Monday, March 16, 2020

don't panic if you gain weight after a bad week.

I have lost 113 pounds since last year, I have been managing to stay at 185 for a while now. Last weekend we went out and I ate one small piece of cheesecake, the next day I had 2 pieces of cake. The following days I had some water biscuit with condensed milk AND I had one day I overate which made me feel extremely sick with a headache and sweating for like 30 minutes.

I weighed myself after that day and I was at 195 pounds. Surprised? After everything I have learned during my weight loss journey, not really and neither was I scared.

I ate a TON of carbs foods. For every gram of carb stored in the body there is also about 2-3 grams of water retained. I have been on keto for about a month and a half, limiting my net carbs to just under 20 or 25 grams a day.

I didn't gain 10 pounds of fat in a couple of days, I gained 10 pounds of water weight and I KNEW it would go away in a week or two. Almost a week since this thing happened and I am currently at 188, it will probably be back to normal in a couple of more days.

If you do decide to treat yourself please don't panic when you see your weight jump up in a matter of day(s). I knew eating those foods will make my body retain water weight. I knew eating those foods will temporarily affect my 'weight progress' and whatever would show up on the scale would be a false reading.

When your weight is gradually going up over weeks and you're not trying to bulk... sure maybe it's time to take a step back. But if your weight drastically changes in a day or couple of days then it's probably nothing to worry about as long as you go back to the usual.

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