On Saturday 9/24/2011 I crashed. I was knocked unconscious and took an involuntary ambulance ride to the emergency room. I escaped with a minor concussion and some road rash.

Prior to the crash I weighed 158 lbs. During the intervening days, I couldn't stop eating and my exercise stopped. At the time I thought it was just my body needing the calories to heal itself. This morning I finally step on the scale and it says 173 lbs! Somehow I gained 15 lbs in 3 days? That doesn't seem right; that would be an excess of about 15,000 calories per day (assuming 3000 calories per pound). I know I've been eating a lot, and not always the best stuff, but I don't think anywhere close to that much.

Today marks the start of losing the weight again. I had just got down to that weight after nearly 2 months of careful eating and exercise after the last weight gain.

Argh. It's just so frustrating. I needed a place to vent after seeing that number this morning. I'm hoping it's an anomaly due to the large dinner I ate last night and that tomorrow morning will be lower.

Anyone else have significant weight gain following a crash?