How Can This Be !

ldalbello
ldalbello Posts: 207 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
My starting weight was 181 (on July 8) and last Saturday morning I weighed myself at 151. I have been doing pretty good so far until this weekend. On Saturday I had a big mac and pizza and a few rum and diet cokes and yesterday was just as bad. When I weighed myself this morning, the scale said 159 ! Can it be possible to gain 8 pounds in two days ?

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  • rochey1098
    rochey1098 Posts: 285
    lol no no, 8lbs is 3500*8 calories = 28,000... you couldn't eat that much over your daily allowance in 2 days if you tried :tongue:

    it's probably just water from excessive sodium intake or something
  • Karrieif
    Karrieif Posts: 55 Member
    Unfortunately, I believe it is possible.

    The foods you mention are high is salt and sugar content. You maybe retaining water. When this happens to me it normally settles after a few days of your normal healthier diet. Over time (possibly a week) it should even out.
  • rosied915
    rosied915 Posts: 799 Member
    It's the sodium and you're retaining water.

    I once gained 12 pounds OVER NIGHT!!!

    Relax, stay focussed and PLEASE, stay OFF the scale for a few days~ you'll be fine.
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    This sort of variation is one of the reasons I try only to weigh myself once every two weeks. As the other posters have said, you're probably retaining water, possibly because of the high sodium content of the foods you had at the weekend, but also possibly for other reasons - we're female, our bodies do that! Don't panic, and try not to weigh in again for a week or so.
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    chill, weight varries day to day. wether you weighed yourself after eating, exercise or drinking. after eating a peanut butter n bannana sandwhich, (only thing from 8 am to 5 pm) the scaled decided to tell me i gained 12 pounds. i think of it as one of those Mayhem commericals.
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    Duh! water weight.
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