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Lost weight after refeed?

Yesterday morning, last day of 3 day fast, I weighed 256.6. Did my refeed that evening (no calorie counting, pasta, pork, pizza, etc.). Weighed myself this morning and I’m down to 252.4? Not complaining but I guess I just expected to gain a little weight back not more.

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After 10 days I had one meal basically just guac (near all fat). Ended up losing 2-3 lbs. It had a ton of salt too. I kept losing a pound a day afterwards back not eating for another 4 days.

No idea what is happening. Seems to happen to multiple people though. Maybe you kick off “the rebuild” after your body has optimized everything but you don’t eat enough to cover all the activity and end up losing more weight. Could still be electrolytes only, of course. I’ve read this 1/2 dozen times though.

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Guessing you spent a lot of time in the bathroom yesterday. Your hormones probably just switched to release a bunch of water and although you ate in the evening, you haven’t had time to drink enough to retain it again. Don’t worry, it’ll go up again.

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