Up 4lbs overnight???????????

Seriously????? I had a major sugar binge yesterday on skittles and M&M's but I've been very good at avoiding sugar and processed foods all last week so why the 4lb gain from ONE sugar binge????? I'm VERY discouraged right now! There's no way in hell I took in 14,000 extra calories in ONE day!!!!

What gives and what can I do about it????? Thanks!

It will go back down in a day. Weight fluctuates.

I noticed all the ups and downs within myself too...and finally got frustrated enough that I just stopped weighing myself every day. It really discouraged me. The same thing happened to me last week. Up 3 lbs over night and I hadn't done anything different. Within 2 days I had lost that 3 plus another. I've trained myself now over the past week to not check every day...that way when I do weigh in every week...i'll be happy with the 2 or 3 lb loss and not frustrated all week with the ups and downs to still be down 3 lbs on that weekly weigh in. It's too much added stress. Lol

Try weighing every 2 weeks instead of daily/weekly. As long as you are in a calorie deficit over the long haul, you will be ok. If you are not already, take measurements to always use as a progress tool.

Just curious, are you on a low carb diet and had a sugar splurge yesterday? If so, that is the reason for the weight gain. All water weight.

agree with everyone...its not real. Eat well, get enough protein...watch your salt today,,,i didnt try to look at your diary, but you can track your sodium...i know thats a big factor for me.

This is the reason why they suggest weighing yourself once per week, at most, before you have anything to eat or drink, and in the same clothing each time. Weight fluctuates due to water gained usually from too much sodium the previous day, TOM, etc., but you already knew that, I'm sure. The scale can also weigh differently due to being moved to a different location, humidity changes, heat changes, and the one that used to happen to my mom all the time -- someone adjusting the weight dial on the scale.

Don't worry!

It's very difficult to have actual weight shifts of more than a pound (up or down) that aren't water related. The Skittles and M&Ms, of I recall correctly, are high in both sugar AND sodium. If you've been good and active lately, but binged later in the day when you have less time to work off those sugars, they head to the liver for short term storage before your body decides what to do with them - send back out to be used for current activity, or send to fat for future energy needs. The sodium in the candy (and sugar to a far lesser extent, add big solid particles to your blood stream and your blood stream tries to keep a particular ratio of "solid stuff" to water at all times. When we overdo the solid stuff the body hangs onto the water as well until the body can transfer the solids onto cells (store as fat, use as energy) or flush it out of the body (primarily in pee). When the stuff goes, the water goes too to maintain that ratio.

I, too, get massive 3-5 pound upswings sometimes despite a calories count that says I should be losing/maintaining. In pretty much every instance I can track it to eating a ridiculously large bulk of my calories AFTER I'm done being active for the day, usually Mexican food - notoriously high carb and high sodium. Or a night out drinking with friends. If I look at my abdomen that next morning, I can usually see the upper left sticking out a bit more than the right. That's my liver saying, "Thanks for the bounty, man. Whatcha want me do with it?"

The good news is that a couple days of being back in my regular routine sees those pounds fall back off. I see that you've already lost 60 pounds, so going back to what got (or has kept) you there should auto-correct your splurge. Good on ya for having one, it's only temporary, and keep up the great work!

Try measuring yourself by an item of clothing. I have 3 pairs of trousers that I am measuring myself by.

If you lost 4lbs overnight would you question it? Wouldn't you wait a day or 2 to make sure it wasn't a fluke? Its the same premise when you gain weight.

Wait a couple days, eat right and drink a ton of water then weigh yourself again

It's because you're a Flyer's fan. If you were a Bruin's fan, it wouldn't have happened.

Ok, this made me laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh: :laugh:

I was hoping you had a sense of humor. I'm going to have to play "971" on the numbers game tonight. My first name is Lisa as well. It has to be a sign. Don't sweat the 4 lbs. You've lost 60 lbs, so you definitely know what you're doing when it comes to weight loss. Congrats!