8 pounds overnight

xoalyssaox
xoalyssaox Posts: 318 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So for the past month and a half I have been BUSTING MY BUTT, working super hard to lose 40 pounds before my wedding in October. I lost 12 pounds in a month and a half.

Went to Red Lobster last night, and gained 8 freaking pounds. I know it's prob. from the sodium but I want to cry right now. Also binged on cheezit's today. My first binge in over 2 months. I am SOOO mad at myself right now.. How could I be so dumb?
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  • Ifican
    Ifican Posts: 47 Member
    cheer up its not as bad as you think. I will try not to get to technical but you didnt "gain" 8 pounds overnight. I know the scales says so but its lying to you right now. During your weight loss journey if you are being really good your colon cleans out quite a bit, most adults have excess of 20 pounds of crap (no pun intended) in their intestines. When you start eating healthier your general eat less heavy / dense stuff. Over time your body gets rid of that excess "crap" and you are lighter for it. When you cheat and or binge on night now and then, guess what. If you just ate 5 pounds of food and drank 3 pounds of fluid, your scale just told you you gained 8 pounds from 1 meal. Now though it is not recommend to do very often. Couple to few times a year isnt going to hurt you. You will find in a few days you will have a hearty bowel movement and all will be well.
  • cmurray234
    cmurray234 Posts: 112 Member
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)
  • desert_rhino
    desert_rhino Posts: 104 Member
    So for the past month and a half I have been BUSTING MY BUTT, working super hard to lose 40 pounds before my wedding in October. I lost 12 pounds in a month and a half.

    Went to Red Lobster last night, and gained 8 freaking pounds. I know it's prob. from the sodium but I want to cry right now. Also binged on cheezit's today. My first binge in over 2 months. I am SOOO mad at myself right now.. How could I be so dumb?

    It is ALL, every bit of it, salt causing water retention. Having a binge because you "gained" water weight, especially with ANOTHER super-salty food, is... self-destructive, considering how much the salt/water weight upset you the first time.

    Stop being mad at yourself, realize there is really not one damn thing wrong (because you would have had to eat 28,000!!!!! Calories to gain 8 pounds. Drink a bunch of water (and unsweetened tea and coffee, both diuretics), and move forward. It will be completely gone in a few days.

    Here's Red Lobster's nutrition facts: (look at the incredibly high sodium content ACROSS THE BOARD!) http://www.redlobster.com/health/nutrition/nutrition_facts.pdf
  • xoalyssaox
    xoalyssaox Posts: 318 Member
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)

    I had a couple hand fulls, thanks makes me feel better. At red lobster I had 2 biscuits and about 75% of a HALF portion of chicken linguine pasta.. That's it. Thats why I am so mad!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    8lbs is 28,000 calories. Think about it like that - logically you can't have gained anything close to 8lbs in one evening.

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.
  • katejenkins1
    katejenkins1 Posts: 210 Member

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.

    Pretty sure I've got one of these
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    maybe you did a lot of walking in the parking lot and turned fat to muscle and muscle weighs more than fat i think thats what happeneded
  • kikiboniki
    kikiboniki Posts: 398 Member

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.

    lol!
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    did you eat 28000 calories?

    because that is how much you would have had to eat to gain 8 pounds of fat.

    take a deep breath, it will be ok.
  • kekl
    kekl Posts: 382 Member
    Don't weigh yourself for a week, drink TONS of water and just go back to your normal healthy eating habits.

    THEN step on the scale.

    Trust me. :)
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    By any chance, TOM is knocking?
  • MeadowSong
    MeadowSong Posts: 171 Member

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.

    Pretty sure I've got one of these

    NOW I KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. And I don't even care for cheeseburgers, prefer fried-onion hamburger with mustard.
  • stephl81
    stephl81 Posts: 122 Member

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.

    Pretty sure I've got one of these

    I think i WANT one of these. JK

    I find that from a binge eating session I will gain sometimes up to 5 lbs overnight, but after one day of eating healthy and exercising again it goes back down. As long as you dont do it everyday, it will be fine.
  • Squeeks70
    Squeeks70 Posts: 157 Member

    Unless there's a monster under the bed feeding you cheeseburgers while you sleep.

    Pretty sure I've got one of these

    Me too.
  • nailqueen74
    nailqueen74 Posts: 38 Member
    I bet you will lose those 8 pounds in another day or so. Don't sweat the small stuff!
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    Don't weigh yourself for a week, drink TONS of water and just go back to your normal healthy eating habits.

    THEN step on the scale.

    Trust me. :)

    I like this suggestion. It seems reasonable.
  • angieroo2
    angieroo2 Posts: 970 Member
    You'll be okay. Like other people have said, it's the high sodium. It will also take a few days to be flushed out of your system so lock the scale up for a week and keep on track with your healthy eating.
  • mommyrox05
    mommyrox05 Posts: 238
    It probably was the sodium...I would say that it should be gone in a few days if you get yourself back on track with healthy foods and exercise. I will sometimes have a pretty big gain every once in a while especially if I eat ut or someone elses cooking (biggest was 5 lbs).
    Don't be too hard on yourself...we all have a binge day here and there, as we should! Hang in there lady...you can do this!
  • theladyy
    theladyy Posts: 176
    Zero out your scale...If you have one of the 'old fashioned' ones (and by that, I mean not digital), they usually have a little dial somewhere to make sure it's on zero each time. It can change your actual weight buy tons (obviously not literally :smile: ) if it's not on zero before you step on it.

