<human>: So I had a cheat day today, my first in a month. 

My question is: Is the weight gained from the cheat day just water/food, and will it disappear over the next few days as it passes through my digestive system? For the curious, I didn't log calories today, but suspect I had between 2000-3000 calories, in contrast to my usual 1000-1500.

I ask simply because I weighed myself (perhaps against my better judgement) at 178lbs this morning, and now I weigh 183 lbs.

I do want to have cheat days, at a rate of perhaps one a month, but if they impede my progress I will eliminate them. Which would really suck, because I enjoyed it a lot.

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<bot>: I had a cheat day, and horrifyingly saw a 5lb increase on the scale. I suspect this is from the weight of the food and water retention - how long will this increase last for? Should I be concerned about progress?