Food poisoning and weight gain

utz2119
utz2119 Posts: 39 Member
edited January 2021 in Health and Weight Loss
I've had food poisoning the past 2 days. (Bad eggs) And still dont have that big of an appetite. I stepped on the scale today and I've gained like 4. How?!?!?!

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited January 2021
    Dehydration/water retention. You likely didn't "gain" 4Lbs of fat in 2 days whilst sick. Drink fluids and wait it out.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    If you have diarrhea the excess water in your intestines can cause temporary weight gain.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    Yeah, some kind of water weight effect kicked up by the food poisoning. Just go forward eating sensibly and getting adequate hydration, and I'm betting the extra weight will drop off within a few days to a week or so. Until it hangs around longer than 2 weeks, not worth worrying about. Bodies are weird.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    I gain at least 2 lbs between 8am to noon every day. It’s normal for weight to fluctuate, especially when sick.
  • mariamsmb1
    mariamsmb1 Posts: 19 Member
    That happened to me once and I freaked out. I had barely eaten or drank anything for 3 days and gained a lb. I didn’t know much about water weight fluctuations then. It still doesn’t make sense.

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