How many pounds of Bloat

SanitySauce
SanitySauce Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This question is posed mainly out of curiosity. My goal is to lose 13 pounds, as of last Friday, I lost 7 of those 13 pounds. I was so excited, only 6 to go. Four days later, today, I get on the scale and I somehow gained 4 pounds. I've been good. I even ran a 12 K over the weekend. So, according to the scale I have only lost a total 3 pounds and I have 10 pounds to go. I know I am bloated, I know it is this time of the month, and I know I ate a little gluten yesterday (very little) that could all be contributing to bloat. But, really, 4 pounds of bloat??? Has anyone else recorded their bloat? How much do you usually retain? What makes it worse? What makes it better? I am currently drinking dandelion and rasberry leaf tea, hoping it all goes away and when I get on the scale tomorrow, it's back to my 7 pound loss.

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    It's part of the daily fluctuations of body weight. Weight loss is like a bumpy ride down a hill side. Just keep going, don't let the scale get you down.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    SanitySauce wrote: »
    This question is posed mainly out of curiosity. My goal is to lose 13 pounds, as of last Friday, I lost 7 of those 13 pounds. I was so excited, only 6 to go. Four days later, today, I get on the scale and I somehow gained 4 pounds. I've been good. I even ran a 12 K over the weekend. So, according to the scale I have only lost a total 3 pounds and I have 10 pounds to go. I know I am bloated, I know it is this time of the month, and I know I ate a little gluten yesterday (very little) that could all be contributing to bloat. But, really, 4 pounds of bloat??? Has anyone else recorded their bloat? How much do you usually retain? What makes it worse? What makes it better? I am currently drinking dandelion and rasberry leaf tea, hoping it all goes away and when I get on the scale tomorrow, it's back to my 7 pound loss.

    It's pretty variable...your body is made up of 50-65% water...you're also going to always have variable degrees of waste in your system. I can easily be up 3-5 pounds day to day depending. It has nothing to do with being good or not being good, etc...body weight fluctuates naturally. Weight loss is about overall trends over time.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    SanitySauce wrote: »
    This question is posed mainly out of curiosity. My goal is to lose 13 pounds, as of last Friday, I lost 7 of those 13 pounds. I was so excited, only 6 to go. Four days later, today, I get on the scale and I somehow gained 4 pounds. I've been good. I even ran a 12 K over the weekend. So, according to the scale I have only lost a total 3 pounds and I have 10 pounds to go. I know I am bloated, I know it is this time of the month, and I know I ate a little gluten yesterday (very little) that could all be contributing to bloat. But, really, 4 pounds of bloat??? Has anyone else recorded their bloat? How much do you usually retain? What makes it worse? What makes it better? I am currently drinking dandelion and rasberry leaf tea, hoping it all goes away and when I get on the scale tomorrow, it's back to my 7 pound loss.
    Do you run regularly? If this is unusual for you, there's your answer.

  • Libby283
    Libby283 Posts: 288 Member
    I am having the same dilemma. Keep working the plan.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    i was super dehydrated yesterday after a sunday of drinking and not eating, hit a new low weight! then ate at maintenance with high sodium to 'cure' my hangover and this morning i was up 6 pounds. after surgery last month i jumped up 8 pounds while my body retained water to help me heal. it took about 2 weeks to drop down to 'normal' range. and normal is a range not a single number. be patient. with only 13 pounds to lose be super extra patient.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I easily gain 4 pounds before TOM. Wait and see what happens afterwards. Make note of these fluctuations so you're ready for next month.
  • SanitySauce
    SanitySauce Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks for your comments everyone. I never thought about the 12K as a potential reason for gain. I used to do a lot of backpacking as part of my job. After a long arduous weekend, I would always be up a bit in weight. I would joke that I ate too much peanut butter and dried high calorie food, but I think the bloat may have been my bodies response to extreme physical exertion and inflammation. Who knows though, it could be TOM. Only time will tell.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    After intense exercise, your muscles need water to help in the repair process, and weight can often rise.

    In addition, when running, you use up gycogen, which will mean your weight will drop. A couple of days later, your body replenishes those glycogen stores, so your weight goes back up.

    This is all perfectly normal.

    A lot of people like me use an app like Happy Scale to log their weight daily, and let the app even out the daily fluctuations and show their gradual downward weight trend over time.

    If you're logging accurately and/or precisely, and eating within your calorie limit, you don't need to worry. Cheers.
  • tramaine_21
    tramaine_21 Posts: 348 Member
    That is the price you pay a as women--is dealing with bloat due to hormones/cycles etc... I bloat on average during that time about 3 to 5l bs sometimes even 7 lbs! Ugh! I hate it because the scale weighs everything and the added bloat can be so discouraging. Eventually, it subsides and your weight will get back on track, it just takes patience---just focus on your goal and you'll get there.
  • ILoveGoal
    ILoveGoal Posts: 141 Member
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