    There is absolutely no way you gained 8 lbs in one night, even if you have water retention.

    What were the circumstances when you weighed that were different from the time you weighed before?
  • desert_rhino
    desert_rhino Posts: 104 Member
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)

    I had a couple hand fulls, thanks makes me feel better. At red lobster I had 2 biscuits and about 75% of a HALF portion of chicken linguine pasta.. That's it. Thats why I am so mad!

    According to their menu, that's over 2,200 mg of sodium, assuming they didn't over-salt (which their cooks often do), and you didn't add any salt. Blurgh.
  • Scorpioangel
    Scorpioangel Posts: 951 Member
    I hate when the scale goes up like that after salty foods, etc.! It happened to me too! So annoying but you will be good :)
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    That's the problem with eating out -- even if you eat only a small portion, or you get something relatively low in calories, it's still super packed with sodium. I got a salad (egg, cheese, turkey breast, lettuce, onion, croutons) and fat free ranch dressing at cracker barrell the other day -- sure, I stayed under on calories that day, but that meal alone, although it was only about 500 calories, it still packed a whopping 1000mg of sodium in that ONE SALAD! water weight happens, and women especially have these crazy hormones that affect our weight on a DAILY BASIS!! Don't stress. drink more water. eat foods with less sodium.
  • BeautifulKristen
    BeautifulKristen Posts: 281
    Ok the question is DO YOU DRINK WATER OR 8 GLasses of it? Because if it was the sodium then that isn't your answer. You can get that sodium out of your body if you drink plenty of water.. YOu can't gain 8 pounds over night.. Weigh yourself tomorrow morning when you wake up. Watch it will go down again. But please drink water..
  • theladyy
    theladyy Posts: 176
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)

    I had a couple hand fulls, thanks makes me feel better. At red lobster I had 2 biscuits and about 75% of a HALF portion of chicken linguine pasta.. That's it. Thats why I am so mad!

    That really doesn't sound like it would be enough sodium to make your weight different by 8lbs...
  • mnjanet
    mnjanet Posts: 2
    In one program I did, we called that "fluff". Weight that is gained over a bad weekend, or a couple bad days. If you go back on plan before it "sticks" it will be off again in a few days. Promise!
    Don't beat yourself up, as that makes it harder to do the "right" thing. Just get positive again and watch it disappear.
  • cmurray234
    cmurray234 Posts: 112 Member
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)

    I had a couple hand fulls, thanks makes me feel better. At red lobster I had 2 biscuits and about 75% of a HALF portion of chicken linguine pasta.. That's it. Thats why I am so mad!

    :)

    Do yourself a favor. Do NOT get on the scale until NEXT Monday. You did not gain 8 pounds eating 1/3 of a portion of linguine and two of those EVIL (there, I said it) Red Lobster biscuits. You would not gain 8 pounds of fat eating a dozen of them.

    Don't let the disappointment de-rail you.
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
    It is weird how peoples' bodies react so differently to things, and gain differently. I have gone on 3 day benders before when visiting my mother, and the most I have gained, even with big meals out, chocolate, jelly beans and desserts is around 3-4 Ibs. Mind you, I once gained 5 Ibs in a day because I got through 2 loaves of bread, lol and didn't do that again. It was almost all gone the same time the next day after a long cycle and eating normally.

    I think the best thing to do is accept that if you usually eat really clean, or low calorie, and then have a blowout, or a change, your weight will be impacted temporarily, and remember each time, that it will go back down again in days. Fact is, there are all kinds of occasions in a year where you might want a meal out, or eat more than usual, such as Christmas, Easter, Birthdays and the like, and you can either enjoy them and anticipate a temporary gain, and relax about it knowing it will drop back down with a return to regular eating, or avoid all such occasions and occasional indulgence and not experience the fluctuations so badly.
  • rttvc4a6
    rttvc4a6 Posts: 2 Member
    Girl, life must have pleasure sometimes. Drink plenty of fluids and exercise this week. By the end of the week Red Lobster pounds gone. Your beautiful now or you wouldn't have been proposed to.
  • xoalyssaox
    xoalyssaox Posts: 318 Member
    My fiance gained 6 pounds, and he ate grilled chicken and some biscuits and a salad..
    Cheez-its have 160 calories for 27 crackers. There are 13 servings in a box of them. In order to gain a single pound, you would have to consume a couple of BOXES of them.

    Don't worry about it. One cheez-it binge is not going to de-rail you. Just set aside the guilt and go back to doing what you were doing. It's a blip. You'll never notice in the long run. :)

    I had a couple hand fulls, thanks makes me feel better. At red lobster I had 2 biscuits and about 75% of a HALF portion of chicken linguine pasta.. That's it. Thats why I am so mad!

    That really doesn't sound like it would be enough sodium to make your weight different by 8lbs...
  • SylentZee
    SylentZee Posts: 262
    You both need to weigh yourselves in the morning, you'll see that it isn't 8lbs at all.

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