Got Married and Did Not Log! Gained 7 pounds in 3 days!
jomariewill
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So I got married this past Saturday and I didn't log for 3 days. I ate what I wanted and I ate horribly. I will admit. Heck I deserved it. I also drank which I haven't done in months. I gained 7 pounds!!!! In 3 days!!! How is that even possible?? I have lost 40 since the beginning of November and I went right back to the grind today. Maybe it's water weight from sodium? I don't add salt to my food at home and restaurants do of course. Maybe the alcohol? I'm so discouraged. I know I deserved to eat well and celebrate with my family but 7 pounds? Holy moly. Going to drink more water now. Sigh.
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It'll mostly be gone by Thursday -- don't fret. Congratulations.12
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Totally normal when you're eating differently than usual.
Give it a week and I'll bet a good chunk - if not all - will be gone.
Some is water retention from excess sodium and more carbs than usual, some is extra waste making its way through your system.
Take a breath! You enjoyed yourself and that's what matters.
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Congratulations! Don't regret a single second of the last few days. It sounds like you had a great time.
Just pick up where you left off. The first few of those 7 pounds will come off quickly. You know what you're doing - you've got this!4 -
Water weight.4
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It is just water weight. Don't let it get you down. Just get back on track and it will be gone soon. Congrats on the wedding.4
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Who cares!!! Congratulations!4
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You would have had to eat 8100 calories over maintenance for each of those three days. That sounds impossible to me. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next week2
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I gained 8 pounds on my honeymoon, and a little over a week later I was back to where I was pre-wedding.
Congrats on your marriage! Don't stress the gain. It's mostly water, and will disappear quickly when you get back to plan.
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jomariewill wrote: »So I got married this past Saturday and I didn't log for 3 days. I ate what I wanted and I ate horribly. I will admit. Heck I deserved it. I also drank which I haven't done in months. I gained 7 pounds!!!! In 3 days!!! How is that even possible?? I have lost 40 since the beginning of November and I went right back to the grind today. Maybe it's water weight from sodium? I don't add salt to my food at home and restaurants do of course. Maybe the alcohol? I'm so discouraged. I know I deserved to eat well and celebrate with my family but 7 pounds? Holy moly. Going to drink more water now. Sigh.
a lot of it is water weight. You'll be okays!, stick with it. And yes you did deserve it! Congratulation0 -
You would have had to eat 8100 calories over maintenance for each of those three days. That sounds impossible to me. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next week
Yeah there is no way! Even when I say I ate like *kitten*, I still made better choices than normal, just ate some fried foods and drank a bunch of wine hahaha.
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Carbs hold a lot of water, so when you eat more carbs than you normally do you will see big swings in your weight that seem to be more than they should be based on the calories. After a few days those carbs will turn to fat which will be stored, but the excess water will make its way out of your system, bringing your weight closer to where it was before you ate too much.0
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Congratulations! If you can't overeat at your own wedding, when can you? It'll come off soon enough; don't stress it!2
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Water weight.0
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TimothyFish wrote: »Carbs hold a lot of water, so when you eat more carbs than you normally do you will see big swings in your weight that seem to be more than they should be based on the calories. After a few days those carbs will turn to fat which will be stored, but the excess water will make its way out of your system, bringing your weight closer to where it was before you ate too much.
I don't buy this.
Any excess food over her TDEE will cause weight gain, not just the carbs.1 -
trigden1991 wrote: »Water weight.
This.0 -
You're pregnant
(Congrats on getting married).2 -
Bahahahahahhaha I can't even say what my husband says the 7 pounds is LOL (face palm)1
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Girl u just got married ! Who's even thinking about weight right now. Enjoy your first month in moderation - eat, drink and be merry or in ur case married 0
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No you didn't. Drink a lot of water and cut out processed foods and sugar and you'll be back to pre wedding weight in a few days.0
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You enjoyed your wedding (congrats!) and now it is back to the grind. Even if it WAS that much (which is isn't) who cares? YOUR wedding is a good excuse to cut loose! Now you are back to real life so focus back and you will be fine! A couple of pounds isn't going to set you back if you don't let it.0
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congrats on your wedding!!!! I'm getting married in 2 months. I probably wont be logging for at least a week! after my wedding day we are going away for 5 nights. I'm just going to make sure I don't pig out and get into bad habits! Main thing is I will enjoy myself!0
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jomariewill wrote: »So I got married this past Saturday and I didn't log for 3 days. I ate what I wanted and I ate horribly. I will admit. Heck I deserved it. I also drank which I haven't done in months. I gained 7 pounds!!!! In 3 days!!! How is that even possible?? I have lost 40 since the beginning of November and I went right back to the grind today. Maybe it's water weight from sodium? I don't add salt to my food at home and restaurants do of course. Maybe the alcohol? I'm so discouraged. I know I deserved to eat well and celebrate with my family but 7 pounds? Holy moly. Going to drink more water now. Sigh.
Don't stress, that's likely just water weight from increased carbs and sodium. There is 3500 calories in a lb of fat. There is NO WAY you ate 24,500 calories OVER maintenance in 3 days. Essentially I'm saying it's impossibly you put on 7lbs of fat.0 -
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I'd prefer to think of it as "back to normal."
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Ha! Good call. I thought more like work, as logging at this point is normal, but I agree! 0 -
Water weight. ..... congratulations0
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So I've lost 3 pounds of it since posting this and it's also almost that lovely time of the month that I totally forgot about. Add 5 pounds right there. Shoot.3
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jomariewill wrote: »So I got married this past Saturday and I didn't log for 3 days. I ate what I wanted and I ate horribly. I will admit. Heck I deserved it. I also drank which I haven't done in months. I gained 7 pounds!!!! In 3 days!!! How is that even possible?? I have lost 40 since the beginning of November and I went right back to the grind today. Maybe it's water weight from sodium? I don't add salt to my food at home and restaurants do of course. Maybe the alcohol? I'm so discouraged. I know I deserved to eat well and celebrate with my family but 7 pounds? Holy moly. Going to drink more water now. Sigh.
It was ur weeding it's okay to splurge occasionally even when dieting1 -
jomariewill wrote: »So I've lost 3 pounds of it since posting this and it's also almost that lovely time of the month that I totally forgot about. Add 5 pounds right there. Shoot.
Seeee.......totally natural!
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