Jumping back

bbasusena wrote: »

I stopped tracking what I was eating, and somehow maintained the weight I stopped at. But these past two weekends I jus let myself eat, I mean I didn’t over eat, I weight myself and I gained back 5lbs!! I was upset disappointed... I’m jumping back into this once again!! What motivates you? Seeing changes in your body? Energy? Or the scale lbs? ...

To gain 5 pounds, you'd have to eat a cumulative total of 17,500 calories above maintenance calories.

I kind of doubt you did that in a couple of weekends, though it's certainly possible. But if you think you "didn't over eat", it's unlikely you accidentally snuck in 17,500 extra calories.

Conclusion: The overwhelming majority of it is very likely temporary water retention from more carbs than normal or more sodium than normal or both, plus extra disgestive system contents in transit, and it'll drop off within a week or two without doing anything dramatic.

Personally, I just want to stay at a healthy weight, and get good nutrition, personally. Those, plus getting some decent activity/exercise in my life, go a long way toward making my older age more enjoyable than not (I'm already 64) and keeping me living independently (not in assisted living) for as long as possible. What better motivation would I need? :flowerforyou: