Nearly 2lb gain in less than 24 hours?

Illness can definitely cause water retention. Don't worry, gaining 2lbs in a day is definitely not fat gain 🙂

Something so many of us don't understand, at the beginning of our weight loss experiences, is that losing pounds/gaining pounds happens for so many reasons. We're used to all the ads telling us we can lose lose lose so many pounds per week so we assume it's going to be a steady decrease no matter what. But there are 100 different reasons for doing each. That's something I've learned here and it's been very helpful in keeping my head focused on the end prize and not the one and done mindset, keeping me going each week even if I only lost .5 # or gained 1. There's always next week or next month and if I keep mainly on the straight and narrow, it all works out. That is, if I can keep the binges down to a minimum.

Good luck and hope you feel better soon!!

I weigh every day.

It allows me to overcome the shock of gaining 3 pounds after following the plan to the letter. Because at 3500 calories per pound, there is no way I have 10500 extra calories in one day. So it became obvious to me that it was fluctuation due to intestinal tract contents and water retention. Hence, no more worries about the fluctuations. And, for me it always averages out and my loss graph looked like a steady slope down. Now almost perfectly flat when viewed at a distance. But, I have to think those 3 pound gains through every time it happens.

It's magical imps in the night pouring water into your body.

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