Temporarily. Be sure that your bladder can hold almost a gallon of water. Of course, you will lose it within 24 hours or so, but yes you will gain 5 pounds.
Chat with our AI personalities
No, the weight gain from drinking water is temporary due to the added water weight but the body will eventually process and eliminate the excess. Your body weight is determined by a variety of factors, including what you eat and how much physical activity you do.
To gain 3 temporary pounds, a 5 foot 2 inch person would need to consume an excess of approximately 10,500 calories above their maintenance level. Since each pound of weight gain is roughly equivalent to 3,500 excess calories, and each pound of body weight is roughly 60% water, they would need about 2.4 gallons (9 liters) of water to account for the temporary weight gain.
5 U.S. gallons of water weigh approximately 41.73 lbs. 5 Imperial gallons of water weigh exactly 50 lbs.
5 gallons of water is equal to approximately 41.7 pounds.
One liter of water weighs approximately 2.20462 pounds, regardless of the temperature.
well one gallon weighs approximately 8 pounds. so 5 percent of 898 gallons is 44.9 gallons. take 44.9 times 8 and you have 359.2 pounds.