Gaining weight but I'm within the 1200 calories :/

mollychristen

I've been within my daily 1200 calories and I burn about 1/4 of them everyday but I'm gaining weight. I started at 140 and when I weighed myself today I was at 144. what can I do to stop that?

shadow2soul

How long has it been?
Do you use a food scale?
Did you just start exercising?
Are you around your TOM?
Are you eating back earned exercise calories? If so, how many and how do you determine the burn?
What was your sodium intake like the past couple days?

Merkavar

Your eating 1200 and exercising for 300? So netting 900?

Sounds like your eating more than you think.

Using a scale?

myheartsabattleground

Open your diary.

Sued0nim

And read this http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1

callsitlikeiseeit

you are almost certainly eating more than you think you are.....

jtate0212

Did you just start or increase activity? Your muscles could be retaining water as they heal.

Sydking

eating more than you think by the sounds of it

WEIGH AND LOG EVERYTHING

SLLRunner

mollychristen wrote: »

I've been within my daily 1200 calories and I burn about 1/4 of them everyday but I'm gaining weight. I started at 140 and when I weighed myself today I was at 144. what can I do to stop that?

If you're gaining weight then you are eating more than you realize. This happens from underestimating intake and/or overestimating calories burned.

When did you start your diet?

Do you weigh your food? Log everything you eat?

Do you count your exercise calories and eat them back? Where do you get those burns from?

Open your diary for specific feedback.