WHAT?!!? This ISNT Possible!

i just got back from being on vacation for 6 days and while i was there i did have two bad binge days but i didn't exceed 2000 calories as my daily total and they say you need to eat an extra 3500 calories ON TOP of your maintence to gain 1 pound.. so why am i 4.2 pounds heavier then when i left? ):

this makes me very very sad...

i own a digital scale and i know it's accurate. when i left my bodyfat% was 20.5% and now it is 22.3% and when i left my hydration was 54.6 and now it is 53.4, could that have anything to do with it? and i'm just starting to recover from anorexia, so could it just be my body temporarily holding onto all the fat until it's out of starvation mode?

HELP HELP HELP! i'm 112 and all i want is 110 and then i just wanna maintain and get better.... maybe i'll have a big bowel movement in the morning? (also i did weigh myself only a few hours after eating and my hair was wet)

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ugh i hate my body.

relax, it could be from excess sodium, give it a day or two and push a lot of water. You'll see it go down eventually!

chill...112 isn't 212!  what's so magical about 110?  LOL I just gained 2 lbs in 3 days and it isn't the end of the world....it's probably just water weight anyway so relax...it could also be food that hasn't cleared your digestive tract yet too...BTW, how tall are you that you feel you must weigh only 110???? 

If you ate at a lot at restaurants during your vacation, there's a good chance that your weight gain is temporary water weight, due to excess sodium. Restaurant foods are NOTORIOUSLY loaded with sodium. As the previous posters said, give it a day or two, and I'm betting those pounds will disappear. Also, if your hydration level is down, then that has an effect on your body fat percentage, also. With my digital scale, my body fat %age is so all over the map I don't even pay attention to that reading anymore. 

Hang in there. :) 

jem599: i'm 5'2" and my goal weight that i want to maintain is 110 and i really wanted it by school (tuesday - the day after tomorrow) but the scale says 111.8 and i've been sitting around for 6 days (sitting, not excercising daily like usual) eating things like smores, copius amounts of cereal and peanut m&ms so i think if i go for a nice, long run tomorrow and eat right (while still trying to pull myself out of starvation mode) i can get back down to 110 in a few days.

also, i've been eating around 2000 cals a day (binging, but i should only be eating 1500 to maintain) after eating 200-400 cals for a few months (recovering anorexic) so i think it may also be my metabolism freaking out a little, but i think it'll calm down sooner or later.

thanks for the support guys, and i REALLY hope this litle bit of weight comes off soon. ):

k i woke up this morning and the scale said 111.2 (and this was right after i'd had a big BM) and my bodyfat% was down to 21.7% and i really don't think it's that accurate to begin with, but as long as it's going down and not up eh? (;

and 2 hours later i've had two more BMs (lmfao all those smores and peanut m&ms had to come out SOMETIME) and i'm having a little water retention today (wehn i squeezed my arm, it left white marks for a couple seconds) so if i eat healthy today (i had a bowl of fruit for breakfast, i'll have a good lunch and cooked chicken and veggies for dinner) and i'm like 95% sure i'll be 110 tomorrow. i'd go check the scale now but i'm trying to break my habit of weighing myself several times obsessively a day.

(:

irony is a funny thing, really. i've been working toward 110 for months (i started at 174) and then when i got to 110 i wanted 105, and was starving myself to the point where i couldn't stand up straight and got to 107 and actually looked HORRIBLE and binged back up to 111 and down to 110 for school. (; so.. in the end, i got my wish and i'm working on recovering (from ana) and being a HEALTHY 110.

thanks for the support guys!

It is very possible. Your body is not holding on fat but actually you are gaining it. Daily total calorie balance is misleading (I've been there :-) ) - if you eat 3500 kcal in one meal, your body can use smth like 500-1000 of it to the current energy needs and 2000 will be stored as fat. As simple as that. You need to consume your 2000 calories evenly througout the day, in 3-5 meals and not exceed your current needs on every meal, not just on a daily basis.

What becomes to water % - what counts is the absolute amount of water in your body. For example 112 x 54,6% = 61 pounds, 116 x 53,4% = 62 pounds of water, so actually your fat gain is not 4 but 3 pounds. PS: Sodium has nothing to do with that, only amount of consumed and perspirated/passed water.

Hang in there...I am glad to hear you are recovering from your eating disorder. Try to remember that it is great to aim for a healthy weight but the number on the scale is just a number...listen to your body and if you are feeling strong and healthy that is the most important thing! It is very normal to fluctuate a few pounds up or down on the scale. Good luck!

hi. i've been recovering from anorexia for about a month now. I just wanted to say that the more you obsess over that number on the scale, the harder it's going to be for you to get over the disorder. I got rid of my scale completely, and it feels great! I'm actually living my life now. I enjoy food again. I've upped my cals to like 2000 a day at least, and it hasn't made me "fat". I'm sure that maybe the number on the scale has gone up, but i honestly can't tell. if anything, i've gotten more muscular because my body's stopped holding onto calories and storing them as flab, which is what happens when you restrict below 1200 [starvation mode].

I stopped counting calories and started living life. i look and feel so much healthier. Feed yourself and have FUN again. Ride a bike, go for a swim. You'll build muscle that way and you'll get to eat like a PIG, but still be tiny! hah. Seriously, you will feel so much better. I will never go back to anorexia. it is so NOT worth it.

sorry for my rant, but i feel really strongly about this.

take care of yourself. anorexia really just leads to all sorts of bad stuff. hair loss, losing you period [maybe causing infertility], heart problems. i had 'em all because of the horrible damage i was doing to my body. LOVE your body and don't strive for a weight that's too low for your health. it's not worth it in the long run. i promise.

i hope this has helped you.  i know it's a hard thing to overcome, but the sooner you do, the better.

good luck! :]

its all the salt. drink lots of water and give in a coupe days....you would be amazed.