Setback

On 9/30/2003 9:55 AM, Ignoramus16314 wrote:

I highly doubt that muchof that weight gain comes from overeating, but
I am not sure where it does come from. Hm hm. Maybe I am obsessed with
inconsequential things...

Yeah, I think that you'd notice eating that extra 7000 calories!

I agree that it is probably temporary. If you were woman you'd be used to
such wacko things happening to you. But I do agree about not drinking
water, plus the salty stuff. Each weekend I work, and, due to the nature
of my job, I do not drink enough and do not eat regularly - nor as much as I
do on the week days. Each monday I show about a 2 lb gain which then
happily comes off as soon as I get hydrated. I figure it's my body saying
it's not getting enough fluid so it is going to hold onto the little I give
it. Besides...aren't you still under your goal and didn't you allow for
little fluctuations like this?? Not to worry. Elise.
"Ignoramus16314" wrote in message
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I regained 2 lbs (223/178/180)... I blame eating too much extra fat in
my diet (butter on bread etc). To be honest I am somewhat puzzled
because I did not eat that much more than usually. Not quite sure
where the regain comes from.

i
223/178/180

Ignoramus16314 wrote:
let's cry together beeswing... misery loves company... I still have no
idea where my weight gain comes from...

i

Mind if I join y'all? Last week was a bad eating week and I somehow
gained 9.5 pounds in THREE DAYS. Four are gone, but the remaining 5.5
have stuck for several days now, which is very depressing. People wonder
why I watch my diet and exercise so carefully..this is why.

Good luck to all, setbacks or no.


-Alison, not feeling too great or motivated, but going out running anyway

"Jayjay" wrote in message
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Well - ya know - since I didn't weight this weekend - I'm up 2.5lbs
since Friday morning. (or was it Saturday at 3am...). Anyhow -
whatever - my last weight in was 2.5lbs less than today. But I
fully know I didn't eat THAT many extra calories.

For me its a combo of too many carbs, not enough water to counteract,
and not enough bathroom time and the change in diet affecting my
digestive tract. It will all come out in the end (so to speak)...
:-)

Give it a couple days of your normal eating and I'm sure you'll see it
go away again. That's why we shouldn't obsess over daily weighins.
Just watch for a few days and if it doesn't go away, take action.
These things happen to all of us.

Same here. Too many carbs, not enough water, up a few lbs... Some of the
weight I'm sure is permanant, some of it will resolve itself with lots of
water, and reduced carbs and calories, over the next few days... It still
sucks to see the scale up so high...

det

On 30 Sep 2003 11:05:33 -0400, Alison L Miles
wrote:

Ignoramus16314 wrote:
let's cry together beeswing... misery loves company... I still have no
idea where my weight gain comes from...

i

Mind if I join y'all? Last week was a bad eating week and I somehow
gained 9.5 pounds in THREE DAYS. Four are gone, but the remaining 5.5
have stuck for several days now, which is very depressing. People wonder
why I watch my diet and exercise so carefully..this is why.

Good luck to all, setbacks or no.


-Alison, not feeling too great or motivated, but going out running anyway

Alison, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one who gains big time
once my eating gets out of control. 8 lbs in 2 days, and 13 lbs in 12
days are both gains I recorded on occasions last winter before I got
back on track.
It scares me to think that I'm always only a few short weeks away from
regaining the lot - which has happened several times over in the past.
Don't let anyone tell me it takes longer to put it back than to lose
it, because in my case that just isn't true.
Hope you soon see the back of your 5.5
janice
233/161/133

I'm curious...did you really eat enough in 2 days to account for a true
weight gain of 8 pounds? That would mean having to eat 28,000 calories over
those two days. That's a LOT of food! That is the amount of calories I eat
in 3 weeks time!

I have seen major fluctuations on my scale, as much as 4 pounds in a day. It
is almost always completely water gain and not a true weight gain. That is
why jumping on the scale every day is a bad idea. Especially for women who
can go up and down drastically in just a day or two depending on water,
hormones, salt, etc.

Melissa


"janice" wrote in message
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On 30 Sep 2003 11:05:33 -0400, Alison L Miles
wrote:

Ignoramus16314 wrote:
let's cry together beeswing... misery loves company... I still have no
idea where my weight gain comes from...

i

Mind if I join y'all? Last week was a bad eating week and I somehow
gained 9.5 pounds in THREE DAYS. Four are gone, but the remaining 5.5
have stuck for several days now, which is very depressing. People wonder
why I watch my diet and exercise so carefully..this is why.

Good luck to all, setbacks or no.


