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I'm eating a balanced 1200 calories a day, excercising religiously 5 days a week, and i've been losing weight? why did i gain 1.4 since yesterday?

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Two possibilities: 1. Faulty scale, particularly if not the usual one. 2. Acute increase in body water. That is a common cause of sudden weight gain and can easily be related to the nature of the diet. Eat only god made food.

Answered 2/28/2013

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