Gained 1lb on my first day of OWL

[kayceear]

Hey guys, just checking in to see if I did something wrong...I have been using fitday to track activity and carbs/calories. Here is my journal http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=kayceear take a look at Feb 7, that was my first day of OWL. I am still going to stay at this phase till I get some feedback. Thanks in advance for all advise.

[not2late]

Re: Gained 1lb on my first day of OWL

You need to eat 3500 calories above your "normal" calorie intake in order to gain 1 pound of fat. So your gain is most likely water weight. The most common food culprit of water retention is salted foods.

[BlueSkies]

Re: Gained 1lb on my first day of OWL

could be from your weight lifting - muscle's heavy and i think it retains some water when it gets torn down for the rebuilding process.

[Elizellen]

Re: Gained 1lb on my first day of OWL

Yes, as not2late said, the peperoni, bacon bits and luncheon meat might have had a lot of sodium in them so you are most likely retaining water.

Try not using them for several days and see what happens.

[kayceear]

Re: Gained 1lb on my first day of OWL

Yes, thanks for the advise. I will try to do better on the high sodium items and see what happens.