Why am I gaining weight

kellymoore104203
kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I am trying this and is gaining weight I have added exercise
My food diaries are open if anyone has the chance to look or
have experienced this
Feeling discouraged
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  • taylormoooon
    taylormoooon Posts: 130 Member
    Do you weigh all of your food on a scale?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Do you use a food scale? how do you calculate your exercise burns?
    Looking at your diary, it looks like you may not be picking the right entries in the database.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Looks like you've only been at it for less than 2 weeks? If so, give it some more time.

    According to your profile you only have 20lbs to lose. It might go slowly.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    As above.
    And I gotta ask... Do you really only have 28g of sultana bran?? I have 135g. What about milk with your cereal?
  • ShandaLeaS
    ShandaLeaS Posts: 136 Member
    Well majority of days you're eating more than your allotted calories plus exercise calories. If you're on 1200 calories and exercise 400 that's 1600 for the day to eat but when you eat 2400 you aren't creating a deficit.
  • ShandaLeaS
    ShandaLeaS Posts: 136 Member
    Then other days you eat 1000 calories, work out 500....,
  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    As above.
    And I gotta ask... Do you really only have 28g of sultana bran?? I have 135g. What about milk with your cereal?
    I eat 1/3 of a cup of cereal and 1/4 1 percent milk

  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    taycupcake wrote: »
    Do you weigh all of your food on a scale?
    Yes all except my fruit which I am trying to remember

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited February 2015
    Watch this



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Watch this



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
    WOW WOW WOW ..... thank you for sharing glad I asked and got this information early on


  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Right?? I was doing it all wrong until I saw this. Mind blown.
  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    The thing is my daily log except for one day is saying I will lose weight within 5 weeks.
    I am 49 and menopausal have not had my period since July but the past two days have been spotting and I feel like I am going to get them I am hoping their is some weight fluctuation that I will be able to at least track. However I have made sacrifices I switched from cream to milk in my coffee drinking my measured 8 glassed of water a day exercise
    I will be using my scale versus measuring cups and spoons from this point on
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    And since you have not much to lose, here something else you should read.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/113609/relatively-light-people-trying-to-get-leaner/p1
  • MindySaysWhaaat
    MindySaysWhaaat Posts: 401 Member
    kellymoore104203 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    As above.
    And I gotta ask... Do you really only have 28g of sultana bran?? I have 135g. What about milk with your cereal?
    I eat 1/3 of a cup of cereal and 1/4 1 percent milk

    I thought 28g was equal to approximately 3/4 cup. I actually just weigh my cereal out since 28g is just under 1oz.
  • reeyonce
    reeyonce Posts: 43 Member
    I'm gaining weight too.
    I have gained 4lbs this week I'm absolutely furious. I won't give up (even though I feel like it) but what's the point in working so hard only to GAIN weight when I'm already a beached whale?!
    I don't understand why I'm gaining so I definitely wouldn't know why u are. But I feel ur pain lol.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    reeyonce wrote: »
    I'm gaining weight too.
    I have gained 4lbs this week I'm absolutely furious. I won't give up (even though I feel like it) but what's the point in working so hard only to GAIN weight when I'm already a beached whale?!
    I don't understand why I'm gaining so I definitely wouldn't know why u are. But I feel ur pain lol.

    4lbs in a week is a lot!! This would mean you went way over your maintenance calories pretty much everyday.
    I wonder how much of that 4lbs is water weight??
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    kellymoore104203 wrote: »
    The thing is my daily log except for one day is saying I will lose weight within 5 weeks.
    I am 49 and menopausal have not had my period since July but the past two days have been spotting and I feel like I am going to get them I am hoping their is some weight fluctuation that I will be able to at least track. However I have made sacrifices I switched from cream to milk in my coffee drinking my measured 8 glassed of water a day exercise
    I will be using my scale versus measuring cups and spoons from this point on

    You are close and will get what you want. <3
    One suggestion is to consider increasing your protein a little. Perhaps move a few calories from the carbs to protein.
  • reeyonce
    reeyonce Posts: 43 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    reeyonce wrote: »
    I'm gaining weight too.
    I have gained 4lbs this week I'm absolutely furious. I won't give up (even though I feel like it) but what's the point in working so hard only to GAIN weight when I'm already a beached whale?!
    I don't understand why I'm gaining so I definitely wouldn't know why u are. But I feel ur pain lol.

