Just curious if Im the only one...

heyaliwood458

I normally dont change my diet that much and I eat the same thing generally every day because I see week after week that I lose weight with my routine..I did though just change it because I wasnt getting enough protein and it was causing problems, but now the scale is increasing...is it just because Ive switched my diet? Im still under my calorie goal every day. Is my body just adjusting? Im assuming in like a week or two Ill see the number going down again, I just dont want to see it increase too much...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, Ive been on this journey for 2 years but Im still learning so much about health and foods and my body.

TnZMom

Maybe you are eating more salt in your protein source?

SophieSmall95

As above it could be an increase in water retention from salt in change in diet.

queenliz99

How accurate is your calorie counting? Do you use a food scale? How long has your weight been increasing and by how much?

RainaProske

What if it is because the protein is causing more muscle?

This is what my nutritionist is going for in his advice to me. The weight gain makes me nervous, but I have to admit that I am stronger.

MelaniaTrump

Not enough protein before? Under 46 a day before? It was causing problems?
Maybe now your body and your muscles are just saying "thank you" now. Just maybe.

happyfeetrebel1

RainaProske wrote: »

What if it is because the protein is causing more muscle?

This is what my nutritionist is going for in his advice to me. The weight gain makes me nervous, but I have to admit that I am stronger.

Nope. Simply eating protein won't cause muscle gain. The only way for a person to gain muscle is to lift heavy objects and not be in a caloric deficit. Muscle is not the answer.

heyaliwood458

I am adding a tiny bit of salt to my eggs. I changed my diet only like a week ago, and i honestly wasnt getting like any protein before. I used to eat only special k cereal, fruit, peanut butter toast, low calorie ice cream bars. Now im eating eggs and bacon and chicken.

Theres not a lot that i feel like i need to measure on a food scale..i use measuring cups though. I dont add any butter or milk to my eggs.

I know a lot can affect the scale, so im trying not to overthink it. My calorie goal is like 1220 and i eat around 1150 and workout for about 45 min a day.

I have lost around 103 pounds!

Christine_72

heyaliwood458 wrote: »

I am adding a tiny bit of salt to my eggs. I changed my diet only like a week ago, and i honestly wasnt getting like any protein before. I used to eat only special k cereal, fruit, peanut butter toast, low calorie ice cream bars. Now im eating eggs and bacon and chicken.

Theres not a lot that i feel like i need to measure on a food scale..i use measuring cups though. I dont add any butter or milk to my eggs.

I know a lot can affect the scale, so im trying not to overthink it. My calorie goal is like 1220 and i eat around 1150 and workout for about 45 min a day.

I have lost around 103 pounds!

Everything that is solid needs to be weighed on a scale, measuring cups are for liquids only. However if you've lost 103lbs I'd say you know what you're doing.

heyaliwood458

Ill definitely be investing in a food scale then

AnnPT77

heyaliwood458 wrote: »

I am adding a tiny bit of salt to my eggs. I changed my diet only like a week ago, and i honestly wasnt getting like any protein before. I used to eat only special k cereal, fruit, peanut butter toast, low calorie ice cream bars. Now im eating eggs and bacon and chicken.

Theres not a lot that i feel like i need to measure on a food scale..i use measuring cups though. I dont add any butter or milk to my eggs.

I know a lot can affect the scale, so im trying not to overthink it. My calorie goal is like 1220 and i eat around 1150 and workout for about 45 min a day.

I have lost around 103 pounds!

Definitely get the food scale. Yeah, it's more accurate, and pretty inexpensive. But it's also so much quicker and easier!

You just need a few tricks:

• Assembling a salad in a bowl, a stew in a pan, sandwich on a plate? Put the bowl/pan/plate on the scale, zero, add an ingredient, note the weight, zero, add the next ingredient, note the weight . . . .
• Using something from a carton or jar, or cutting a slice from a hunk of cheese? Put the container or chunk on the scale, zero, take out portion, note the negative value (it's the amount you took out).
• Eating a whole apple, banana, unhulled strawberries, corn on the cob? Weigh the ready-to-eat food, eat the yummy parts, weigh the core/hulls/peel, subtract & note.
• I like to keep a few clean plastic yogurt-tub lids around to weigh small items, like a handful of nuts or chopped hardboiled eggs or something. Drop the lid on the scale, zero, add item, note weight, eat or use - just a quick rinse of the lid under the faucet & you're done.

No measuring spoons to scrape out, or wash, except when you need to measure liquids . . . and you can weigh some of them, too.

heyaliwood458

Thank you so much for that! Im definitely going to invest in one and that was a very helpful post

Ladycinnamonroll

If you're weight training at all or even doing exercise you could be adding muscle mass? That's only if you're sure you're still at a calorie deficit. X

85Cardinals

One possibility is that you were losing muscle before by not eating eough protein and that's what changed.