Weight gain after consistent losses
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Shi!t - sorry, I never got back to your thread and it dropped off the radar.
Could you give us an update as to what your weight has been doing and we can continue trying to work on a plan.
Again..sorry for this dropping off.0 -
Oops, almost missed this, thought you guys stopped.
I haven't gotten on the scale at all in September. It's just too stressful to see the numbers go up.
I have paid stricter attention to weighing and measuring. I'm trying to do lowER carbs but it's hard to do 120. I cleaned out both the freezer and refrigerator and have empty shelves where a lot of processed foods used to be. (not all gone though). I realized I spent a few months eating a Nutella/PB sandwich a day and haven't had any in at least a week, I think. When i do my 12 hour night shifts, I'm taking smaller snacks rather than a meal - eggs, cheese sticks, yogurt etc.
Exercise wise, I slacked this week because I ran my first 5K yesterday morning and I didn't want anything to be sore beforehand. I upped regular walking to 3 miles a day and still use a trainer for strength training once a week for 30 mins. I joined a new gym and have done some of my own strength training - will be concentrating on doing the whole 5X5 workouts.
So, basically I'm trying to improve things and see what happens. I kind of feel like there's less belly fat there, I just don't want to hop on the scale and blow that idea away.0 -
Hi!
Assuming that you do not want to measure, I would go by the fit of your clothes. If they are getting looser - keep on as is. If they are staying the same of getting tighter, then you know to cut calories.0 -
Well, since my style is and probably always will be baggy, it's hard to judge. The clothes feel the same, the belly feels a little less there, but it could also be my overactive imagination. I'll hop on the scale in a few weeks, just decided to make this Scale-Free September.0
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Cortisol and estrogen are big factors in "stalls", Cortisol causes your body to retain water, and estrogen affects sodium retention which causes water retention.
Weight fluctuates easily with medication. When I am on my adderall I can drop about 6 pounds easy from being on it alone. So who knows how your body is reacting since you got off of it
In regards to exercising, being on the floor is pretty much exercise, especially in LD, because you have screaming women all day. So you have to move around alot. Correct?
Try to get some different food choices in such as fruits, veggies. No preparation is needed. A protein shake can also go a long way.
I know its hard for nurses to get decent nutrition in their workday because sometimes they do not get a lunch. This is one thing that will drive me crazy when I start working0 -
In regards to exercising, being on the floor is pretty much exercise, especially in LD, because you have screaming women all day. So you have to move around alot. Correct?
I know its hard for nurses to get decent nutrition in their workday because sometimes they do not get a lunch. This is one thing that will drive me crazy when I start working
Yes, you can move around a lot. I've logged several thousand steps on my Fitbit in one shift. And it's much harder working nights, because of less staffing. We weren't even crazy busy two nights ago, but I was the triage nurse so I had to see all the patients who walked in and didn't get to drink any water before midnight and I was several hundred calories below my daily number. You can only do your best. You'll see that when you start.0 -
Okay, Scale-free September is over.
My weight this morning was 208.2.
To rehash, my last lowest weight before that was
7/30 209
then it stopped stalling and went up to
8/16 214
8/26 213.8
So, that's 5.6 lbs in 5 weeks. I'm grateful for the lower number but was hoping it would be a little more at this point. I'm frustrated on how to get back to consistent weekly losses. Or near consistent. I've always had the settings on 1 lb/week even though I have enough to lose and could do the 2 lb/week settings. Looking back at the numbers lately I find I'm netting under 1200 a lot, sometimes due to time constraints with the crazy job or sometimes from trying to keep the carbs low - you guys suggested 120 which I'm having trouble with, but they're definitely lower than they were a few months ago.0 -
Crap - just going through the older posts to make sure we did not miss anything and realized we never responded. Huge apologies.
Can you give us an update so we can see where to go from here.0 -
I'm currently up to 209.4 - was 208.2 on the 1st. I did go to a spa/resort mid month, where I could log all the calories and half of the macros. I did tend to go over the 1500, not by much and it was worth it
And I did go to the State Fair but kept it under control (except for the deep fried Thin Mint cookies). Walking and a little running 2-3 miles a day most days of the week, except when I work three 12 hour nights in a row. Was doing the Stronglifts 5x5 program twice a week before the vacation, now trying to get back on track since I'm back in the real world. 0 -
Deep fried Thin Mint cookies...say wha......
Pretty good going considering you were 213.8lb 2 months ago, with a mini break in between. If you could 'get back on track' as you mention, and then let us know how your weight is doing in 2 weeks, we can see if any tweaks need to be made. This may be a bit early due to possible water weight from returning to lifting, but a 2 week check in allows us to be a little more responsive to any questions/concerns.0 -
Trust me - the Deep Fried Thin Mints were worth it. These state fairs will deep fry anything. I stayed away from the Krispy Kreme hamburger that makes me nauseous just looking at the pictures. And the deep fried butter.
Okay, back in two weeks.0 -
Updating before Thanksgiving -
After the last update, the scale went up to 211.6 (second week in November), then was 209.6 about a week ago - dont' remember the specific date as I don't report the gains on the check ins here. This morning it was 207.6, which is my new all-time lowest (was 208.2 on Oct 1st).
I've tried to get back to the 5x5s, not as much as I should, but will keep at it. I've been doing a lot of walking, more than normal for me, probably 5-6 days a week, 1.5-3.5 miles. Some running in there, but not much. I'm trying to keep at it as the temperature plummets. Diet wise, I've tried to keep the carbs down but it's very hard to not go over 120. I'll admit to not paying much attention to them the past few weeks.
Question - should this activity level put me at the "moderately active level" on here and other sites? I've always used "lightly active" as I'm a sloth when I'm not moving for exercise purposes. Work can go either way, I'm a nurse in a sometimes hellish busy unit but can also have shifts where I sit a lot.0 -
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1) We think you should keep your intake to the following recommendation:
1500 kcals
120 protein
60 fat
120 carbohydrate
2) I would look more closely at your individual food choices and your percentage of discretionary calories. When we go into your food log it would appear as though there are very few fruits and vegetables and a rather high proportion of calories spent on non nutritive or nutrient sparse food. We are both big fans of ice cream and of flexible dieting but these "treats" for lack of a better word, should represent a small portion of total intake and they should really be used once nutrient needs are being met.
So as a general recommendation, increase the volume of green vegetables and fruits in your diet in place of some of the carbohydrate dense and nutrient sparse foods, and you'll probably find a much easier time sticking to the recommendations we laid out.
As far as activity level, I don't see a need to change it and you should not be eating back exercise calories on this model. We are not concerned about your net intake being too low.0 -
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