WHY am I gaining SO MUCH?!

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Sarin

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Okay guys. I am fed up. Sick of this. I eat like an angel ALL OF THE TIME. So when I go away for a day or two, I like to eat a little more then I usually do. And what happens? I gain like MAD!!! I am so tired of it! WHY??

I was finally at my lowest last week at 125.5lbs. I was happy with that. I went away with the boyfriend and I admit I ate quite a bit, but nothing that should've resulted in this. Plus, I was very active the whole day!

I came back and weighed myself yesterday. I GAINED 6.4 POUNDS! This morning, I GAINED ANOTHER 0.7 LBS. I gained 7.3 POUNDS!! WHY?

Why do I have to have such consequences? I'd understand if I were maybe 300 pounds and gained this weight, but why did I gain SO much when my weight was so little to beign with? I don't understand. And because my weight is so much lower, it takes me FOREVER to lose such weight. It took me a year to lose 10 pounds!!! I try SO hard, I don't deserve this!!

Can someone please tell me WHY this is happening. WHY can't I enjoy myself for a day or two. Everytime I do this I gain 3-5 pounds. But this is by far the worst gain yet. I am devastated. I feel totally worthless. I feel as though I can never eat the some of the foods I love any more. I feel like SH!T.
 
I dont' understand the connection between someone your size gaining weight and someone that weighs 300 lbs gaining the same weight. Calories are calories. A calorie does not know if you weigh 125 or 300.

You said it yourself, you ate more than normal over the course of a weekend. it happens. Do you keep track of your calories on a daily basis?? If a 6 lb gain is gonna make you feel "totally worthless" sounds to me like you might need to work on your self esteem a bit. I have a feeling your every bit of georgeous at 130 as you are at 125.
 
125.5 pounds is not a high weight regardless of your height.

It is possible for women to gain 5 or more pounds due to hormonal shifts - it's fluid retention and not fat.

I don't actually think it is possible to gain over 7 pounds in fat in just 2 - 3 days - much of it must be fluid retention and that can occur if you have eaten a lot of salt (and I find some additives can cause fluid retention in me).

And we are not defined by our weight so don't feel so bad about what the scales say.

You are not overweight. Your weight gain is most likely largely fluid. A few days of your usual diet will probably get rid of any fluid gains.

And, as a woman in my mid 40's, I have learned our bodies are less forgiving diet wise the older we get. 10% of the time I can eat whatever I want but 90% of the time I have to stick to a sensible diet. And even with that approach I find I gain a little weight in winter!

I get a little frustrated too. I see all the yummy stuff around and wonder who the hell gets to eat all that stuff because I don't!!!

I really miss donuts!!!
 
Thanks for the advice and positive words. I meant no offense. I was just really upset this morning and needed to rant a bit. It is just hard to see something like that when it took so long to get down to where I was at.

I do not have cravings.. That is not my problem. I just like to treat myself when I go away once in a while. But I always gain weight drastically afterwards.

I've always been self consious. I've lost over 85 pounds so far and I still feel like I did when I was over 200 lbs. So seeing so much gain in such a short time does make me feel pretty worthless when I first see it.

I am a short girl at 5'3" and I feel 125 is borderline overweight for ME. I still have a huge belly and huge theighs.. I thought at this weight I would be thinner but maybe this is the "old me" talking and I have yet to really see the new me. I don't know.

Thanks again..
 
Sarin said:
Okay guys. I am fed up. Sick of this. I eat like an angel ALL OF THE TIME. So when I go away for a day or two, I like to eat a little more then I usually do. And what happens? I gain like MAD!!! I am so tired of it! WHY??

I was finally at my lowest last week at 125.5lbs. I was happy with that. I went away with the boyfriend and I admit I ate quite a bit, but nothing that should've resulted in this. Plus, I was very active the whole day!

I came back and weighed myself yesterday. I GAINED 6.4 POUNDS! This morning, I GAINED ANOTHER 0.7 LBS. I gained 7.3 POUNDS!! WHY?

Why do I have to have such consequences? I'd understand if I were maybe 300 pounds and gained this weight, but why did I gain SO much when my weight was so little to beign with? I don't understand. And because my weight is so much lower, it takes me FOREVER to lose such weight. It took me a year to lose 10 pounds!!! I try SO hard, I don't deserve this!!

Can someone please tell me WHY this is happening. WHY can't I enjoy myself for a day or two. Everytime I do this I gain 3-5 pounds. But this is by far the worst gain yet. I am devastated. I feel totally worthless. I feel as though I can never eat the some of the foods I love any more. I feel like SH!T.
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Maybe you're not eating as well as you'd like to THINK you are. Count your calories. If you are consuming more calories than you are burning, then you're going to gain weight, even if you feel as if you're eating 'like an angel'.
 
Keep in mind 7 pounds of fat is 24500 calories.

You would have had to eat an extra 24500 calories over your BMR in those days to gain 7 pounds of fat.

7 pounds of water however, you could gain that in a day with ease.

One thing I would advise in particular regards restaurant food. It's absolutely laden with sodium, and that will make you retain water and even bloat. A couple days of restaurant food can easily make you think you have gained 10 pounds, and it can take a lot longer to normalize afterward than you would like.

Restaurant eating used to panic me big time too. I learned the hard way not to weigh myself daily I can say that much.
 
I count my calories. I am well within my limit normally. Obviously I went over when I splurged on the weekend.. I already said that..

But it probably just is water as you guys have said. It is still very discouraging to see. I did eat a lot of salty foods.

I belive I am eating very well. I admit I could probably up my fat and protien a bit but other then that I believe my diet is pretty good.

