Gained 20 pounds in 2 days?
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Op see a doctorUsually when I drink the scale goes down 2 or 3 lbs because I'm dehydrated then up 4 or 5 over the next few days as I re-hydrate and then I lose it in 1-4 days after that, depending on my diet those following days.
And, I agree 20 lbs is a lot. Are you pretty heavy to begin with? If you are over 250 lbs, then 20 lbs seems a bit more reasonable for such a large gain, but even then, that is a lot.
If I were you I'd check your scale's batteries.
When you're dehydrated your body retains water
Okay? And alcohol is a diuretic. I always weigh less the morning after I drink. Probably because I don't drink water while I'm drinking. So, I pee a ton in one night without replacing my pee with anything but a few ounces of whiskey or wine, which are diuretics and make me pee again. Anyways, doesn't matter. It's all just water weight anyways. I stick to my calories even while drinking, so I don't sweat it either way.0 -
Op see a doctorUsually when I drink the scale goes down 2 or 3 lbs because I'm dehydrated then up 4 or 5 over the next few days as I re-hydrate and then I lose it in 1-4 days after that, depending on my diet those following days.
And, I agree 20 lbs is a lot. Are you pretty heavy to begin with? If you are over 250 lbs, then 20 lbs seems a bit more reasonable for such a large gain, but even then, that is a lot.
If I were you I'd check your scale's batteries.
When you're dehydrated your body retains water
Okay? And alcohol is a diuretic. I always weigh less the morning after I drink. Probably because I don't drink water while I'm drinking. So, I pee a ton in one night without replacing my pee with anything but a few ounces of whiskey or wine, which are diuretics and make me pee again. Anyways, doesn't matter. It's all just water weight anyways. I stick to my calories even while drinking, so I don't sweat it either way.
Many, if not most folks weigh more when dehydrated. Because when you're dehydrated your body retains water.0 -
blues4miles wrote: »How much water are you drinking? Get some workouts in. Drink lots of water. If it's ALL still around 3 days later...that's kind of scary. Some amount of that might be real weight.
I've had about 2 quarts of water and I'm still drinking(water that is) It also turns out that I now have diarrhea
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Op see a doctorUsually when I drink the scale goes down 2 or 3 lbs because I'm dehydrated then up 4 or 5 over the next few days as I re-hydrate and then I lose it in 1-4 days after that, depending on my diet those following days.
And, I agree 20 lbs is a lot. Are you pretty heavy to begin with? If you are over 250 lbs, then 20 lbs seems a bit more reasonable for such a large gain, but even then, that is a lot.
If I were you I'd check your scale's batteries.
When you're dehydrated your body retains water
Okay? And alcohol is a diuretic. I always weigh less the morning after I drink. Probably because I don't drink water while I'm drinking. So, I pee a ton in one night without replacing my pee with anything but a few ounces of whiskey or wine, which are diuretics and make me pee again. Anyways, doesn't matter. It's all just water weight anyways. I stick to my calories even while drinking, so I don't sweat it either way.
Did I just get insta fat for no reason
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »i had 8 beers yesterday and was 900+ cals over for the day and still woke up down a tad.
i would check your scale batteries.
Lightweight
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »i had 8 beers yesterday and was 900+ cals over for the day and still woke up down a tad.
i would check your scale batteries.
Lightweight
i know i should totally be ashamed of myself LOL0 -
Op see a doctorUsually when I drink the scale goes down 2 or 3 lbs because I'm dehydrated then up 4 or 5 over the next few days as I re-hydrate and then I lose it in 1-4 days after that, depending on my diet those following days.
And, I agree 20 lbs is a lot. Are you pretty heavy to begin with? If you are over 250 lbs, then 20 lbs seems a bit more reasonable for such a large gain, but even then, that is a lot.
If I were you I'd check your scale's batteries.
When you're dehydrated your body retains water
Okay? And alcohol is a diuretic. I always weigh less the morning after I drink. Probably because I don't drink water while I'm drinking. So, I pee a ton in one night without replacing my pee with anything but a few ounces of whiskey or wine, which are diuretics and make me pee again. Anyways, doesn't matter. It's all just water weight anyways. I stick to my calories even while drinking, so I don't sweat it either way.
