Scared because dieting and gaining weight. Is it a tumour?
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Honestly, if you're that concerned and have an excuse for everything when people try to give you legitimate advice then it seems like what you're really wanting is attention. I may be wrong but if I thought I had a tumor my first response wouldn't be to jump onto a message board and ask for advice. If you're truly concerned go see a doctor. As for MFP it is just a tool. The database is made up of entries added by different individuals so there could very well be errors.0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »OP have you said: how tall, how old, and what your goal weight is?
5ft 7.5, 138-146lbs dependent upon day! Aiming to be 126-133lbs0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »OP have you said: how tall, how old, and what your goal weight is?
5ft 7.5, 138-146lbs dependent upon day! Aiming to be 126-133lbs
so, 5'8" and you want to be roughly 130 when you're already at a healthy. That could be tough to maintain.
HOW OLD? and are you still menstruating?0 -
Cortneyrenee04 wrote: »Do you want someone to tell you that it must be a tumor? You don't want to hear that you're over eating... So:
Yes, sounds like a tumor.
Just because I log 1500 calories in my diary does NOT mean I actually only ate 1500 calories- see? Your body counts calories even if you don't. Try lowering your calories by 100 or 200 for a few weeks and see of that helps. Wouldn't that be easier/better than the tumor?
Well then that totally poo poos the accuracy of my fitness pal. If you look at my calories over the 2 week period it would actually be impossible to gain 7lbs, which would be the equivalent of eating 15,000 extra calories in that time. Based on my diary the obvious answer is that it is NOT food intake that has caused the weight gain. YOU, don't seem able to believe that. Ok so a tumour is extreme, but having asked similar questions on here before and being told categorically that one does NOT gain 7lbs of muscle unless one is weight lifting then my question still goes unanswered.
MFP isn't the one that needs to be accurate, MFP is just a tool that depends on what you enter if it outputs good data or not so good data.
33 minutes running you logged at 386 calories (sounds a little high)
Now your food entries:
Tuna Salad wrap you enter it as the same calories every time 430... do you think every wrap is exactly the same weight?
Progresso soup you had exactly 1 cup of soup for 80 calories, everytime?
Homemade Flapjacks?? Did you enter this recipe yourself or use one already in the database... 2 flapjacks for 222 calories?
So do I think you have a tumor no I think you log inaccurately and overestimate your exercise burns which eat away from your deficit, you also probably have a lot of water retention, and if it's near TOM that can be adding to it. Now if you have other medical reasons that would make you feel like it could be a tumor go get checked.
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Please could you have a look at my past couple of weeks food and exercise diary. I started on 139lbs and have gone up to 146lbs. I'm sure I'm eating the right amount and I'm running regularly. I know that fluid retention, muscle gain etc make a difference on the scales, but I have never, ever weighed 146lbs before and I'm a daily weigher! I'm actually scared that it may be a tumour that is causing the extra weight. I have ruled out pregnancy. Can you help? Xx
While in extreme cases this could happen, I still doubt that you have a seven-pound tumor. That would be the size of a water melon, or a new born baby. Yet, if you are worried, see a doctor.
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Hold you, you're gaining weight and the first thing that crosses your mind is that you have a tumor? I don't even know how to comment on this.
From your diary, you're using a lot of generic entries, I can guarantee that you're eating more than you think, and that's why you're gaining weight. Plus you're probably going to get your period soon, which would account for some of the weight too.0 -
. I think the problem here is that you see my picture and think " what has she got to worry about when we are all struggling" - well I am struggling too you know.[/quote]
Arrogant much? Down girl.......You are eating junk, and eating more than you think....Go for a run or lift some weights and stop looking for attention....0 -
It's definitely a tumor. Sorry about your luck
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The other question I have is why are we bothering to look at your diary if you are so certain you're doing everything correctly???
Lose the attitude, realize you are not perfect yes I know this one may be difficult for you... and listen to the advice you asked for0 -
fearlessleader104 wrote:After a careful review of your post, I determined that it is not a tumor and it's simply a case of eating more than your maintenance calories. I prescribe eating less to fix the problem.
