2lb gain overnight???!!!

Hmmm, salty crisps! I would imagine it's just water weight. Not a disaster by any means, give it a couple of days of your new normal habits.

Weight loss is not linear.

It's very unlikely you went 7000 calories over your maintenance level to gain two pounds in one meal.

It's more likely water weight from having more sodium and carbs than you've been normally eating while trying to lose weight. A step up on the scale is not unusual, and can quickly drop off, too.

Don't freak out or overcompensate, it will come off within a day or two.

It's probably water but having weekly treat nights will wipe out any hardwork for a good weightloss

Your body doesn't know time days weeks all it does is loses and gains weight when it wants by what your eating so if you over eat calories one day a week eventually it will show up
How long have you been on this plan & how much have you lost ?

johnandkymberley wrote: »

Usually I still loose after a treat night that's why j was surprised. It's funny you should mention salty crisps as I was eating Pringles and actually said it was like eating a pot of salt!! I have lied actually as I am still 1lb down from last week but thought I'd be less. I drank Diet Coke last night, ate skips, Pringles, m&ms and some skittles.

I've just weighed myself now. I drink 1L between 7am-12pm and 1L from 12pm-1pm. So I've drank my 1L and have had a wee and now I'm 184.8lbs???

I cannot understand this!!!

Xx

Calm down!
It doesn't matter what you weigh today - think about what you will weigh in a month or six months time.
Step on the scales, record your weight.
Step off, drink a pint of water, step back on - oh noes! My diet isn't working I've gained a pound!

Maybe try using one of the weight trending apps so you can see the trend rather than focus on the perfectly natural fluctuations?

johnandkymberley wrote: »

Usually I still loose after a treat night that's why j was surprised. It's funny you should mention salty crisps as I was eating Pringles and actually said it was like eating a pot of salt!! I have lied actually as I am still 1lb down from last week but thought I'd be less. I drank Diet Coke last night, ate skips, Pringles, m&ms and some skittles.

I've just weighed myself now. I drink 1L between 7am-12pm and 1L from 12pm-1pm. So I've drank my 1L and have had a wee and now I'm 184.8lbs???

I cannot understand this!!!

Xx

You do realize that every time you eat, drink, and excrete your weight at that moment changes, don't you? If you weigh yourself after drinking a pint of water, you will have added about a pound. Your weight rises and falls continuously during the day due to all of those things because your body is a dynamic system.

This is why many people who weigh daily do so in the morning after their morning bathroom habits and before breakfast. That helps reduce the variation due to food/water in the digestive system, and water weight lost overnight.

size102b wrote: »

It's probably water but having weekly treat nights will wipe out any hardwork for a good weightloss

Not necessarily. It depends on what your weekly deficit was and how much you eat on your "treat night". If you maintain a deficit of 500 calories a day for 6 days you would have to eat 3000 calories to wipe that entire week out. That would be over and above your TDEE.
I dieted for a bodybuilding competition with weekly "treat nights" and did just fine.

johnandkymberley wrote: »

Funny you should mention ovulation. I released an egg on Friday. I'm a whizz (know all...) at fertility btw that's how I know

Regarding calories I was already 5,600 under my weekly target plus the 3,900 so I hope you are all right

If I keep drinking, hydrating and weeing it out hopefully my body will stop retaining it,

Does that make sense? Xx

They are right. It could be water weight from hormone fluctuation because of your cycle. Or it could be that you ate at a higher carb intake than usual, which will refill your glycogen stores (glycogen requires water to be stored so it is often referred to as water weight as well although it is not in the sense of "bloating") or the higher sodium level is causing water retention. Or a mix of all those things.
You were in a deficit all week. And you didn't eat 7000 calories over maintainence required to actually gain 2 lbs.

Keep calm and move on.

Op, I take it you've not weighed yourself often. The scale goes up 5 lbs almost ever day for me. From 6:30 am to 9:00 pm. I've definitely not eaten 17,500 cals OVER my maintenance in one day. That would be consuming about 19,800 calories in 15 hours or so if that was real weight gain.

Fluctuations happen throughout the day, week, month, etc. you have to watch the trend. Is it moving downward fairly consistently? You are losing weight.

I gain weight at ovulation as well as premenstrually. Comparing your weight to when you ovulated last time is a better comparison than your weight last week.

Why are some people so infatuated with their weight? Why would a person step on the scale Dailey anyway? Have a plan, stick to it, weigh once a week if you must. But the main thing is measurements. How your clothes fit. How you feel. None of this weight loss stuff is rocket science. Either you commit to your macros and work treats in there or you don't. And then you worry about whether that treat day sabatoged all your hard work. IIFYM. It's that simple. Then you don't need a "treat day".

johnandkymberley wrote: »

Thanks everyone, good points and good advice I am going to try and notice any patterns. My hubby said he is going to take the battery out of the scales to stop me from weighing myself all the time!

Xx

You wouldn't be the first wife I've heard of that happening to. Other's have theirs hidden completely. Some people like to weigh every day (same time, same clothes - or lack thereof) to get a really good idea of pattern, and others don't because they find they obsess over the small changes. Measuring your body is also a great alternative/addition to the scale.

shawna101711 wrote: »

Why are some people so infatuated with their weight? Why would a person step on the scale Dailey anyway? Have a plan, stick to it, weigh once a week if you must.

Taking issue with this statement. I weigh in every morning and I have zero infatuation with my weight. I do it because I like observing data and trends. Weighing in daily has let me know what makes my weight fluctuate most and I know what times of the month I fluctuate most as well. The data has enabled me to adjust accordingly so that there aren't too many surprises on the road to my fitness goals. I like having an arsenal of knowledge about how my own body works.

Ignoring the scale is great and all, but some people don't even feel a difference in the feel of their clothing until they lose 10 pounds. That can take a month or more, so why waste all that time wondering if you're on the right track rather than weighing in weekly to figure that out? I do agree that people who do not understand fluctuations or will freak out about a tenth of a pound of weight increase need to put the scale away or at least weigh in weekly. As for many of us who have a healthy mindset about weight, daily weigh ins and sites like Trendweight have been excellent for our weight/fitness goals.