Weight gain panic?

[jennynoblemiller 8]

I was sleeved on April 23. I have been doing well, losing steadily and not panicking at the stalls. However, today I got on the scale and am UP 8 pounds from a week ago!

Yesterday, I noticed I was hungrier than usual, but still only chose foods allowed on my plan (lean Protein and veg).

I'm going to start workouts today, but this can't be normal! I am not premenstrual, so it can't be that. Eight pounds!!!

How can this be?

[sleeved215 23]

Reach out to your nutritionist immediately.

[endless80 697]

I blame sodium intake and Water retention. Keep an eye on that. For me it would take a good 3-5 days for the Water retention to subside.

[BladeFox 235]

Look, when we reach another diet stage we begin to test the waters. I remember trying pretzel chips and beef Jerky bites. Ok, not trying them, but it was a love for weeks. I could eat 'real foods!' I couldn't understand why the scale wasn't moving anymore and I was gaining 2-3 pounds. So, I stopped buying that stuff and went back to the original plan and slowly the weight started coming back off. Your weight gain could easily be from salt intake or adding crackers and stuff like that. Go back and read what they say about other food types and make sure you are drinking your Water.

Good luck you can do this!

[Travelmego 235]

I don't know how accurate this article is but it seems reasonable.

It is about glycogen stores depletion and Water. When you are on the liquid diet, your glycogen stores in your liver and muscles are depleted. Each gram of glycogen needs like 2.7 grams of Water to be stored.

When you lose the glycogen, you lose the water weight. When you start to eat again and re-add glycogen to your body, your body then retains the needed water. Hence, the sometimes dramatic up and down water weight gains and losses. http://justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de/

Edited June 7, 2014 by Travelmego