Gained 18lbs on vacation! Help?
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london1014
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I just got back from a 3 week vacation (there is long story to it) and I know ate badly and drank too much alcohol but I wasn't expecting to gain almost 8.5 kg this quickly! I'm hoping some of it is water weight.
How many pounds of fat do you think I gained?
I didn't keep track of calories but I'm guessing around 3000 a day and sadly no exercise.
How many pounds of fat do you think I gained?
I didn't keep track of calories but I'm guessing around 3000 a day and sadly no exercise.
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Well we’d need to know your stats to calculate. Weight, height, calories you need to lose and maintain.
Or you could do the calculation yourself. Every 3500 calories over your maintenance equals (roughly) a 1lb.0 -
About 10lbs will be water weight... Chill1
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Yeah, as CarlsbergLewis says - chill. firstly I find that I put weigh on when i've been on holiday (no surprise there!) then when I'm back home I start losing the weight again once I go back to "normal" eating. You'll probably find most of the weight gain will disappear with that once you get back on the wagon.0
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I gained 6lbs in a week a month ago when I went on holiday. 5.5lbs was gone within a week. My ankles returned the day after arriving home, most of it is probably water weight!0
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london1014 wrote: »I just got back from a 3 week vacation (there is long story to it) and I know ate badly and drank too much alcohol but I wasn't expecting to gain almost 8.5 kg this quickly! I'm hoping some of it is water weight.
How many pounds of fat do you think I gained?
I didn't keep track of calories but I'm guessing around 3000 a day and sadly no exercise.
good effort! sounds like you were eating a lot more than 3000cals to have gained 18lbs in 3 weeks!
a load of it will be water, so just get back to your deficit and it'll disappear over the next couple of weeks.4 -
GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »Well we’d need to know your stats to calculate. Weight, height, calories you need to lose and maintain.
Or you could do the calculation yourself. Every 3500 calories over your maintenance equals (roughly) a 1lb.
My TDEE is 1450. My problem is that I didn't keep track at all. 3000 cal a day was just a really really rough estimate. My geuss is probably way off0 -
london1014 wrote: »GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »Well we’d need to know your stats to calculate. Weight, height, calories you need to lose and maintain.
Or you could do the calculation yourself. Every 3500 calories over your maintenance equals (roughly) a 1lb.
My TDEE is 1450. My problem is that I didn't keep track at all. 3000 cal a day was just a really really rough estimate. My geuss is probably way off
1450? you're tiny and sedentary then?1 -
My percentage of water weight gain to fat gain when I catch a bout of "all-inclusive-holiday-itis" is about 20-30% fat 80-70% water.
I managed to injure myself during my last holiday and gained 10lbs in 10 days. It only took two weeks with a moderate deficit to get rid of it which shows how little was really fat.1 -
You know what? What does it matter? a) you gained some water that will go away on its own-zero question about that. b) you gained some fat that will be harder to get rid off--also zero question about that based on your descriptions c) in either case, your only choice to avoid continuing to gain weight is to get back with the program d) at least now you know what happens when you stop caring and/or stop paying attention: this is a valuable thing to know when you get to maintenance and for your next vacation e) A TDEE of 1450 tells me that you may be unsure what TDEE means. You may be thinking of BMR or NEAT instead of TDEE.0
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Lets look at it more rationally. If you really gained 18lbs in 21 days then you would have eaten at a surplus of 63000 calories, or 3000 per day. If your TDEE is really as low as 1400, then you'd have eaten 4400 calories per day. Do you think that's realistic? Most likely a substantial part is water weight. I also gain a lot of water weight whenever I travel. It usually takes 2-7 days to lose it again (my water is rather sticky
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TavistockToad wrote: »london1014 wrote: »GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »Well we’d need to know your stats to calculate. Weight, height, calories you need to lose and maintain.
Or you could do the calculation yourself. Every 3500 calories over your maintenance equals (roughly) a 1lb.
My TDEE is 1450. My problem is that I didn't keep track at all. 3000 cal a day was just a really really rough estimate. My geuss is probably way off
1450? you're tiny and sedentary then?
