how in the hell did i gain that much weight because of 1 meal?

Question

so im 16 / 170 6'1 but i have a bit of body fat, im very active in football, and recently started a high protein diet. On saturdays i have my cheat meal. So i woke up and weighed 170.6 that saturday, had a big bowl of healthy cereal and a bannana, an apple later on that day, and went out to eat and had a ton of chicken, pork, etc. very little carbs. But then it got worse, i went up and got prolly like 3 peices of cake total, and this morning my weight was 177. how in the hell did i gain that much weight?

Answer 1

It could be water retention from all the salty things you ate. I have gained that much over a weekend before. In a few days, it should be gone. Any weight you put that on that fast rarely is related to fat and normally disappears in 2-3 days.

Answer 2

omg, dont starve yourself, are you stupid? maybe you got a metabolism problem and you need to see a doctor or sometimes gaining a lot of muscle makes you gain a lot of weight (but its not from fat, muscle weighs more than fat) I know how hard it is to eat right because im just going into high school this year, schools do not provide well ballanced meals and you dont want to bring healthy foods to school cuz people might ask if your on a diet and make fun of you. Im 6' 3" and 210 pounds, I wouldnt mind losing some pounds, but I plan on doing so by wrestling in HS and dieting. I really hate dieting though cuz i always feel hungry and it is hard to count calories at school. Just try out for a sport at school or start going to the gym and eating healthier and drinking more water and dont starve yourself

Answer 3

Easy. The key to weight control is consume and burn. The object is to achieve a balance. If your calorie intake equals the amount you burn, you stay the same. If you consume more than you burn, you gain. If you consume less than you burn, you lose. At 6'1" and 170#, you are on the low side already. My doctor tells me at 6'1" and age 58 and other factors, that my ideal weight is 185, which means I still have 15# to lose. It is also normal to gain or lose several pounds in a day because of water weight. Salt intake affects water weight greatly, the more salt, the more retained water. It does not sound like you have a real problem, but a perceived problem. A single day gain (or loss) is not because of fat. The only way to tell if you are really gaining or losing weight is to average your weight many times over many days. If I weight myself and then eat a pound of chips, and then weigh my self again, I will have gained a pound even though it was only a short time ago that I initially weighed myself. Weight gain or loss in a short term, a day, is irrelevant.

Answer 4

LV is correct, carbs cause water retention (the "hydrate" part of carbohydrate) and binging on carbs can cause drastic effects while on low carb diets, where water retention is reduced due to reduction in carbs. Body composition levels do not alter within a matter of a day, just water weight. As mentioned above, it's best to measure bodyfat levels on a weekly basis to see progress levels rather than just weighing yourself on a scale.

Answer 5

Depending on when you ate the food, would be the cause of the drastic increase. It's very possible your body is building up a resistance, and metabolizing the food you eat in a different way. Pace yourself alittle more and don't try to gain or loose to fast. That isn't healthy, check some sites about this and ask a personal trainer or nutritionist. That's your best bet, good luck and don't be to worried about your weight, your just a kid. Enjoy it, and have a great summer. PEACE

Answer 6

You probably didn't. Scales tend to be off, especially if on carpet or slanted surfaces. Also, if you weighed in the next morning after eating or drinking anything, or before using the restroom, your weight would definitely be off.

Also, the time you ate the cake could affect it--your body may not have worked those cals out yet.

Answer 7

You didn't gain the weight in fat it's most likely water weight. For example If i ate 2 apples and drank a bottle of water i would weigh more on the scale than if I would have eaten a pizza and a slice of cake.

Answer 8

when carbohydrates are stored in the body as glucose there is a corresponding increase in water retention. the ratio is close to one molecule of glycogen and 4 molecules of water.

this is one of many reasons why it's not healthy for many to constantly weigh themselves. changes in the body composition (body fat %) are all that matters.

Answer 9

Most of it is probably water weight. Drinking enough water in a day can make you gain 5 pounds easy.

Answer 10

Do you wear the exact same thing (or nothing) every time you weigh yourself? Did you use the same scale? It could be something simple like the second time maybe you had jeans on or something like that. Muscle weighs more than fat, so maybe that is the culprit?