    4lbs in a week is a lot!! This would mean you went way over your maintenance calories pretty much everyday.
    I wonder how much of that 4lbs is water weight??

    All of it must be water weight because I haven't gone over anything :/
  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    Overnight I am back down to 150 from 153 that it was showing last night that is a huge fluctuation .. showing lost 1/2 inch on hips .. today is my weigh in day
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    You're eating a lot of sodium (water retention). You are also over your allotment quite a bit.
  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    kellymoore104203 wrote: »
    Overnight I am back down to 150 from 153 that it was showing last night that is a huge fluctuation .. showing lost 1/2 inch on hips .. today is my weigh in day
    You should weigh-in at the same time every day. 153 at night and 150 in the morning is not a huge fluctuation.
  • SwankyTomato
    SwankyTomato Posts: 442 Member
    edited February 2015
    Just looking at your diary, you use a lot of generic entries and not weighing in grams.

    For example

    "Domino's pizza". You have no idea the actual calories in that. It is very hard to calculate "out to go food" with regards to calories.

    "Peanut butter cookies". You have to actually weigh the cookies in grams to calculate calories.

    You only have been at this for a bit, it takes time to figure out how to tighten up your food log. I am constantly tweaking.

    Remember that even if you are very tight with logging and weighing there is still a percentage of error on the part of our calculations.

    Just keep at it and keep tweaking your logging.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    kellymoore104203 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    As above.
    And I gotta ask... Do you really only have 28g of sultana bran?? I have 135g. What about milk with your cereal?
    I eat 1/3 of a cup of cereal and 1/4 1 percent milk

    you need to weigh it, not just use cups. Try and always go by the grams when measuring out a serving.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    reeyonce wrote: »
    I'm gaining weight too.
    I have gained 4lbs this week I'm absolutely furious. I won't give up (even though I feel like it) but what's the point in working so hard only to GAIN weight when I'm already a beached whale?!
    I don't understand why I'm gaining so I definitely wouldn't know why u are. But I feel ur pain lol.

    probably wasn't fat! don't give up..your weight can change a lot, and if you start paying attention to the sodium you are taking in, you'll see that is probably part of your problem. Not to mention, waste products and normal hormonal changes.

  • sussexbythesea
    sussexbythesea Posts: 1,335 Member
    Some good advice here. No cups or teaspoons - weigh and measure everything, watch the sodium and be just about in deficit over a whole week then weigh yourself
  • rtbrown82
    rtbrown82 Posts: 27 Member
    I'm going to get blasted here... :# but I think you should simply try cutting out processed foods and spreading out your calories. Eat real food. Your breakfasts are too small and you're eating a lot of processed foods. Not all calories are created equal, nutrient dense foods are best.

    No argument against weighing, I probably need to, but I don't. I've been on my journey of healthy living since April 15, 2011 and I was a slave to food before then and I don't want to be a slave again on the opposite side. I don't stress at the end of day if I lie on my diary no one knows but me. We (wife and I) rarely eat out and cook everything, we know what's in our food.

    And never count your evening weigh in, always have the same routine for weighing. (Wake up, go to the bathroom and weigh, rinse and repeat as desired.)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Weighing foods makes a huge difference.
  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    Thanks to everyone last week was quite different as I was taken out for a lot of meals and a girls night out certainly did not help and I am learning so much about what I am eating ....my scale will help out but already I have conflicting information like my 1/3 cup I have read three different answers on to how many grams that would be on my scale ...this should be fun today I quit smoking ..................................................................
  • SwankyTomato
    SwankyTomato Posts: 442 Member
    edited February 2015
    kellymoore104203 wrote: »
    Thanks to everyone last week was quite different as I was taken out for a lot of meals and a girls night out certainly did not help and I am learning so much about what I am eating ....my scale will help out but already I have conflicting information like my 1/3 cup I have read three different answers on to how many grams that would be on my scale ...this should be fun today I quit smoking ..................................................................

    Confused here with the bolded?

    We are talking weighing your food on a food scale in grams.


  • kellymoore104203
    kellymoore104203 Posts: 25 Member
    yes sorry so am I ...so my 1/3 cup or 1/4 cup I don't know how many grams I should weigh on my food scale for these calculations
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