Apparently not.bumblebee wrote:Look at my diary! I am eating at a deficit
If you were eating at a deficit, you would be losing weight. (Absent the water retention from sodium & muscle repair & TOM.)
If there were a tumor, you would still be losing weight because it can't magically pull in food to feed itself; it has to work with what you take in.
Your diary shows your goal is 1630 cal. Is 163 a healthy goal weight for you? My doctor & dietician told me to eat 10x my healthy goal weight in order to get there. They also told me to ignore exercise calories & to not drink my calories.
So find a healthy weight (lbs) based on BMI*, eat 10x that in calories, don't drink the juice or wine or beer every day (maybe once a week at most), cut back on processed foods to reduce sodium, have more fruits & veggies.
Don't use things in the database that say "homemade" unless you entered your own recipe.
If you're making something at home, don't log it as a pre-made food you've bought from the store.
It looks like you're already at a healthy weight, so maybe you're gaining muscle (which is heavy) but losing inches. Have you measured yourself?
*Here's a BMI chart: http://www.shapeup.org/bmi/bmi6.pdf
At 5'7" you should be 120 - 155. So you're at a healthy weight now.
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JazmineYoli wrote: »
Forgive me for this the meme, but I could help myself.
That's all I could think about
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Even a tumor can't conjure calories out of thin air. Indeed, there is evidence from animal models that calorie restriction reduces the incidence of cancer (for example).
If you were logging accurately and running a deficit, then any weight gain is likely due to water and/or solid waste retention. Starting a new exercise program, or increasing your intensity, is likely to lead to water retention. So is adding sodium. Personally, I also find that I put on a little water weight if I'm sick, even just a mild cold or other upper respiratory infection.
There's also ordinary variation. I weigh daily and there have been days when I've eaten at a deficit but gained 3 pounds of scale weight from one morning to the next from retained fluids and solids.0 -
I am very much confused on why your mind jumped immediately to tumor... I get that it is weight gain that is not visible to you... but as other posters have mentioned, hormones, water retention etc. are all more likely. I sincerely doubt that you have a tumor, and I just think that if you had one that weighed 7 lbs, you might be noticing something besides weight gain as the one and only indication-- then again I am not a doctor and have never experienced a tumor, so I may very well be incorrect in that. Be cautious, OP, but don't go all WebMD on yourself. I would say go to the doctor, but only because it will give you some peace of mind. I find it incredibly hard to believe that, as a woman, you have never experienced a sudden 7 lb gain-- I literally will gain up to 10 lbs some months for TOM and it comes off the week after. It is not even remotely abnormal to experience this, especially if, as others have mentioned, you may be pre-menopause. Try not to stress yourself, you'll make yourself crazy! Weigh weekly first thing in the morning, and see a doctor if you are genuinely concerned.0
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Cortneyrenee04 wrote: »Do you want someone to tell you that it must be a tumor? You don't want to hear that you're over eating... So:
Yes, sounds like a tumor.
Just because I log 1500 calories in my diary does NOT mean I actually only ate 1500 calories- see? Your body counts calories even if you don't. Try lowering your calories by 100 or 200 for a few weeks and see of that helps. Wouldn't that be easier/better than the tumor?
Well then that totally poo poos the accuracy of my fitness pal. If you look at my calories over the 2 week period it would actually be impossible to gain 7lbs, which would be the equivalent of eating 15,000 extra calories in that time. Based on my diary the obvious answer is that it is NOT food intake that has caused the weight gain. YOU, don't seem able to believe that. Ok so a tumour is extreme, but having asked similar questions on here before and being told categorically that one does NOT gain 7lbs of muscle unless one is weight lifting then my question still goes unanswered.
Sorry I don think its gone unanswered.
Its possible that not all of the 7lbs is fat or muscle (although unlikely to be muscle). Some of it could be water weight. Peoples weight fluctuates and its not uncommon for it to be 6lbs in a day.
