I really over ate
nasr25
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And I got on scale and it seems two days in and I still am 4 pounds higher then my weigh was before it happened. I over ate for two days idk by how much but it was a lot. I was celebrating with the family and I have been doing really well other wise. I am not upset or guilty about it but I am curious as to how long It will stay this high. I know there is no way I gained 4 pounds. Just wondering how long it takes for you to get back after a slip.
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It can take 5 days or so for me to normalize after having a day or two of heavier eating than normal especially if I eat foods with lots of sodium.
Don't freak out.6 -
A few weeks ago I went 1000 over. It took about a week to drop back to normal. I lowered my sodium intake for that week, upped my deficit (within acceptable limits) and doubled my cardio.2
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We all over eat don’t worry
Weight gain is just as slow as weight loss. 3500kcals to one pound of fat regardless of if you are going up or down on the scales.
Just normalise your eating again and get back on track, I wouldn’t cut too heavily to make up for it might leave you prone to snacking if your anything like me
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My weight can go up 4lbs overnight without over eating - our weight fluctuates daily, sometimes a lot.
Just log it and move on - i.e get back to being consistently in calorie deficit.
My weight spikes from higher sodium/carbs intake can last 5 days.4 -
don't fret, but get back on track and it will be like it never happened. My weight is all over the place in any given week but the long term trend is down.3
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For me it depends on whether or not alcohol was involved. Without 3-5 days, with 7-8.5
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And I got on scale and it seems two days in and I still am 4 pounds higher then my weigh was before it happened. I over ate for two days idk by how much but it was a lot. I was celebrating with the family and I have been doing really well other wise. I am not upset or guilty about it but I am curious as to how long It will stay this high. I know there is no way I gained 4 pounds. Just wondering how long it takes for you to get back after a slip.
One cheat meal or day of over eating can set you back 3 days typically. Give yourself a week to just get back to where you where a few days ago. Doesn't really seem worth it now does it?18 -
Tedebearduff wrote: »And I got on scale and it seems two days in and I still am 4 pounds higher then my weigh was before it happened. I over ate for two days idk by how much but it was a lot. I was celebrating with the family and I have been doing really well other wise. I am not upset or guilty about it but I am curious as to how long It will stay this high. I know there is no way I gained 4 pounds. Just wondering how long it takes for you to get back after a slip.
One cheat meal or day of over eating can set you back 3 days typically. Give yourself a week to just get back to where you where a few days ago. Doesn't really seem worth it now does it?
How can spending some quality time with family celebrating, not be worth at most 1 pound in weight gain? This tiny amount of weight can be lost in no time but those special memories will last forever.19 -
Tedebearduff wrote: »And I got on scale and it seems two days in and I still am 4 pounds higher then my weigh was before it happened. I over ate for two days idk by how much but it was a lot. I was celebrating with the family and I have been doing really well other wise. I am not upset or guilty about it but I am curious as to how long It will stay this high. I know there is no way I gained 4 pounds. Just wondering how long it takes for you to get back after a slip.
One cheat meal or day of over eating can set you back 3 days typically. Give yourself a week to just get back to where you where a few days ago. Doesn't really seem worth it now does it?
If one understands normal weight fluctuations and recognizes that the extra water/waste will be gone soon, then why is there any reason to think a celebration with family wasn’t worth it?
There are far, far more important things in life than worrying about temporary weight fluctuations. Spending happy times with family is one of them.9 -
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For me it depends on whether or not alcohol was involved. Without 3-5 days, with 7-8.
Exactly the same for me. 4-5 days without alcohol to "get back to even", and 7-8 days with.
Depending on the calories, sodium, carbs, and alcohol involved, the temporary gain can be anywhere from a couple of pounds to, in the most extreme cases I've had, 12 pounds. About half of the total comes off in the first 2 days, and the other half comes off in the remaining time.2 -
It took me a week for my weight to normalize after treating myself in Asheville, and I didn't even technically go over my calories. I just had a lot of extra from running the day before banked, and the food I was eating was much richer and saltier than I'm used to. Give it time.1
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usually about 5-7 days of eating at a deficit for me, depending on how much I overate and how much of it was sodium0
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I had a 460 calorie Wegman's premade meal recently (Singapore noodles with shrimp & chicken), stayed within my calorie limit for the day, and was up 3.6 pounds the next day. It took 3 more days to get back to even, and then a small woosh followed to give me all the weight loss I was owed for that whole chunk of time.
