Do carbs sabotage my plan?

rosenberrypam
rosenberrypam Posts: 9 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

I've done doing fairly well over the past month losing slow and steady. Last night we had pizza for dinner (special treat) and this morning I'm up 2.5 pounds. Is it causing water retention or is it actual weight gain?

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  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,529 Member

    Water.

    Nothing wrong with carbs. Most people prefer an amount that gives them a good amount of energy.

  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 2,136 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10946747/do-carbs-sabotage-my-plan

    It's just water. Carbs are fine. In fact, your body runs on carbs for energy. If you don't eat carbs, you end up wasting a lot of protein that could go to building/maintaining muscle, but instead your body is forced to waste it on just surviving and flushes it down the toilet at the end of the day.

  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,420 Member

    This is where math is our friend. You would have had to of eaten in an 8,000+ calorie surplus yesterday to gain 2.5 lbs of fat. Thats your maintenance calories PLUS 8,000+. Lots of things make the scale go up and down unrelated to fat gain and loss!

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 19,262 Member

    Apparently for every gram of carbs you consume, you retain 4g of water to process it. So 300g carbs is 1.5kg on the scale until the water has done it's job and gets flushed.

  • lorimontalbo1320
    lorimontalbo1320 Posts: 1 Member

    water. I’ve gone up 5 lbs. just eating Mac and cheese before bed. It’ll go away.

  • westrich20940
    westrich20940 Posts: 950 Member

    In order to truly gain 2.5lbs … that's ~8,750 calories….

    So you didn't gain that much weight. My weight can swing ~5lbs….depending on my activity level, what I've eaten (how much sodium I've had, etc) and what time in my cycle I'm in.

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