3LB Gain overnight

salt in the chips making you retain water...drink up and it should come off

This is why I weight in every day and log it as a food note because doing so actually stopped making me crazy....LOL. It is amazing how much weight fluctuates overnight - up 3 down 4, up 2 down 1..........just laugh about it and move on. Within a day or two it will be back down. I laugh at the scale now.

I fluctuate as much as 5# from one morning to the next at times. It's ridiculous. The thing that calms me is asking myself...did you eat 3500 (or 5x that!) extra calories the last couple days, or yesterday, whatever to actually gain that pound. Generally the answer is NO. So I win that scale battle hands down. I also get 3-5 weight readings on my scale, it never reads right the first time, even when I've tested it with a confirmed weight, like a barbell plate. So I take the one that comes up the most. When I hit a loss, I record it and that is my weight...the rest is fluctuations due to water gain/loss. I use one day a week as my official but I NEVER record a higher weight unless it's me truly packing on the pounds because I can't control what I shove in the mouth....

Don't sweat it as long as you are being honest with yourself about your food portions and selections.

;-)

I weighed myself this morning and am almost 5 lbs more than I was when I weighed in last week. I have been at my calorie goals and added in more exercise this week. I have a HORRIBLE cold though with swelled sinuses and throat. Could that make a difference? I'm feeling very discouraged. :frown:

Thanks Lorina. That makes me feel a bit better (just a bit, haha).

I had a 2 and haf lb gain this morning... Water weight for sure! No worries, drink up, it will come down. Mine always does.

Yes, it's been happening to me a lot lately. I'm up 2 lbs from Monday, and I was up 2 lbs even then, so I'm really up 4 lbs from my low weight!

I know very well that I have maintained a lot more than a 500 calorie deficit between my BMR and my food intake every single day, so I haven't done anything to gain. Water retention is a probable cause. My trainer also suggested an alternative when I was telling him about it. A few weeks ago I managed to really get my metabolism going at a high rate for awhile and was burning calories like crazy and lost several pounds really fast. My trainer suggested that I may have been burning at such a high rate that my body burned some muscle as fuel since my body fat content has dropped quite a bit. Now that my metabolism has slowed down a little, the muscle is getting a chance to rebuild, and of course, muscle weighs more than fat. It also looks better than fat; my clothes are fitting better than ever and I don't look like I've gained anything, so that is helping to calm me. But I'll still be glad when I can get that scale moving in the right direction again.

too much sodium in all the things you listed so yes it is possible....IT'S HAPPENED TO ME :embarassed:

flush out that sodium, drink up the water!! If you normally drink 8 glasses, drink a few more for the next couple of days...it will go away

In addition to drinking additional water, try some strenuous exercise... That will help you sweat out some of this excess... Of course, make sure you stay hydrated while doing it.

Also, BTW... In order to have a REAL 3 lb increase, you would have to have consumed 10,500 calories MORE than you consumed.... That is some serious chip eating.... Also remember, the BULK of what you eat is still in your system until it is eliminated... That is not REAL weight... Just transitionary.

I prefer to have low salt/sodium for 24 hours before weigh in day to make sure there is as little water weight as possible.

That popcorn and crisps can put on some good water weight.. Give it a day and it will come back off.. I hate that water gain too it's so discouraging.

salt in all the foods you ate + water retention = 3pounds overnight....it will go away once you drink enough water today and not repeat the same menu right before bed...