Very Worried

[neece1 3]

I have been on mushies since Friday. Now I am up 1.5 pounds. I am measuring and taking in about 3 Oz at a time. I am very worried.

[elcee 3,340]

No need to be worried, this happens sometimes. Your body is just adjusting. Keep doing what you are supposed to be doing and you will lose it again.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Don't worry, be happy!

Our bodies can hold a lot of extra fluids. Depends on how much sodium and carbs we consume. For example: My wife accepted a dinner invite to a cooking school where we were taught how to cook our own culinary delight. There were 12 people in this class and we prepared a salad(lots of olive oil in the vinagrette), baked halibut(smothered in butter, salt, spices) and then we made donuts, glazed with a blackberry jam we made. Of course there was the obligatory anti-pasto with garlic bread, smoked salmon, cream cheese etc.

Lots of salt, oils, wine and sugar galore. I caved. First time I've eaten like this since the holidays.

I gained 3.5 lbs overnight. That was Sunday night and on Monday I was 3.5 lbs heavier. This morning, I'm back to where I was Sunday morning. So, the point is, food, meds, stress, can all manipulate our body mechanics and metabolism. 1.5 lbs in 5 days is nothing. You probably ate something with a high salt content. It will pass. Don't sweat the small setbacks and as time goes by you'll lose that weight.

tmf

[honk 780]

Salt content is a biggie. I went to my niece's rigatta (rowing race) on a Sat. and then Mother's Day was Sunday; both of which involved LOTS of food and many of which were salty carbs. I gained 4 pounds over the weekend. Took me 3 days to loose the Water weight.

[lorena st 33]

Don't worry...just keep following the rules and the weight will come off. I also have issues with salt and fatty foods. We had take-out Chinese food for a party last week and I gained a couple of pounds overnight. I didn't eat very much of it, but the salt/fat content was just too much for me. To top it off, I was ridiculously thirsty for 2 days afterwards and it took me 4 days to get rid of the Water weight.