Water Retention?

priyul1000 · November 2016

Hello!

This is my second post on this forum, and after being helped greatly in my last post, with regards to weight loss, I am once again curious.

I have been on a successful weight loss streak over the past year, keeping in a deflict and eating healthy, however, as I near my goal weight, I am slowly increasing my calorie intake and decreasing my deflict (there is still a calorie deflict of around 300) I am moving towards maintaining my weight. However, I had recently consulted my scale, which had resulted in me weighing 2-3 pounds more! Shocked, I didnt know how that was possible. I checked again this morning and it is the same, however, I had also consulted the Nutritional section in MyFitnessPal, and was surprised to see my Sodium intake quite high. So my question is, could these extra few pounds be water weight? I do drink plenty of water everyday, at around 2,5L.

I figured it would be nearly impossible for me to gain two pounds in a day, as I always keep in a strict deflict and track my calories accurately.

All responses well appreciated, thanks!

Helloitsdan · November 2016

Absolutely.
Keep moving forward as your body adjusts to the incr in food.
Reduce sodium intake a little, 2300mg is good. Some could go less but if you start having muscular cramps, you could be too low.
Incr potassium, magnesium, and zinc, since most people are deficient.

Chilli7777 · November 2016

Yep. Sodium
Stick to healthy limits and watch how fast the scale goes down again

RoxieDawn · November 2016

You did not gain fat in two days that's for sure.. these links might ease your mind a bit (these are from the stickies Most Helpful Posts)..

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1

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