Fat gain or weight gain from food/water?
Deoxzi
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So last night I said screw it, I'm gonna enjoy myself on labor day weekend and not worry about my diet for 1 day. Well, "enjoying myself" turned into me pigging the F*** out to the point where I didn't even bother logging everything I ate on MFP. Probably around 4.5k calories at the very least. Anyways, I woke up and weighed myself this morning and I gained 3 lbs. Is that weight just from the food I ate still in my body or did I seriously just gain 3 lbs of body fat?
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No, just food and fluid retention. Relax, forgive yourself and get back on your program. It's your average intake over time that is important.9
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You need 3500 more calories coming in than going out to gain a pound. If you ate a bunch of salty food, you'll be retaining water. Some of is water in all likelihood. A little could be weight gain, but it's just the next day and hard to tell.4
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So last night I said screw it, I'm gonna enjoy myself on labor day weekend and not worry about my diet for 1 day. Well, "enjoying myself" turned into me pigging the F*** out to the point where I didn't even bother logging everything I ate on MFP. Probably around 4.5k calories at the very least. Anyways, I woke up and weighed myself this morning and I gained 3 lbs. Is that weight just from the food I ate still in my body or did I seriously just gain 3 lbs of body fat?
1lb of fat is 3500 cals, so you do the maths...1 -
Most of that 3lb will go down the loo in the next day or do.3
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Some of you are giving misguided info. 3500 cals does equal 1 lbs. But in order to gain you have to eat ABOVE maintenance at 3500 cals per pound.0
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Deduct your maintenance calories (if you don't have that exact number, use a ball park) from this, this is the damage you did.. in the short term, account for more food in gut/waste not eliminated, the amount of carb intake over your usual amount, sodium and perhaps hydration issues, this is showing immediately on the scale in the form of water retention.. now for real fat gain from this, this has yet to be determined.1
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It'll be gone by the end of the week. Just go back to your normal deficit.1
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TavistockToad wrote: »So last night I said screw it, I'm gonna enjoy myself on labor day weekend and not worry about my diet for 1 day. Well, "enjoying myself" turned into me pigging the F*** out to the point where I didn't even bother logging everything I ate on MFP. Probably around 4.5k calories at the very least. Anyways, I woke up and weighed myself this morning and I gained 3 lbs. Is that weight just from the food I ate still in my body or did I seriously just gain 3 lbs of body fat?
1lb of fat is 3500 cals, so you do the maths...
It's 3500 calories over maintenance. So depending on OP's maintenance the math could add up just fine.0 -
Deduct your maintenance calories (if you don't have that exact number, use a ball park) from this, this is the damage you did.. in the short term, account for more food in gut/waste not eliminated, the amount of carb intake over your usual amount, sodium and perhaps hydration issues, this is showing immediately on the scale in the form of water retention.. now for real fat gain from this, this has yet to be determined.
I don't think there is damage from over indulging a day. It's just life on my opinion.0 -
Since you are underweight, even if it was an actual gain, that wouldn't be terrible. If you are that concerned over a few lbs, that's not good. I stand by my previous comments that perhaps you should seek out some help:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10450588/it-says-im-not-eating-enough
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First visit August 27. First official "Screw it" September 3. Methinks this is not going to work out for you over the next several months.0
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There are tons of red flags here. OP I know you are resisting nut you seriously need to get professional help before you get too deep. You might be falling into the restrict-binge pattern which is quite common in people with eating issues.0
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Unless you ate 10,500 calories over maintenance, no, you did not gain 3lb of fat. You maybe gained half a pound of fat - maybe - and the rest is water and the weight of the food itself. Relax and move on.0
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@elphie754 You seriously need to stop replying to my posts. I'm asking a reasonable question. This is the 3rd time you have brought up something completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand.Since you are underweight, even if it was an actual gain, that wouldn't be terrible. If you are that concerned over a few lbs, that's not good. I stand by my previous comments that perhaps you should seek out some help:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10450588/it-says-im-not-eating-enough
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »First visit August 27. First official "Screw it" September 3. Methinks this is not going to work out for you over the next several months.
Just because my 1st visit was August 27th doesn't mean that was my first day dieting but okay.0 -
So last night I said screw it, I'm gonna enjoy myself on labor day weekend and not worry about my diet for 1 day. Well, "enjoying myself" turned into me pigging the F*** out to the point where I didn't even bother logging everything I ate on MFP. Probably around 4.5k calories at the very least. Anyways, I woke up and weighed myself this morning and I gained 3 lbs. Is that weight just from the food I ate still in my body or did I seriously just gain 3 lbs of body fat?
It's the long term, daily journey that matters. It's likely water gain. It should go back down within a few days. If you kept eating like that on a daily basis though you would have a different outcome I'm sure but it's just one day of more food than you're used to consuming so you will be fine.0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »There are tons of red flags here. OP I know you are resisting nut you seriously need to get professional help before you get too deep. You might be falling into the restrict-binge pattern which is quite common in people with eating issues.
I think there'd be a red flag if I didn't eat 4k calories and continued to diet on a holiday. Stop shoving "get help" down my throat I know what i'm doing.0 -
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You haven't heard the approximation of 3500 excess calories being needed to add a pound of fat I guess.
Your advice on what they should do after seeing a sudden 3lb jump.0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »There are tons of red flags here. OP I know you are resisting nut you seriously need to get professional help before you get too deep. You might be falling into the restrict-binge pattern which is quite common in people with eating issues.
I think there'd be a red flag if I didn't eat 4k calories and continued to diet on a holiday. Stop shoving "get help" down my throat I know what i'm doing.
That's balled binging and it's sometimes ba reaction to over restriction. Just be very caredul because you are playing with fire. Don't want you to get too deep before you realize it.
A 6'0 male who's 135 should not be restricting calories but you don't see it as a problem so something is wrong...0
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