Recently posted a question about weight gain during luteal phase on R/CICO. Was feeling crappy about 5 pound gain even though I’ve been in a caloric deficit. Many women responded that they gained up to even 10 lbs during LP.
I basically had a “Screw it eat whatever I want. I’m gaining anyways.” And I ended up eating 5,000 calories. 😖
Rationally- I know that it’s water weight and what I did didn’t make sense.
What would you do in my situation?
by Ebizah
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Just ride it out, go back to my deficit, plan out all my food ahead of time with things I’m actually excited to eat. Also, for me, water weight seems to drop really fast when I limit carb intake.
You’ll be fine!
For me, and I’m only saying this because it works for me but it might not work for everyone, I take birth control pills to skip my period altogether. When I would have my cycle and the fluctuations, I would do the same thing and feel like I’m spiraling even though I know it wasn’t actually fat gain. But if you don’t want to or can’t skip your cycle, just brush today off and go back to your deficit tomorrow, try not to stress about it because these things happen.
Silver lining here is at least you tracked it and are self aware
I used to do this quite often. It’s still hard for me sometimes, but what helped me was planning out my meals for the day ahead of time. I also try to save some extra calories for my favorite treat at the end of the night to look forward to, while still in my calorie range 🙂 It’s challenging but don’t lose hope! You’ll be okay! Just get back on track again tomorrow and try your best.
Thank you for posting this. I also had a bad day with eating and im really demoralized and beating myself up. Im disappointed and want to give up because of it, but its dumb for me to throw away all my hard work just because of 1 dumb day!!!
Thank you, and stick with it! I will try to do better tomorrow and you can too
I totally understand the feeling and the frustration. I would just start back where I was at. Tomorrow is a new day.
I gotta know what you ate
All I can think about is my brother who is bulking up who is like “ugh it’s so hard to eat 3000 in a day, everything I like is healthy!!”
It’s okay! Just keep going ❤️
You see if you didn’t track it, it never happened, but yeah since you tracked it I don’t know what to tell ya
Relatable – I did something similar and reduced my calories somewhat in the following days but otherwise if I was you I’d just m accept it and get back to your usual routine and go for a walk or lift weights.
At least you are tracking and aware but consider whether you should up your calories or how to best manage for the future! G’luck
My personal binge was about 5200 calories.
I made it past that, and you will, too!
Hey, no worries! A good thing to lean back on, in times like this, is the two day rule! Don’t let yourself slip up for two days in a row. It sounds simple, but making it nonnegotiable saves people from so much backsliding. I’ve certainly had an off day that turned into an off weekend… then an off week… the next thing I know, I’ve been off track for a month and I have to find the wagon before I can get back on it. Now is the best time to jump back on! 😀
Body probably needed it
There is a huge positive coming out of this.
I feel completely sick and gross. This is something I haven’t felt in so long. Never want to be here again. Over eating sucks
Lmao
Girl, I’m in the same situation right now. This damn lutheal phase! 😭
I would recommend doing more light cardio to aid digestion for the next couple days. Maybe go for a brisk walk or increase your daily steps (if you track those), which is what I plan to do. This would help with the bloat, both from the binge and the cycle.
If it’ll put your mind at ease, you can slightly decrease your daily deficit this week. But 1300 is already low so don’t overdo it else it’ll lead to more binges. And don’t be so harsh on yourself. Assuming you were already on a deficit anyway and shall continue tommorow, the binge will most likely level out to a weekly maintenance in a few days.
Seeing those number grow can be a real hit to the psyche but just remember that they’re temporary. It’s just water and probably a lot of poop lol.
Remember, you won’t rot your teeth by forgetting to brush your tooth once. What has happen happened, so just keep your heads up and tackle tommorow like boss! 💪❤️
Crumbl cookies again?
It’s literally so easily done in this day and age too! I saw your meal plan for this day in another comment. You’d think someone who had 5k calories could’ve only achieved that through takeouts all day but no it’s so easy to do with just normal food too! Sounds like your body needed it though for whatever reason. We all have days like this!
Eat a little bit less caloric everyday from now, you didn’t ruin your weight loss you just slowed it a bit!