Counterintuitive weight loss

Jack Frost

Jack Frost

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Since mid-August, I have managed to lose 40 pounds mostly
through a daily regimen of fast-walking in the mornings (40
minutes), not eating anything sweet and paying some attention
to not overeating during the day, and trying to eat healthy.

However, I have been confused about certain times when weight
gain would seem to be inevitable, but the result was weight loss.
I'll explain with an example. I have weighed myself this past week
at around 212-214 pounds (at 6' 4", my goal weight is 200 pounds).
Yesterday morning, I clocked in at 213 pounds. During yesterday,
I ate a relatively healthy breakfast and lunch (salad with minimal
dressing); however, for dinner I had 3 beers before dinner,
and ate Lebanese food and at least 4 or 5 of those sugary dessert
"sticks" they have, so I figured I would be gaining maybe 1 or 2
pounds for sure. Hpwever, I weighed myself this morning at 210
pounds after I got up. I am at a loss to explain this.

Is it possible somehow that by eating the dessert, which I have not
had in a long time, my body actually metabolized all the sugars
from the dessert? I was under the impression that sugars are partly
metabolized but a good percentage are stored as fat? Another
possibility could be that the "good actions" earlier in the week kicked
in 2 or 3 days later? That doesn't seem right, though.
 
Hi there!

I really don't think that one meal of bad eating can really make you gain 2-3 pounds. There are 3500 calories in one pound, so unless you consumed 7000-10500 yesterday there is no way you could have gained all that weight. Perhaps you could retain water but no it couldn't have been fat.

People do say that your body gets used to routines so if you're in one and then you change things up a bit your body reacts, so that's a good thing!

Keep up the good work!
 
I think that what you eat makes your body hold different levels of water. I've seen that very phenomena, where I was sure I would be heavy in the morning, but was the same or lighter. I usually attribute it to fluid weight.

The quick weight gain you see the morning after a big meal is usually (in my opinion) a combination of fluids and food working it's way through your digestive tract. I don't think that if you eat thousands of calories extra it's all converted to fat instantly.
 
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