-Alison, not feeling too great or motivated, but going out running anyway

Alison, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one who gains big time
once my eating gets out of control. 8 lbs in 2 days, and 13 lbs in 12
days are both gains I recorded on occasions last winter before I got
back on track.
It scares me to think that I'm always only a few short weeks away from
regaining the lot - which has happened several times over in the past.
Don't let anyone tell me it takes longer to put it back than to lose
it, because in my case that just isn't true.
Hope you soon see the back of your 5.5
janice
233/161/133

This change in the scale really happened to me, but even I can't eat
14,000 calories a day - LOL! I guess a lot of it would be water, as
when I binge it always means a high proportion of refined carbs and
sugars.
Once I've got the initial water weight on board, I could go on to gain
1lb of fat a day - a calorie surplus of 3.500 a day isn't hard to
generate.
I couldn't agree more about not weighing daily. I tend to get on the
scales much more often when things are out of control - normally when
I'm losing and sticking to my WOE I weigh monthly at the very most, to
get the bigger picture without all the silly little temporary
fluctutations.

janice
233/161/133

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:08:14 GMT, "Melissa" wrote:

I'm curious...did you really eat enough in 2 days to account for a true
weight gain of 8 pounds? That would mean having to eat 28,000 calories over
those two days. That's a LOT of food! That is the amount of calories I eat
in 3 weeks time!

I have seen major fluctuations on my scale, as much as 4 pounds in a day. It
is almost always completely water gain and not a true weight gain. That is
why jumping on the scale every day is a bad idea. Especially for women who
can go up and down drastically in just a day or two depending on water,
hormones, salt, etc.

Melissa


"janice" wrote in message
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On 30 Sep 2003 11:05:33 -0400, Alison L Miles
wrote:

Ignoramus16314 wrote:
let's cry together beeswing... misery loves company... I still have no
idea where my weight gain comes from...

i

Mind if I join y'all? Last week was a bad eating week and I somehow
gained 9.5 pounds in THREE DAYS. Four are gone, but the remaining 5.5
have stuck for several days now, which is very depressing. People wonder
why I watch my diet and exercise so carefully..this is why.

Good luck to all, setbacks or no.


-Alison, not feeling too great or motivated, but going out running anyway

Alison, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one who gains big time
once my eating gets out of control. 8 lbs in 2 days, and 13 lbs in 12
days are both gains I recorded on occasions last winter before I got
back on track.
It scares me to think that I'm always only a few short weeks away from
regaining the lot - which has happened several times over in the past.
Don't let anyone tell me it takes longer to put it back than to lose
it, because in my case that just isn't true.
Hope you soon see the back of your 5.5
janice
233/161/133

Ignoramus16314 wrote:

I regained 2 lbs (223/178/180)... I blame eating too much extra fat in
my diet (butter on bread etc). To be honest I am somewhat puzzled
because I did not eat that much more than usually. Not quite sure
where the regain comes from.

unless it's water retention, it comes from consuming more calories than
you expend.

haven't you figured this out yet?

janice wrote:

Alison, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one who gains big time
once my eating gets out of control. 8 lbs in 2 days, and 13 lbs in 12
days are both gains I recorded on occasions last winter before I got
back on track.
It scares me to think that I'm always only a few short weeks away from
regaining the lot - which has happened several times over in the past.
Don't let anyone tell me it takes longer to put it back than to lose
it, because in my case that just isn't true.
Hope you soon see the back of your 5.5

Thanks, Janice. It stinks to undo a month's worth of work in a couple of
days and it's scary to outgrow jeans in a week. I'm glad someone
understands!

And to the poster who asked about food consumption vs. weight gain (as in,
"did you really eat that much?") and mentioned salt and water retention,
though I can't answer for Janice, it does seem easy to gain a
disproportionate amount of weight "for real" (I've done 30 pounds in 5-6
weeks before). I am not so sure that my body thinks that 3500 calories is
a pound of fat; I run 50+ miles per week and still gain weight (slowly) on
1800 calories per day, somehow.

-Alison (sorry for venting)

On 30 Sep 2003 16:37:09 -0400, Alison L Miles
wrote:

Thanks, Janice. It stinks to undo a month's worth of work in a couple of
days and it's scary to outgrow jeans in a week. I'm glad someone
understands!

Yes, I can indentify with this too. When I start regaining it's quite
common for clothes I'd been wearing one week to be too small by the
following week when they come out of the wash (and I don't mean
because they've shrunk in the wash either)

But let's not think too much about these things - I hope they're
behind us for the moment.

janice
233/161/133