Maintenance?

fiddletime

I hate to post this, but here goes. I've bounced around in my weight by 2# for the past 4 weeks from 122-124. I'm 123.8 and GW is 120. I was at 1200 calories (5'2" and 61 years) but upped from sedentary to slightly active a month ago and that put me at 1260 calories.

I've been strict on my logging and am at my calorie goal. I eat back my exercise calories and have always done that (I estimate about 25% below what my HR monitor or MFP give me). I started at 143 in June.

Did adding a measly 60 calories s day really put me into maintenance??? If so, that really sucks. I was hoping to soon be adding 250 calories. I had been losing 3# a month.

Protranser

4-6 weeks is enough time to establish enough data points for a trend, I think. If you are still bouncing back and fourth for the next two weeks, then change your calorie intake

sijomial

The numbers don't match at all.....
3 x 3500 = 10,500 (3lbs a month loss)
30 x 60 = 1,800

Did anything else change? Less active in January? Change of actual activity levels?

Give it some more time - our bodies do like to play little tricks on us.

BurnWithBarn2015

sijomial wrote: »

The numbers don't match at all.....
3 x 3500 = 10,500 (3lbs a month loss)
30 x 60 = 1,800

Did anything else change? Less active in January? Change of actual activity levels?

Give it some more time - our bodies do like to play little tricks on us.

indeed what sijomial said, it cant be.
When you lose on 1200 calories daily intake, 4 lbs a month your maintenance should be around 1700 somewhere.

Give it more time or recalculate ( for when something is off)
My guess is a fluctuation?...Do you weigh every day?

fiddletime

I weigh every day and it's gone up and down in a 2 pound range. I started a new DVD program a week ago. It's XTFMax. I was doing body beast. It's cardio based and I wear a Polar HRM and knock off 20% of the calories and eat back the rest. I'll give it two more weeks. You're right. The math doesn't add up.

LivingtheLeanDream

@fiddletime its that new workout regime! your body is holding onto extra water for repair. The same thing happened me during January when I added to my workouts, went up 2.8lbs and it stayed that way for 2 weeks and then whoosh it disappeared (I pee'd a lot for a few days LOL)

LivingtheLeanDream

ps you look FAB at 61

katepig54

everytime i increase excercise i have that problem too!! if you can feel your muscles aching then they are holding on to water for repair

fiddletime

Thanks guys. I'll get myself back in gear since it might be just water weight. Yay!

Yi5hedr3

Yep - that's about right. It DOES suck!