Why am I gaining weight!??!

mgobluetx12

On August 25th, I weighed 253. This morning I'm 258. It's not my TOM. This site tells me I can eat 2000 calories a day (I'm 6'2) and still lose a pound a week. I have only come close to 2000 calories a few times and am usually way under. I use a food scale and log every bite meticulously. What could I be doing wrong? My diary is open.

Elise4270

I'm not able to see your diary. But just a guess....salt and or carbs would be to blame. I'm 5'5" 122lbs 46 female and can gain 5 pounds easily by carb-loading.

Carbs and salt cause water retention. I'd wait it out, maybe some lemon water.

SillyCat1975

I wish I knew because I am too. I am hoping that it's water weight gain. I hope this straightens out of you, I know how discouraging it can be. Hang in there.

cathipa

Just looked at your diary. Have you started a new exercise routine? Sodium intake? I find it hard to believe that you are eating <1200 calories most days and have gained 3 pounds that is anything other than water weight.

tcunbeliever

Also, if you have changed your exercise habits you will store more water in your muscles and that will impact the scale. Try taking measurements as well to see more fat loss related results.

mgobluetx12

I can't do much exercise because I have sciatica so even walking is painful. I haven't increased my activity at all. I'm totally befuddled. I do have hypothyroidism so I made an appointment with my doctor to have it checked though I was fine in March.

I was 257 yesterday. 258 today after eating 800 calories yesterday. This just doesn't make any sense to me.

Thanks for any advice!

tcunbeliever

Hypothyroid - that's a challenge - are you getting enough iodine? I always try to eat shrimp at least once a week to keep adequate levels, but I'm sure there are other iodine rich foods if you don't like seafood.

mgobluetx12

I've never been told to monitor my iodine intake. I'll ask my doctor about that. I have never eaten shrimp, if you can believe it.

red99ryder

Did you just start ? day to day numbers can be misleading .. we didn't gain it all in a day and we're not gonna loose it in a day

jemhh

mgobluetx12 wrote: »

On August 25th, I weighed 253. This morning I'm 258. It's not my TOM. This site tells me I can eat 2000 calories a day (I'm 6'2) and still lose a pound a week. I have only come close to 2000 calories a few times and am usually way under. I use a food scale and log every bite meticulously. What could I be doing wrong? My diary is open.

What were your weights each day 8/26 through 9/11.

It's impossible to see what could be going on with only 2 data points.

LazSommer

Sorry, but you are eating more than you think. It's physically impossible to put on more weight when you are consuming so far below your TDEE/BMR. At 253 eating under 2k calories the weight would melt off.

If you are weighing everything, make sure you are doing so correctly and using the right entries. No one here can verify that your log is true.

Sarahb29

I gain/lose every day depending on what I've eaten and how much has.. stuck around. It's perfectly normal. I tend to hold more water weight if I eat more carbs and it def shows up on the scale the next AM. Be careful to not starve yourself either, continue on with your diet, stick to your plan and it will even out.

cee134

This is always a good start for weight gain or your weight staying the same.

That being said the scale can go up by 5 lbs and it is normal. That doesn't mean that's your real weight. As long as you are seeing it go down over time.

mgobluetx12

I've been at this since May and started at 273. I reached 253 on Aug 25 and have steadily crept upwards to 258. I am logging accurately. I lost 80lbs in 2013, so I know what I'm doing. I just didn't keep logging and gained 70lbs back. So I've done this before, but it wasn't this hard last time.

jemhh

Your hypothyroidism could certainly be a factor so I wouldn't rule that out. However, how often are you weighing your solid foods as opposed to using cups/spoons to measure them or just looking at the package and accepting that one item truly matches the weight on the nutrition label? I see a lot of things like "6 tots" or "eggs and beans 1 serving" or "1 salad" in your diary.

Also, do you not have a kitchen? Your diet is almost entirely comprised of convenience foods, fast foods, etc. It is lacking in fresh fruits and veggies. While I don't think that you need to cut out all pleasure foods, I think you need to learn how to eat a well rounded diet as yours is not healthy.

cerise_noir

I do see a lot of "3 slice" "1 serving' "6 tots" ".5 bun", "medium zucchini" and especially '.5TBS olive oil' ".25 cup cheese" and salad dressing. It doesn't look as though you're actually using a food scale at all. Ditch the spoons and cups and start weighing everything, even slices of meat and olive oil...weigh prepacked pre-weighed foods, too as they're not as accurate as the packaging states.

kshama2001

mgobluetx12 wrote: »

I've never been told to monitor my iodine intake. I'll ask my doctor about that. I have never eaten shrimp, if you can believe it.

I don't eat iodized salt, and no longer eat foods from the sea regularly, so take kelp tablets, which provide 150 mcg of iodine. Without it, I lose a scary amount of hair.

FYI, various websites list three ounces of shrimp as having 23-35 mcg of iodine.

http://bembu.com/iodine-rich-foods

mgobluetx12

I use the recipe builder a lot, so I don't weigh my food and change the calories every single time I make that recipe. That defeats the purpose. I eat plenty healthy. Just because you can't see what's in my recipes doesn't meant there aren't vegetables in there. All my salad a have zucchini noodles.

As for the 'tots' they are a recipe I found on Skinny Taste and have exactly five ingredients which I have measured and weighed on my own to make sure they counts were correct.

Even if I am slightly underestimating my calorie intake it doesn't explain why I gained five pounds.

savithny

You say you log everything, but how do you pick what to log?

When you log homemade food, do you log every ingredient or do you find something in teh database that shares the name of the recipe and log it instead:?

You say you log everything you eat - are you logging everything you drink? I keep hearing people say that they don't bother to log tea or coffee because of small amounts, but the milk I put in my coffee adds up to over 100 calories a day...

I also keep reading posts that say people don't bother to log cooking fat "because it stays in the pan." No it doesn,'t and fat is incredibly calorically dense.

leajas1

It could be nothing. Fluctuations are natural - check out this article:

http://www.healthdiscovery.net/articles/scale_lies.htm

Sabine_Stroehm

Are you ovulating? And all of the above questions about fluctuation etc.