How much water weight can you gain from soup?!?

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acmorris77
acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
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I had about 3 large bowls of Pho soup yesterday (without the noodles) and I gained 4 pounds this week. I have been indulging just a little bit, but nothing crazy over maintenance otherwise. That's a lot of water weight!

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Sodium, more carbs than usual while indulging this week, perhaps hydration or lack there of and also consider female hormonal fluctuations.. Also are you exercising as well?

    Lots of factors to consider, so it can be quite normal to see a 4-5 pound fluctuation on the scale.
  • acmorris77
    acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
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    I have been eating carbs, but I haven't done much over indulging. Maybe on the vino :) I think working out would help, but I didn't workout while losing weight. I need to start now to get strong while I'm in maintenance. I'm guessing half of the weight is water, the other half wine and cheese!
  • not_my_first_rodeo
    not_my_first_rodeo Posts: 311 Member
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    I would up your water intake. Pho is fantastic, but as the poster above said, there's a ton of sodium in there.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Pho is awesome...it's also a sodium bomb...
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,529 Member
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    acmorris77 wrote: »
    I had about 3 large bowls of Pho soup yesterday (without the noodles) and I gained 4 pounds this week. I have been indulging just a little bit, but nothing crazy over maintenance otherwise. That's a lot of water weight!
    I ALWAYS gain weight after Pho day! Like 2-3lbs shows up the next day.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,529 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Pho is awesome...it's also a sodium bomb...
    Thought you might like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYnW8K3rlqw

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  • acmorris77
    acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
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    @ninerbuff
    Ha, Ha!! That's How if felt when I first tried it!
  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,114 Member
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    Four pounds is not out of the ordinary for a very high sodium day. It takes me 3-4 days to get my weight back to normal. Also, drinking water is helpful to fight the bloat (although counterintuitive).
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
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    As has been mentioned by everyone else, you would have consumed a ridiculous amount of sodium in that meal, so a few pounds of water retention weight is pretty much expected. (in fact, most soups are really, really high in salt).

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