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So confused...defeated

jguthrie4976
jguthrie4976 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I ended up getting flu and strep and was sick for week. Luckily lack of appetite got me to my goal weight. Yesterday I volunteered all day and hit the gym. A neighbor who heard I had been ill brought me some homemade rolls and grits and a tofu scramble..she knows I am vegan and health conscious. She even made me a little pie. I had no way of tracking it but let myself have it. Today I am up 2.4 lbs from yesterday ! I dont understand.

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  • jguthrie4976
    jguthrie4976 Posts: 3 Member
    It is going to take me like a week to lose this. Luckily feel sick again today means no appetite
  • jseams1234
    jseams1234 Posts: 1,219 Member
    If you've been sick for a week with no appetite you not only lost a little bit of fat/muscle from lack of eating/calorie deficit - but you also lost a bit of weight from having your bowels emptied. A portion of your weight is always going to be the contents of your digestive system - both undigested and waste. You may have also been a bit dehydrated.

    Get healthy/well first then worry about your goals again.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    You don't gain 2.4lbs of fat overnight and your body will naturally fluctuate within a range too. Chill.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    You didn't have much food in your body and you probably lost some water weight due to not eating. You then put a lot of food in your body.

    Of course you're going to weigh more. Food has weight, even while your body is processing it. And eating a lot of food after a period of not eating much will usually result in you retaining some water.

    My advice: don't focus on small stuff like this. Focus on the long term trend.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,377 Member
    think about it logically... like it is another person writing your post. then you realize the answer.
  • jguthrie4976
    jguthrie4976 Posts: 3 Member
    I was eating with the cold just less than normal. TMI ALERT I have had two HUGE poos since the weigh in.
  • jsminer827
    jsminer827 Posts: 62 Member
    Do you think you actually consumed 8,400 calories of rolls, grits, tofu scramble and vegan pie? It's more likely that you're retaining water. If you do think that level of consumption was possible, I would challenge you to go back and tally the calories because I'm dubious and I think you'll feel a better with proof (I would). If not, I would give yourself a few days to get back to "normal" - you were probably at least a little dehydrated and if you hadn't eaten much your body might want to hold onto it until things settle back to your usual baseline of consumption and activity.

    On another note, you have an awesome neighbor. :)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    jguthrie4976 wrote: »
    I was eating with the cold just less than normal. TMI ALERT I have had two HUGE poos since the weigh in.

    Eating less than normal -- whether the cause is illness or something else -- generally results in water weight loss that will bounce back when you resume eating normally. It's nothing to be confused or concerned about, it's just how your body works.
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