how is this weight gain possible??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:salt intake and even humidity in the air can effect water retention. Think nothing of it. Weighing daily is never a good idea, weekly except PMS week is enough.

The problem with that is that, as a Marine, I have to be below my weight maximum on ANY and EVERY day. I can't pick which days I weigh in. So it does matter to me to see a number suddenly 4 pounds higher than I've ever in my life seen.

Nasty!!! Sorry I tried to help and be encouraging. My fault huh???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:salt intake and even humidity in the air can effect water retention. Think nothing of it. Weighing daily is never a good idea, weekly except PMS week is enough.

The problem with that is that, as a Marine, I have to be below my weight maximum on ANY and EVERY day. I can't pick which days I weigh in. So it does matter to me to see a number suddenly 4 pounds higher than I've ever in my life seen.

Nasty!!! Sorry I tried to help and be encouraging. My fault huh???

Stop. OP was not rude to you.

As a 43 year old, I realize I have to eat significantly fewer calories than before to limit the weight gain. It’s mind boggling how I’ve gained weight eating exactly what I’ve always eaten!!! I’m sorry to say you will probably have to eat less. It’s the age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My “base” weight changed almost overnight with perimenopause. But of course you could always be having too much salt, bloating, etc etc.

+1 Things seemed to change for me almost overnight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My “base” weight changed almost overnight with perimenopause. But of course you could always be having too much salt, bloating, etc etc.

+1 Things seemed to change for me almost overnight.

Question for you both, as someone to whom that recently happened at 46: did you keep gaining weight or did it level off? I’m fine where I am, but would rather not keep gaining. Yes, I’ve adjusted my diet. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My “base” weight changed almost overnight with perimenopause. But of course you could always be having too much salt, bloating, etc etc.

+1 Things seemed to change for me almost overnight.

Question for you both, as someone to whom that recently happened at 46: did you keep gaining weight or did it level off? I’m fine where I am, but would rather not keep gaining. Yes, I’ve adjusted my diet. Sigh.

Leveled off to a new baseline. Had to adjust calories and exercise to lose like before.

[Anonymous]

Sorry OP, I would cut your carbs to drop some water weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My “base” weight changed almost overnight with perimenopause. But of course you could always be having too much salt, bloating, etc etc.

+1

[Anonymous]

I am impressed you are a 45 year old female marine! That is really badass of you. You probably had to put up with so much crap to get to this point. Those five pounds should be scared of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed you are a 45 year old female marine! That is really badass of you. You probably had to put up with so much crap to get to this point. Those five pounds should be scared of you.

More of this, less of the unhelpful replies!

Curious if it went back down after a few more days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed you are a 45 year old female marine! That is really badass of you. You probably had to put up with so much crap to get to this point. Those five pounds should be scared of you.

Thank you! There aren't very many of us, for sure. I'm trying to make it 2-3 more years before I retire and this weight jump has me nervous.

However, I dropped back to 152 this morning. I'm definitely going to have to make some changes if I'm going to be swinging up that high, but I'm relieved to see it go down a little without any drastic measures. I have room in my diet now to reduce portions a bit without feeling too deprived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My “base” weight changed almost overnight with perimenopause. But of course you could always be having too much salt, bloating, etc etc.

+1 Things seemed to change for me almost overnight.

Question for you both, as someone to whom that recently happened at 46: did you keep gaining weight or did it level off? I’m fine where I am, but would rather not keep gaining. Yes, I’ve adjusted my diet. Sigh.

Leveled off to a new baseline. Had to adjust calories and exercise to lose like before.

Thank you! I’m hoping that will happen. I’ve been an athlete for years, have always exercised, so that’s not new. May step it up a bit but there’s only so much I can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am impressed you are a 45 year old female marine! That is really badass of you. You probably had to put up with so much crap to get to this point. Those five pounds should be scared of you.

Thank you! There aren't very many of us, for sure. I'm trying to make it 2-3 more years before I retire and this weight jump has me nervous.

However, I dropped back to 152 this morning. I'm definitely going to have to make some changes if I'm going to be swinging up that high, but I'm relieved to see it go down a little without any drastic measures. I have room in my diet now to reduce portions a bit without feeling too deprived.

what do the marines do if you are over your weight? Just wondering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:salt intake and even humidity in the air can effect water retention. Think nothing of it. Weighing daily is never a good idea, weekly except PMS week is enough.

The problem with that is that, as a Marine, I have to be below my weight maximum on ANY and EVERY day. I can't pick which days I weigh in. So it does matter to me to see a number suddenly 4 pounds higher than I've ever in my life seen.

Nasty!!! Sorry I tried to help and be encouraging. My fault huh???

The OP was being very polite, especially given you gave bad advice. Weighing daily is great idea for a lot of people. You get used to seeing your weight go up and down. And get a better idea of how much it fluctuates. The OP is saying this extra 5 pounds is outside her normal daily fluctuations.

OP - given you have a real reason to be concerned, it’s a good idea to make some food cuts. But, sometimes it’s just a big amount of water retention or constipation. Make sure you drink a lot of water (fixes both problems). Unfortunately, you are at the age where metabolism can drop.

[Anonymous]

How tall are you? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How tall are you? Just curious.

I was curious too so I looked at marine weight charts and I think OP is 5’7”