Sudden 5lb gain...then lost?

ParisArkw
ParisArkw Posts: 186
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
For about 3 weeks I was eating healthy and exercising about 5x a week. I started at 150lbs and got down to 146. And then the last 10 days happened, in which I worked out maybe twice, and ate very unhealthfully. I was convinced that I blew it and would be starting from scratch, as far as losing pounds goes. I weighed myself last Friday and was up to 149. I weighed myself the last two days, and I was 150 again. Yesterday was my first day getting back on track in terms of eating my caloric limit, and I did a nice 30 minute walk.

Today I got on the scale and am sincerely shocked to see that the scale reads 145 pounds. I'm certainly not complaining. But can anyone explain to me how this is possible? How can my weight be 149-150 for several days, and then drop like that? I haven't been working out or eating healthfully, wouldn't this show on the scale more longterm? Or am I getting away easy and picking up where I left off before the weight gain? Haha, sounds too good to be true.

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  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    You gained then lost water weight. Most likely not fat or muscle.
  • Ephena
    Ephena Posts: 610 Member
    Ah water weight, the bane of any dieters scale weight. It has caused many a dieter and scale to break-up. Seriously I once saw a you tube video from a lady who took a baseball bat to her scale, it was great! :laugh:

    When you went back to eating unhealthy you probably ate a ton of sodium and drank limited water. As you got back into the swing of things and paid more attention to what you were eating all that fluid retention went down the drain. That is going to happen, many times on your journey.

    Don't fret, and good luck.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    im kind of in the same boat.. i was 245 before thanksgiving, and 248 after... ive been stuck at 248 for a few days now. i have been eating out, but not going over calories. i just started working out again too after taking a break, so im hoping ill have a big drop here soon
  • JanetTerry
    JanetTerry Posts: 123 Member
    could have been high sodium intake that caused water retention and then you released it!
  • ParisArkw
    ParisArkw Posts: 186
    Yeah, I was figuring it must have been water weight to come and go that fast. But I'm also wondering, why is it I can eat 2000-3000+ calories for so many days and not gain more serious weight?
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