Weight Gain when starting

takobutt

Hi, so, recently i started eating better, i drink alot of water and i started a program from the website fitnessblender.
It's been a week so far, why did i gain 5 pounds?

TavistockToad

Water retention?

chandanista

"Better" doesn't tell us much. What's your daily calorie goal?

cwolfman13

Getting better nutrition doesn't necessarily mean you're in a calorie deficit. I eat very healthfully and have gained weight doing so...'cuz too many calories.

kshama2001

There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

takobutt

my daily calorie goal is 1200