Fruit and weight gain

maggiemay22467

I am down 70 pounds and with winter here I am trying to keep it off. I decided to eat different so I have added more fruit. Banana, fresh fruit bowl, berries, I have added. I am up 4 pounds. Am I eating to much?

bellaa_x0

has nothing to do with the fruit.. as long as you stay within your calorie goal you should not be gaining weight.

shousand

I've found that sometimes I am not aware of the calories in a serving and I have to revaluate what I'm consuming. but as long as you stay under your goals I agree...you should not be gaining.

Kimberly_Harper

Too much fruit or too much in general? If I don't watch it, I keep going back to the fridge for more grapes and/or almonds and bam! I've eaten too much in general. Like, hundreds of calories too much haha

malibu927

If the amount of fruit you're eating is putting you over your maintenance calories, then it's too much.

AnnPT77

If you're maintaining the same calorie deficit, you should lose at the same rate. (Or if you're literally maintaining, you should maintain at the same calorie level.)

It's possible that if you're eating substantially more fiber via the fruit, you could see a little pseudo-gain from having more residue in your digestive system at each weigh-in. Or, if you were previously super-low on carbs/sugar, but added the fruit sugar, it's possible that you could see a temporary up-tick in water weight.

Other than those possibilities, if you're at the same calorie deficit (or maintenance level), you should lose at the same rate (or continue to maintain). Trading fruit for other calorie sources should make no difference. (I assume you've been decreasing calories eaten, as your weight's dropped, to maintain the same deficit, of course!)

I go over the MFP default sugar number every day via fruit & milk sugar (eating very, very little added sugar). Hasn't interfered with losing weight.

One other thought: I see that you, like me, are in a region that gets colder in Winter. I think my non-exercise activity level drops a bit in Winter, just because I'm less likely to do routine things ambling around outdoors, and more likely to stay inside and do sedentary things. I have to either work to overcome that tendency, or knock off maybe 50-100 calories daily. Could that make a small difference for you?