be hard to tell exactly how much.
  • ARGriffy
    ARGriffy Posts: 1,002 Member
    I've never ever kept off sickness weightloss. It always came back the day I eat again, you're normally only light as your empty not actual fat gone!
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I had a tummy virus last year and kept off a couple of the 6lbs or so I lost. I didn't record anything for at least two weeks after feeling better though, just to be sure it was staying off!
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I'm just getting over the stomach flu :( I lost 4 pounds! I still haven't gotten my appetite back, although my energy is returning slowly. I logged my weight loss - but I don't plan on weighing myself again for about 2 weeks.
  • Pammalla
    Pammalla Posts: 71 Member
    Yeah I know it's impossible to burn 6 lbs of fat in 3 days while I was in bed sleeping for 18 hours. I would of had to of burned over 7,000 calories a day

    I'm guessing a pound of fat loss and 5 pounds from water loss and my digestive track being completely empty
  • vivelajackie
    vivelajackie Posts: 321 Member
    Man, I had pneumonia when I was younger and went down 13lbs. And then I tried to be an adult later on and move out and I couldn't afford food (pre-lifestyle change, that is) so I knocked off over 30lbs there. :wink:
  • samchez0
    samchez0 Posts: 364 Member
    I'm sure you'll gain some back from water weight. Sorry you got the bug.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,133 Member
    edited February 2016
    Chances are most of it is water weight and will come back as you rehydrate after recovering.

    ETA hope you get better soon!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    5-6lbs
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