Thanks again.
 
Sarin said:
Thanks for the advice and positive words. I meant no offense. I was just really upset this morning and needed to rant a bit. It is just hard to see something like that when it took so long to get down to where I was at.

I do not have cravings.. That is not my problem. I just like to treat myself when I go away once in a while. But I always gain weight drastically afterwards.

I've always been self consious. I've lost over 85 pounds so far and I still feel like I did when I was over 200 lbs. So seeing so much gain in such a short time does make me feel pretty worthless when I first see it.

I am a short girl at 5'3" and I feel 125 is borderline overweight for ME. I still have a huge belly and huge theighs.. I thought at this weight I would be thinner but maybe this is the "old me" talking and I have yet to really see the new me. I don't know.

Thanks again..
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Sounds to me like you need to focus less on the number and more on yourself. You have some extreme self esteem issues, and it's important for you to work on that because you'll never be happy with yourself otherwise. It can be dangerous to feel that way, trust me. I'm sure you're beautiful, and even if you did treat yourself, its normal to gain the weight. Odds are a lot of it is water weight unless by 'treat' you meant the ultimate binge fest.
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Sarin said:
I count my calories. I am well within my limit normally. Obviously I went over when I splurged on the weekend.. I already said that..

But it probably just is water as you guys have said. It is still very discouraging to see. I did eat a lot of salty foods.

I belive I am eating very well. I admit I could probably up my fat and protien a bit but other then that I believe my diet is pretty good.

Thanks again.
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Like others have said, unless you ate 25000 extra calories it's just water weight.

By the way, while I weigh quite a bit more than you my weight will vary by about 4 pounds from when I wake up to when I go to bed mostly because of water and stomach contents.


Don't judge yourself so much by the scale but by what you are doing. I know for example that if I eat 1200 calories today but gain 4 pounds from morning to night that it would be physically impossible for that gain to be fat so I don't stress about it.
 
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Hi Sarin,

I have a couple quick questions:

How long have you weighed 125? (how many months/ years).


And also, when you say you "splurged" are you eating 2 times your dieting amount, etc. Are you drinking alcohol pretty often in that time as well?

I ask because of some of the stuff that happens to me over long weekends. The wife and I go away quite a bit, so it happens to me a lot! Albeit, not quite the scope of your situation.

-Mellon
 
Thanks guys.. Really appreciate it. I did down a LOT of salty foods and didn't know salt was such a water-retainer. I am starting to think that is all it was because today I was -2.5lbs. Still not as low as before but hopefully I get back down there again soon...

Melancholy - I've been between 125-130 for almost a year now. Hovering around 127 for the most part. Never been over 130 in the past couple months except for this week. Losing weight is incredibly slow now but I am still losing.

I don't know how much exactly I was eating. The two 1/2 days I really ate this weekend I probably ate a good triple what I usually do in terms of calories. I limit myself to ~1300 calories a day.

I do not drink.
 
Sarin said:
Thanks guys.. Really appreciate it. I did down a LOT of salty foods and didn't know salt was such a water-retainer. I am starting to think that is all it was because today I was -2.5lbs. Still not as low as before but hopefully I get back down there again soon...

Melancholy - I've been between 125-130 for almost a year now. Hovering around 127 for the most part. Never been over 130 in the past couple months except for this week. Losing weight is incredibly slow now but I am still losing.

I don't know how much exactly I was eating. The two 1/2 days I really ate this weekend I probably ate a good triple what I usually do in terms of calories. I limit myself to ~1300 calories a day.

I do not drink.
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Your weight gain could also be caused by the slowing of your metabolism. If you eat 1,300 calories every day, your body is going to regulate it's metabolism to work on 1,300 calories a day. So, if you go out and binge for a weekend - and consume waaaaay more than normal - your metabolism is going to be shocked and not handle the calories in the proper manner.

Just think of your body as a car. If you run your car at 50MPH every time you drive it, your car is going to run like a champ...as long as you drive 50MPH. Your car is going to settle in and get comfortable with running at 50MPH. But, if you were to gas it one day and get your speed up to 75MPH, your car is going to be like, "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" It's not going to be used to working at that rate, so it's going to run a little poorly for a while...until it has time to get used to working at it's new rate.

The same goes for your body and it's metabolism.
 
ChefChiTown said:
Your weight gain could also be caused by the slowing of your metabolism. If you eat 1,300 calories every day, your body is going to regulate it's metabolism to work on 1,300 calories a day. So, if you go out and binge for a weekend - and consume waaaaay more than normal - your metabolism is going to be shocked and not handle the calories in the proper manner.
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For a female at 5'3" and 125-130 pounds, 1300 calories is nearly maintenance for a sedentary lifestyle. Maintenance for her (assuming she's in her 20's) would be about 1500.

She'd have to eat a lot less than that for her metabolism to go into starvation mode IMO. Only if she leads a particularly active lifestyle, or if he has a lot of muscle mass she may need more calories. One way for her to improve metabolism would be to gain muscle mass and otherwise be more active.
 
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Its easy. If u gain such a weight in that short time because of some unhealthy food then ur "normal (eat like an angel)" calorie intake is to low for your body...

No wonder if ur body stores all the calories if u normaly eat not enough.
 
stop craving for food!!

In today’s fast paced world- it is very easy to get food on the go. And most of the time that fast food is unhealthy and is filled with hidden sugars. Have you think- why you crave for sugar after you ate a so-called healthy meal. The best thing you can do is prepare a healthy and nutritious home made food. It will help you to know exactly what you are eating and make sure you eat your food at a slow and steady pace.
 
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