Weekend weight gain

[Chile Pepper]

I was thinking of you, Crankin! I feel your pain.

[Anelia]

I notice it, too but besides eating more carbs on the weekend, I tend to ride a bike longer and my muscles become full of water. After strenuous training or race, I always weigh 2 or 3 pounds more. I can feel it even in my hands: I can't fold my fingers properly because they are bloated. Even I have special pants which are wider in the legs for these Mondays.

[Eden]

I wouldn't try to do anything about it....... As with most of you I know hard workouts cause my body to retain a bit of extra fluid. It's normal - even necessary for my muscles to recover and repair themselves. I don't think it's necessarily wise to disrupt the process.

[emily_in_nc]

This is exactly why I think it's probably best to only weigh once a week. Friday morning seems a perfect day for it. It's really easy to stress out over minor fluctuations each day, but if you weigh weekly, the trends will show themselves. I weigh every couple of days but am trying to wean myself off the scale other than on Fridays -- it makes me crazy and is really not worth it. If you're gaining, your weekly weigh-ins will show it, and as long as you don't start skipping those, it won't creep up on you.

Just my thoughts...although I eat exactly the same on weekends as during the week since I'm retired!