Let’s chat about this! - It takes approximately 3,500 calories to gain a single pound of fat. And that’s 3,500 calories OVER you’re maintenance range. - If your body’s maintenance calories were 2,000 per day you would have to eat 5,500 calories to gain a single pound of fat. - To gain 2 pounds of fat overnight means you would have to consume 9,000 calories. To put that into perspective— 9,000 calories is equivalent to 28.75 McDonald’s cheeseburgers OR 6.42 pints of Ben and Jerry’s “peanut butter cup” ice cream (their most calorie dense flavor). - It is COMPLETELY normal for your body weight to fluctuate daily based on different factors such as: - Water consumption Sodium levels Stress (internal or external) Sleep cycles Bowel movements Hormone fluctuations Food intake Training stimulus Etc - Take a deep breath and say this with me, “the scale will fluctuate day-to-day until the day I die.” Stop giving it so much power and determining your worth. - Keep showing up. Keep doing the work.