Yea I'm short and used sedentary since I didn't exercise on vacation. my "normal" life TDEE is 17500 -
You know what? What does it matter? a) you gained some water that will go away on its own-zero question about that. b) you gained some fat that will be harder to get rid off--also zero question about that based on your descriptions c) in either case, your only choice to avoid continuing to gain weight is to get back with the program d) at least now you know what happens when you stop caring and/or stop paying attention: this is a valuable thing to know when you get to maintenance and for your next vacation e) A TDEE of 1450 tells me that you may be unsure what TDEE means. You may be thinking of BMR or NEAT instead of TDEE.
Thanks for your reply, you're right on all your points! well except your last one. I do know what TDEE is. Im just short and used sedentary for the calculation since I didn't exercise on my vacation.
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A lot of that will be water weight, just get back on track, log your food, stay within your allowance and what you have gained will go. It usually takes me 2 to 3 weeks post vacation to shed any holiday gain. Initially it can look as if I have gained 7lbs but within a week most of that is gone, and it ends up being around 2lbs of fat gain which doesn't take long to shift.0
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Maybe try to put some exercise into future holidays to lessen the blow. I also skip breakfast when I'm away - it gives me a bit more freedom for the rest of the day.0
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Lets look at it more rationally. If you really gained 18lbs in 21 days then you would have eaten at a surplus of 63000 calories, or 3000 per day. If your TDEE is really as low as 1400, then you'd have eaten 4400 calories per day. Do you think that's realistic? Most likely a substantial part is water weight. I also gain a lot of water weight whenever I travel. It usually takes 2-7 days to lose it again (my water is rather sticky)
plus 18lbs of actual fat would mean none of OPs clothes would fit now.1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Lets look at it more rationally. If you really gained 18lbs in 21 days then you would have eaten at a surplus of 63000 calories, or 3000 per day. If your TDEE is really as low as 1400, then you'd have eaten 4400 calories per day. Do you think that's realistic? Most likely a substantial part is water weight. I also gain a lot of water weight whenever I travel. It usually takes 2-7 days to lose it again (my water is rather sticky)
plus 18lbs of actual fat would mean none of OPs clothes would fit now.
By my calculations 3000 a day with a TDEE of 1450 (which I highly doubt) is 13.25lbs of fat.1 -
GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »Lets look at it more rationally. If you really gained 18lbs in 21 days then you would have eaten at a surplus of 63000 calories, or 3000 per day. If your TDEE is really as low as 1400, then you'd have eaten 4400 calories per day. Do you think that's realistic? Most likely a substantial part is water weight. I also gain a lot of water weight whenever I travel. It usually takes 2-7 days to lose it again (my water is rather sticky)
plus 18lbs of actual fat would mean none of OPs clothes would fit now.
By my calculations 3000 a day with a TDEE of 1450 (which I highly doubt) is 13.25lbs of fat.
that could work if the rest was water, though i doubt it.0 -
if you GAINED a TRUE 18 pounds, none of your clothes would fit. most of its water weight. relax. other than that, nothing you can do other than pick up where you left off. You had a vacation, enjoyed it, and life goes on.0
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Just get back to it, OP. I doubt that 'most of it is water weight' if you consumed so many calories, but still, it will just take one or two months to lose them.
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TavistockToad wrote: »Lets look at it more rationally. If you really gained 18lbs in 21 days then you would have eaten at a surplus of 63000 calories, or 3000 per day. If your TDEE is really as low as 1400, then you'd have eaten 4400 calories per day. Do you think that's realistic? Most likely a substantial part is water weight. I also gain a lot of water weight whenever I travel. It usually takes 2-7 days to lose it again (my water is rather sticky)
plus 18lbs of actual fat would mean none of OPs clothes would fit now.
Unless they wear stretchy or baggy sort of clothes.
OP- I'd just go back to eating and exercising normally and weigh yourself in a week or so to see where you are at. Some of it is water weight... at least half. I'm going to guess under 8 lbs actual gain.
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