Did I just get insta fat for no reason ?
This entire thread, and that's what you took from it? Your scale is broke.0 -
Op see a doctorUsually when I drink the scale goes down 2 or 3 lbs because I'm dehydrated then up 4 or 5 over the next few days as I re-hydrate and then I lose it in 1-4 days after that, depending on my diet those following days.
And, I agree 20 lbs is a lot. Are you pretty heavy to begin with? If you are over 250 lbs, then 20 lbs seems a bit more reasonable for such a large gain, but even then, that is a lot.
If I were you I'd check your scale's batteries.
When you're dehydrated your body retains water
Okay? And alcohol is a diuretic. I always weigh less the morning after I drink. Probably because I don't drink water while I'm drinking. So, I pee a ton in one night without replacing my pee with anything but a few ounces of whiskey or wine, which are diuretics and make me pee again. Anyways, doesn't matter. It's all just water weight anyways. I stick to my calories even while drinking, so I don't sweat it either way.
Did I just get insta fat for no reason ?
This entire thread, and that's what you took from it? Your scale is broke.
No, it's a brand new scale. How would it be broken if I got it 2 weeks ago?0 -
People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.0
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People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.
What would I get out of trolling? Oh look nothing. Amazing! I came to ask a personal question that I'm anxious about even asking. So, My scale is either busted or I became super obese in 3 days?
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People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.
What would I get out of trolling? Oh look nothing. Amazing! I came to ask a personal question that I'm anxious about even asking. So, My scale is either busted or I became super obese in 3 days?
Super obese?0 -
People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.
What would I get out of trolling? Oh look nothing. Amazing! I came to ask a personal question that I'm anxious about even asking. So, My scale is either busted or I became super obese in 3 days?
You did not become super obese in 3 days. Like I said, my patients with severe clinical diagnoses don't even gain that kind of wait meaning: it's not possible.
Check your scale batteries. Also make sure you weigh at the same time of day, on solid flooring, don't move the scale and always under the same conditions.0 -
I feel your pain! I actually really DID gain 8 real pounds in three weeks, just by drinking too much wine, which stimulated my appetite so I ate more. I'm still working on getting those pounds off and getting back to working on my weight goal.0
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20LBS turned you "super obese"?People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.
What would I get out of trolling? Oh look nothing. Amazing! I came to ask a personal question that I'm anxious about even asking. So, My scale is either busted or I became super obese in 3 days?
If you're not trolling, google "hyperbole" and post a short essay on why it's not a good forum posting habit. lol.
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People with severe kidney dysfunction and cardiac diseases don't even gain that much water weight in a week. Clearly something is wrong with your scale, or you're trolling.
What would I get out of trolling? Oh look nothing. Amazing! I came to ask a personal question that I'm anxious about even asking. So, My scale is either busted or I became super obese in 3 days?
Why would you overlook the scary medical things folks are bringing up? I feel like there's something you're not telling us.
I've had my scale register 17 lbs differently on the carpet, so maybe your scale got put on some different surface?
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Okay so like :v I went to the bathroom(Thanks diarrhea) and when I last looked at the scale I was 261. Now that after I went I'm 247. :u Is this the extreme water weight thing or am I going crazy?0
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I'd really be checking your scale battery.0
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Probably a scale issue because the only other explanation would be sudden water weight gain. If that were the case, your stomach would be quite large and tight with fluid, or you would be able to press fairly hard on your ankles/tops of feet/wrists for a few seconds and find that your skin stays indented for a while after you let go. A liter of retained water would be about 2 lbs, so 10 liters would not be retained over a two day period without you noticing symptoms like that.0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »I'd really be checking your scale battery.
Just replaced them and it's tellign me the same thing as the last batts' did0 -
Okay so like :v I went to the bathroom(Thanks diarrhea) and when I last looked at the scale I was 261. Now that after I went I'm 247. :u Is this the extreme water weight thing or am I going crazy?
Yeah, definitely the scale unless you just evacuated about 7 liters of water. Doubtful.0
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