TLDR: Water/food weight fluctuations are crazy.
It's important to keep in mind, especially at this time of year, that the water and food in your body can dramatically affect your weight over the short-term, often much more so than changes in body fat. As an illustrative example, I wanted to share my experience over the past few days. Thursday morning I weighed in at 118 pounds. I then went on a short trip to NYC, during which I had two humongous slices of pizza for dinner Thursday night but even then probably didn't exceed my TDEE by much. Friday I came home and ate slightly over my TDEE because I got snacky on the bus and ate a bunch of peanuts. Saturday morning I weighed 119 - I had "gained" a pound despite eating, at most, a couple hundred calories over my TDEE in the past two days. Then last night my family had a second Thanksgiving dinner because my brother is visiting and wasn't here for actual Thanksgiving. I ate a lot - probably close to 1,700 calories at dinner, putting me roughly 600 calories over my TDEE for the day. I also drank a ton of water. A few hours later, I had a pleasant but lengthy visit to the toilet, and now this morning I weight 117.5 pounds, meaning I "lost" 1.5 pounds since yesterday in spite of eating a humongous, carb-heavy meal. So don't panic if you eat less-than-healthy food in less-than-healthy amounts and find that you've, say, gained a pound in 24 hours. It's 90% water and food, not fat.
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