Seven pounds in 4 days! Vacation

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Brad Sheppard - 02 Jun 2004 20:57 GMT

While on my four day vacation I went off my usual food and exercise
program and onto the typical Amercan diet high salt diet. I was
shocked to see a 7 pound weight gain when I came back! My bp also
rose - from 110/70 to 135/75. "Forbidden" foods I ate: sausage, home
fries, bacon, muffins, pizza, hamburgers. I didn't stuff myself and I
didn't eat any desserts. The buffet breakfasts might have been my
downfall. Yes, probably 5 lbs of the 7 are water weight. I'm really
going to have to bring my own foods for my next vacation - 7 lbs is
not acceptable.

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Beverly - 02 Jun 2004 21:33 GMT

Probably too much salt, Brad. I can gain 5 pounds overnight if I've
indulged in salty foods. Give it a couple days and most of the weight will
be gone.

Hope you enjoyed the vacation.

Beverly

> While on my four day vacation I went off my usual food and exercise
> program and onto the typical Amercan diet high salt diet. I was
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> going to have to bring my own foods for my next vacation - 7 lbs is
> not acceptable.

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Brad Sheppard - 03 Jun 2004 15:44 GMT

Beverly,

Yes, no doubt salt is a big culprit. As of today I've lost 2 of the 7
pounds. Normally I get less than 2 grams of salt daily, plus I get
loads of potassium from the fruits, veggies, and other foods I eat. My
vacation was a bit stressful since it involved 16 hours of driving
(our son graduated from Brown - Magnum Cum Laud!)

> Probably too much salt, Brad. I can gain 5 pounds overnight if I've
> indulged in salty foods. Give it a couple days and most of the weight will
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> > going to have to bring my own foods for my next vacation - 7 lbs is
> > not acceptable.

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jmk - 03 Jun 2004 15:59 GMT

> Beverly,
>
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> vacation was a bit stressful since it involved 16 hours of driving
> (our son graduated from Brown - Magnum Cum Laud!)

Congratulations!

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Chris Braun - 04 Jun 2004 01:21 GMT

>Beverly,
>
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>vacation was a bit stressful since it involved 16 hours of driving
>(our son graduated from Brown - Magnum Cum Laud!)

Hey, we were up at Brown this weekend too -- don't know if you saw my
posts about it. DH and I both studied computer science there, and
Thursday there was a big celebration for the 25th anniversary of the
department. (We were there before that, but at that time it was part
of applied math.) Then we went to campus dance on Friday and the pops
concert on Saturday.

Congrats to your son! What did he major in?

And where did you eat to gain those 7 pounds? :-) I have fond
memories of many RI restaurants.

Chris
(Brown '70)

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Beverly - 04 Jun 2004 01:51 GMT

> Beverly,
>
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> vacation was a bit stressful since it involved 16 hours of driving
> (our son graduated from Brown - Magnum Cum Laud!)

Congratulations to your son!

Beverly

> > Probably too much salt, Brad. I can gain 5 pounds overnight if I've
> > indulged in salty foods. Give it a couple days and most of the weight will
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> > > going to have to bring my own foods for my next vacation - 7 lbs is
> > > not acceptable.

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SnugBear - 04 Jun 2004 03:35 GMT

Brad wrote:

> (our son graduated from Brown - Magnum Cum Laud!)

That's worth gaining 5 pounds <S>

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Doug Freyburger - 04 Jun 2004 18:53 GMT

> While on my four day vacation I went off my usual food and exercise
> program and onto the typical Amercan diet high salt diet. I was
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> didn't eat any desserts. The buffet breakfasts might have been my
> downfall. Yes, probably 5 lbs of the 7 are water weight.

Even more likely it's 6 of 7 being water. It is feasible to gain
1 pound of actual fat in 4 days, but you have to work very hard at
gaining 2.

> I'm really going to have to bring my own foods for my next
> vacation - 7 lbs is not acceptable.

Correction, 1 or 2 pounds. Is it really worth the battle over 5-6
pounds of temporary water? Water is like the tide - no matter how
much effort you put into suppressing the tides they eventually go
low and give you a false sense of acheivement and they also
eventually go high and give you frustration.

Better to accept the occasional 5-6 pound swing (mine is 6 as
well) and only put small effort into water, then put most of your
effort into losing fat. In my very biased opinion.

Ya done good.

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