Hey! I see alot of questions about the scale jumping up on here and general vibes about water weight, so thought as a newbie I would put my ten cents in with my experience in case anyone finds it helpful/comforting. Feel free to scroll past the preamble!
My 'stats' -
F, 23, 5'10, SW: 275lbs 04/2020, CW: 212 lbs, GW: 180lbs (or whenever I'm back to fighting fit)
Why I was a chonky boi in the first place:
I used to eat my feelings, I used eat when stressed, I have a hectic emotional and stressful job. I have 3 slipped discs pressing on my left sciatic nerve after a horseriding accident so I was sitting on my ass unable to move for months which didn't help
How I lost weight:
Initially super unhealthily as I was a Sad Boi TM in the first British lockdown, have used CICO and IF consistently
MY WEEK OF WATER WEIGHT
Saturday
Weight: 210.8lbs the lowest I have ever been since I was 14
Saturday was my flats Christmas dinner and I knew it was going to be HEFTY.
What I ate: (What didn't I eat lol) Bacon and Cheese turnover, bar of choc, turkey, like half a kilo of roast potato, stuffing, lemon tart, christmas cake, pretzles, ALL OF THE SALTY SNACKS I had been denying myself. A solid 50 CC of vodka. In terms of Calories I must have shoved epic amounts into my pie hole
Sunday
Weight: 216
SO five lbs overnight because of a huge meal and drink - completely to be expected. I didn't put on 5 lbs of fat, but I definitely had a lot more in the tank than I normally would
What I ate: I was so hungover man. I had two greasy sausage egg and bacon sandwhiches from deliveroo, and hashbrowns. And then a large pizza from pizza hut.
Monday:
Weight: 218
Again, holding onto a lot of food and water
I did a huge poop on this day
What I ate: 1876 kcal (more than I would usually have, I try to aim for 1500, but there was a leftover slice of christmas cake and I am a weak willed woman)
Tuesday:
Weight: 214.8
What I ate: 1460kcal
Wednesday:
Weight: 213.2
What I ate: 1351
Thursday:
Weight: 211.8
What I ate: 1448
BUT I had a booty call come over and drank some more, ate popcorn and chocolate
ANd then I stopped tracking because I went home and don't have scales there, I'm going to keep at it with CICO for the rest of the year within reason. BUT, even after 3 or 4 days of going over my TDEE and matinence calorie amounts, I know that the most weight I will have put on that last week is like a pound, maybe a pound and a half at most. The numbers on the scale above that is just water weight and bloating, to be expected and will dissapate soon!
So if you suddenly see the scales jump up with no seeming reason, no need to panic straight away. If you're being consistent with calories, it's likely just water weight and will go away soon
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/kgs0ao/a_week_of_water_weight_a_study/
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