You make a presumption that your calorie intake is accurate, normally people underestimate what they eat, which is why people are told to weigh everything. It would seem more likely that the answer is some of its water weight and some of it is the fact that you are eating more than you think and that your original target was closer to maintenance than you realised. This would push you into surplus.
In any event the quickest way if you are concerned is not to rely on the interent, but go and see your GP who cna put your mind at rest and then you can get back to the diet.
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it is not a tumor it is trollitius….
OP - stop posting and you will be cured of this syndrome….-1 -
Just looked over several days of your diary. I believe some of the posters commented on the levels of sodium you ingest each day. Every day, you seem to go over the amount and not just by a little bit. Some days, you double the allowable amount.
Many pre-packaged foods use sodium to help preserve the food longer. This is good for Florida Hurricane season, but not for weight loss. You probably are retaining lots of fluid due to this. Try cutting out these high sodium foods for a couple of weeks, see what happens.
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Of course it's a tumor!! What else could it possibly be, right?! Go to the OR, STAT!! Get ready be cut up, opened up, and sewed back up.
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water weight gain from exercising, possibly your TOM, underestimating calories....weigh just every few days and realize you can gain 5-6 pounds a day depending on time of day, intake..etc...its water weight...or see your doctor....i can't imagine my first thought ever being i have a tumor! If you have underlaying medical issues, then please go see one!0
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Relax. It would take years for a tumor to grow 7 pounds not 2 weeks. I'm guessing its the sodium making you retain water. Drink more to flush it out and relax it will even out.0
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I think I grew a tumor checking out her profile - oh wait, it's... not... a... tumor...
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Incredible! Hours later and still she hasn't acknowledged that seeing a doctor if she thinks she has a tumour is a sensible thing to do.
She also hasn't the basic good manners to answer people who tried to help. Delightful. Perhaps if she's only developed this attitude recently we can assume rudeness weighs 7 pounds.0 -
Weight is funny. I shed 18lbs in early 2013 over the course of about six weeks while documenting a grand total running deficit of about 2000-3000 calories.
Water is funny too. I'm about ten pounds heavier right now than I've been all year and I presume as soon as I start eating more prudently, most of that ten is gone-zo. Long story short, I wouldn't sweat a few pounds, especially with excess sodium intake.0 -
Perhaps, just perhaps, she's off running errands, cooking breakfast for a kid...something not about MFP.TeresaB1979 wrote: »Incredible! Hours later and still she hasn't acknowledged that seeing a doctor if she thinks she has a tumour is a sensible thing to do.
She also hasn't the basic good manners to answer people who tried to help. Delightful. Perhaps if she's only developed this attitude recently we can assume rudeness weighs 7 pounds.
Or perhaps she's just abandoned the thread. I would have.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
so in your expert opinion, it is a serious thread then…?0 -
TeresaB1979 wrote: »Incredible! Hours later and still she hasn't acknowledged that seeing a doctor if she thinks she has a tumour is a sensible thing to do.
She also hasn't the basic good manners to answer people who tried to help. Delightful. Perhaps if she's only developed this attitude recently we can assume rudeness weighs 7 pounds.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Perhaps, just perhaps, she's off running errands, cooking breakfast for a kid...something not about MFP.TeresaB1979 wrote: »Incredible! Hours later and still she hasn't acknowledged that seeing a doctor if she thinks she has a tumour is a sensible thing to do.
She also hasn't the basic good manners to answer people who tried to help. Delightful. Perhaps if she's only developed this attitude recently we can assume rudeness weighs 7 pounds.
Or perhaps she's just abandoned the thread. I would have.
Maybe even the doctor0 -
On a serious note - most doctors will tell you if you drastic weight loss - five pounds or more - over X time period that you should immediately come see them as this can be a sign of cancer…typically weight gain is not associated with cancer…
My oncologist was more concerned with weight loss, even when I told him that I was dieting and trying to lose weight...
this is coming from a lymphoma survivor….0
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