Frustration! Under Calories but Gaining?

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  • Budjola
    Budjola Posts: 148 Member
    could be some water retention, probably is. good 90 minute cardio session will get u rid of that. for me for example i eat 4-5 pounds of food a day, sometimes even more but im always under my goal and my weight goes up and down a lot but cardio sessions get rid of bloat at least
  • hjlourenshj
    hjlourenshj Posts: 66 Member
    Sorry, i thought it was tdee
  • NancyYale
    NancyYale Posts: 171 Member
    Sometimes this just happens, even when we are doing everything right. I would t ide it out g or a week or two. If you are still stalled or off track, switch things up. Eat more or less some days. Eat differant things. Cut salt. Cut carbs a bit. These little blips are normal. And they pass.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    AmberSpamber wrote: »
    This is why I don't weigh every day. I fluctuate from my cycle, from water intake, from salt and from intense workouts. The scale is just a number and it's not worth getting upset over it moving when there are so many variables. If this continues a 2 more weeks, then it will be time to evaluate things, but if not, I'd just let it roll off your shoulders and keep doing what you're doing.

    And that's why I do weigh every day. Seeing the fluctuations and what was normal for my body helped me not freak out over small gains. Pinning all my hopes on one weigh-in a week was a much more emotionally destructive for me.

    I use Happy Scale (iPhone) and it's helped me stop hating the scale.
  • terrinicolefit
    terrinicolefit Posts: 99 Member
    Probably water retention... Also how about measuring body fat instead of pounds? If your lifting weights, you are going to be losing fat but gaining muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. Also take pictures and use that to track your progress instead of the scale. The scale sucks!!!

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