UGH is it possible?????????

UGH!  So yesterday morning I weighed 142 lbs, I ate 2 cookies at work yesterday, and last night I went to a wine tasting so I ate a bunch of cheese and had a few glasses of wine.  I get on the scale this morning and I am at 145!!!!  How did I  gain 3 pounds overnight?!!?!??!?!?!?!?  HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

While you might of gained 3 pounds overnight its just water weight, or undigested food. It's only temporary, it is nearly impossible to gain 3 pounds of fat overnight. Weigh again tomorrow it could likely be gone. don't pay to much attention to the scale, weight can fluctuate 3 or 4 pounds per day.

Yep, I agree with bmfan77... keep eating healthy and you'll be back down to your previous weight by the weekend. I know the morning after is always a little scary, though! :-)

Its most likely your body retaining water because of the sodium in the cheese. There is no way you can gain 3 pounds unless you ate 10500 over your maintenance!!!

Here is a great article explaining weight flunctuations:

http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/w eight/scale.htm

just make sure to drink lots of water today to flush it out :)

Whew, thats a great article.  Thanks so much!  

Water.  I ate dinner at Chili's last night.  I was good - split an order of fajitas with my mum and had about a quarter of my sister's dessert.  I still "gained" two pounds this morning because there's so much salt in their food and it makes you retain crazy amounts of water.  On the plus side, I get to "lose" two pounds either tomorrow or the next day.

when i drink wine i retain more weight, don't worry--it's not weight-weight

Very good article, thanks!

You can lose five pounds by just going to the bathroom. Don't worry about it. It's natural fluctuation.