It had 1700 mg of sodium, which is right around my typical sodium intake for an entire day - in other words, very high relative to what I and my body's water-sodium balance are accustomed to.
That's all it takes to throw a scale off for a week. Totally worth it though LOL3 -
My weight doesn't fluctuate much on a daily basis but if it's up a couple lbs., a good 60 minute run gets it back to where I want it to be, or lower. By weight, I mean scale weight. I think that's what we're talking about because it would be hard to eat enough food to gain 4 lbs. in a short period.1
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It usually takes 4-5 days for me to work through a fluctuation like this, be patient and stay on your plan. These things happen and should be enjoyed, once you know what to expect you'll stop worrying.3
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I'm interested in the responses because of a weird experience recently. Normally I wouldn't worry about a 3 lb fluctuation and normally my weight rolling average would settle as expected in 3-7 days. But this summer, my rolling average weight kept climbing and I couldn't figure it out. Initially I had lots of travel, eating out and eating too much and gained 2 lb. But two months later, my rolling average weight was an additional 3 lb higher despite no travel, preparing all my own meals, only 1 restaurant meal/week, normal exercise, normal intake, etc. Then I had a menstrual cycle (after 100 days without, peri-menopause) and dropped 6 lb scale weight.
All this is to say, if you are patient and wait it out (even if you have to wait 2 months), the math will eventually work. Stay the course.6 -
I dont really regret it I would most likely do it again if the same situation came about but it rarely does so it was definitely worth is. Besides my journey is for the long haul and i am not a robot so i know i am gonna mess up a few times. The reason i asked is i keep track of my weigh on happy scale and i usually input everyday but since my weight suddenly increased i didn't want to just add that in and mess up my stats. I just wanted to see how long it took for other people before it finally settled in. I ate a lot but I would guess it was maybe a pound of weight gain if that.0
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I dont really regret it I would most likely do it again if the same situation came about but it rarely does so it was definitely worth is. Besides my journey is for the long haul and i am not a robot so i know i am gonna mess up a few times. The reason i asked is i keep track of my weigh on happy scale and i usually input everyday but since my weight suddenly increased i didn't want to just add that in and mess up my stats. I just wanted to see how long it took for other people before it finally settled in. I ate a lot but I would guess it was maybe a pound of weight gain if that.
Happy Scale will show that your graphs and average went up, but that’s the whole point of Happy Scale. It helps you see how that blip does or doesn’t factor into your weight loss efforts.2 -
I dont really regret it I would most likely do it again if the same situation came about but it rarely does so it was definitely worth is. Besides my journey is for the long haul and i am not a robot so i know i am gonna mess up a few times. The reason i asked is i keep track of my weigh on happy scale and i usually input everyday but since my weight suddenly increased i didn't want to just add that in and mess up my stats. I just wanted to see how long it took for other people before it finally settled in. I ate a lot but I would guess it was maybe a pound of weight gain if that.
Happy Scale will show that your graphs and average went up, but that’s the whole point of Happy Scale. It helps you see how that blip does or doesn’t factor into your weight loss efforts.
Oh well I didn’t know that lol. I guess I’ll just input it then thanks0 -
Happy Scale is good if you aren’t sensitive. It’s long term goal projections changing every day with my fluctuations really got to me in the end so I deleted it.0
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I dont really regret it I would most likely do it again if the same situation came about but it rarely does so it was definitely worth is. Besides my journey is for the long haul and i am not a robot so i know i am gonna mess up a few times. The reason i asked is i keep track of my weigh on happy scale and i usually input everyday but since my weight suddenly increased i didn't want to just add that in and mess up my stats. I just wanted to see how long it took for other people before it finally settled in. I ate a lot but I would guess it was maybe a pound of weight gain if that.
Happy Scale will show that your graphs and average went up, but that’s the whole point of Happy Scale. It helps you see how that blip does or doesn’t factor into your weight loss efforts.
Oh well I didn’t know that lol. I guess I’ll just input it then thanks
Definitely keep it updated, the average weight function will even out the fluctuations and you'll see whether or not it's a problem.1
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