Sticking to it but GAINING!
Natelywills
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Ok, for the last 3 weeks, I have been sticking to the numbers, going to the gym every day, eating off the calories, I've taken things to help my digestive system stay on track, I'm drinking my water and yet, I have GAINED weight! I eat a low salt diet and I just keep getting bigger. Does anyone have any ideas on ways in which I can kickstart things? I'm doing a sponsored slim for a local canine charity and I NEED to lose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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you should start with opening your diary.0
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you should start with opening your diary.
yup.0 -
Ok, for the last 3 weeks, I have been sticking to the numbers, going to the gym every day, eating off the calories, I've taken things to help my digestive system stay on track, I'm drinking my water and yet, I have GAINED weight! I eat a low salt diet and I just keep getting bigger. Does anyone have any ideas on ways in which I can kickstart things? I'm doing a sponsored slim for a local canine charity and I NEED to lose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Have you spoken with your GP, they give weight loss advice readily. Also, I don't know what you mean when you say 'eating off your calories', what are you saying?0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl0
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Are you religiously recording EVERYTHING!? Do you have a digital food scale?0
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you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.0 -
I read in your profile that you have taken HCG in the past. From what I have read on here from people who have also taken it, it does a number on you metabolism. Check the board topics on here for HCG. That might be where your problem lies.0
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you should start with opening your diary.
yup.
My diary should be open. I changed it this afternoon.0 -
Ok, for the last 3 weeks, I have been sticking to the numbers, going to the gym every day, eating off the calories, I've taken things to help my digestive system stay on track, I'm drinking my water and yet, I have GAINED weight! I eat a low salt diet and I just keep getting bigger. Does anyone have any ideas on ways in which I can kickstart things? I'm doing a sponsored slim for a local canine charity and I NEED to lose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Have you spoken with your GP, they give weight loss advice readily. Also, I don't know what you mean when you say 'eating off your calories', what are you saying?
Sorry. I mean, I have been eating up to my calorie number each day. I'm not eating less than my calorie number and I am working out and eating anything I burn off, too.0 -
Its still not open...0
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Nope, not open.0
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you should start with opening your diary.
yup.
My diary should be open. I changed it this afternoon.
Just tried, not open.0 -
Are you religiously recording EVERYTHING!? Do you have a digital food scale?
Just saw that you did HCG in the past...you should see your doctor to make sure that didn't do damage to your thyroid. My FIL's girlfriend did the shots and destroyed her thyroid. Then continued to gain weight.0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.
LOL...
Happy Friday Capt.0 -
This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).
If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could mess with things.0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.
LOL...
Happy Friday Capt.
What does that (pmsl) even mean? Sorry, not used to all the acronyms yet :blushing:0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.
Aye. I've had to look it up several times because I keep forgetting what it means.
And I'd love to learn more about building measurable amounts of muscle from 10 minutes walks.0 -
This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).
If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could skew things.
I'm using MFP to calculate my calories burned. I've heard the machines can offer skewed numbers.0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.
LOL...
Happy Friday Capt.
What does that (pmsl) even mean? Sorry, not used to all the acronyms yet :blushing:
Pissing myself laughing.0 -
you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
I don't think gaining muscle means what you think it means0 -
... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry
. You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!! 0 -
... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry. You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!!
I'm 21
The people who replied to you probably just don't want you giving the OP incorrect advice. 0 -
This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).
If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could skew things.
I'm using MFP to calculate my calories burned. I've heard the machines can offer skewed numbers.
MFP also has skewed numbers. Heart rate monitor or fitbit. MFP told me I was burning 250 cals in my 1.5 hour yoga session - it was really only about 120.0 -
Ok, for the last 3 weeks, I have been sticking to the numbers, going to the gym every day, eating off the calories, I've taken things to help my digestive system stay on track, I'm drinking my water and yet, I have GAINED weight! I eat a low salt diet and I just keep getting bigger. Does anyone have any ideas on ways in which I can kickstart things? I'm doing a sponsored slim for a local canine charity and I NEED to lose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried not eating all of your burned calories back? What works for me may not work for you but I typically eat only half of the calories burned back.0 -
I didn't give any advice. I said are you sure your not gaining muscle. That's not giving advice that's asking a question and stating my own experiences.0
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you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl
your post also made me pmsl.
btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.
Yep!0 -
This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).
If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could skew things.
I'm using MFP to calculate my calories burned. I've heard the machines can offer skewed numbers.
MFP also has skewed numbers. Heart rate monitor or fitbit. MFP told me I was burning 250 cals in my 1.5 hour yoga session - it was really only about 120.
I agree. Love my fitbit. If you don't want to spend money on a gadget maybe just eat half of them back for a month or so and see if you start losing again =] worked for me.0 -
... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry. You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!!
correcting misinformation does not equal bullying0 -
... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry. You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!!
correcting misinformation does not equal bullying
QFT0 -
Try this for a week....
1. Retake the MFP Guided Goals and see if your current weight requires less calories.
2. Don't eat your workout calories.
3. Choose food with a higher fiber content.
4. Know that MFP works and sometimes the body changes shape even though the scale doesn't reflect it.
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