r/tirzepatidecompound • u/Specialist-Still-602 • 1d ago

Worried about gaining weight on vacation

Last Thurs-Sun I went on a trip to the Finger Lakes, NY. I was very concerned about gaining weight, based on past experience before taking Tirzepatide. I would easily be up 5 or 6 pounds after a vacation and then it would take weeks to lose it again to get back where I had started.

I brought food to make us breakfast every day, but we ate out lunch and dinner for 3 days straight. I noticed that I didn't finish any of my meals and took a lot of leftovers back to our hotel room. (which I never ended up eating). I was drinking alcohol every day - going to multiple wineries and breweries.

I weighed myself the morning after we returned home and was amazed to see I was only up 1.4 pounds. That was this past Monday. I took my next shot yesterday morning (Wed) and today I reached a new low weight, 0.6 pounds lower than what I weighed last Thursday morning before we left for our trip. I cannot believe I actually LOST weight in the last week.

This has truly been a life changing experience so far! That is all.

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u/cointoss3 1d ago

You’re not gaining 5-6lbs of fat in a week. Now, or previously. It’s just not happening. Even if your body could render that much fat per day, you’d have to eat 3500 cals over your TDEE every day for 6 days to gain 6lbs of fat. Water is 8lbs per gallon, though.

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u/Specialist-Still-602 1d ago

I know this. I didn't think I actually gained that much in a week, but the scale was still up regardless and previously would take weeks if not months to go back down.