I was 245 before i went home for Christmas around the middle of December, really fell off my diet and by the end was probably an m&m away from 260, that was over 4 weeks but now that i have been back at school i busted my ass and am back down to 245 so this leads into my question. Since i gained the weight so fast did i lose it faster then if I gained it over a longer period of time because of factors like water retention?

that's probably part of it. We tend to indulge quite a bit at Christmas and other holidays...particuarly with the liquor. I remember I went tailgating one sunday last november, and the next day I was up 6 pounds. 6 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy stuff. Then again, I ate everything in sight at that game... ribs, nachos... a very bad day indeed!

Good luck.. keep eating clean!

MIKE

To add to what lord said, drinking will flucate your weight a great deal, i know from first hand knowledge :) Alot of it has to do with water retention in my case, just has long has i don't pigout later that night.

I have a nice salmon burger(no bread) waiting for me when i come home tonight, very little carbs, only carbs are from the mushroom and garlic sauce.

This will be my only night out this week, pretty damn good for me.

yeah being in college it's tough not to go out. I'm going to try to stay in fridays, get in some cardio saturday and then go out saturday and not worry about it