I try to keep it in perspective too. It takes an extra 3500 calories to truly gain a pound of fat. Unfortunately it works the same way to lose a pound. This last week I was WAY off track...ate an entire box of v-day chocolate & had an entire large Pizza Hut pan pizza :-( The scale went up, but I'm also convincing myself that in reality I probably only gained 1-2 lbs, and after losing over 15 lbs since Jan 1st, it should NOT be a reason to give up! My mil will always say how she gained 5 lbs from a meal, but like you said it's really mostly water retention. Keep up the good work! Weight loss 90% mental/attitude and how you deal with setbacks!
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