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LittleChipin

Hi all, I stopped meal replacement shakes because I was sick of the taste and price and losing the same 5 pounds over and over so I started eating regular food. I did stay at my 1250 calorie a day limit for my 5'2" 153lb frame, I started a little over 2 weeks ago and weighed myself Saturday and weighed 148lbs. But this morning I weighed 149.9! I did eat over on Saturday but no way enough to gain over 2 pounds!! I do weigh all my food with a digital scale (besides Saturday, didn't even log everything), and log it all. I guess I'd like anyone to look at my diary and give advice? I'm a bit down on the progress I made and having the scale go up

kshama2001

Where are you in your menstrual cycle? I gain at ovulation and right before my TOM. Because of this (and because Lyle McDonald said to) I compare myself to last month, not last week.

Dano74

Nothing wrong with your food per say... you are consistently coming in 300 calories under the recommended goal.

I'd say take a breath, step back and understand your weight on the scale is only a relation of your gravity against the earth. You know what I mean? Weight is not always any kind of indicator of fat loss. And to lose sleep and have anxiety over 2 lbs... which could easily be dumped by taking off clothes or hitting up the toilet... you'll drive yourself crazy.

You're doing just fine. Keep up your consistency in tracking your food and staying under calories. Weight (FAT) loss doesn't necessarily stick to our expected timeline. But consistency will absolutely deliver.

Fist bump to your dedication!

LittleChipin

I should say I weigh myself naked lol and in the morning before food. I also don't really eat back exercise calories because I'm just not hungry. And for menses I just ended the 6th

TonyB0588

@LittleChipin Two weeks is not a long time. And weight lost tends to fluctuate a bit for different reasons. Keep up the exercise, continue logging accurately, and watch the progress over time.

leanjogreen18

water retention from salty foods, poo and water retention from working out all play in fluctuations. If you want to weigh daily which i do get happy scale app it will show your trend.

bquartermainNZ

I hate looking at scales because I've either put on weight or stay the same despite eating clean, 1,200 calories per day and exercising 5x per week. If you are going to weigh yourself its best to do it first thing in the morning and without shoes on! Also, you may have gained muscle put dropped fat as muscle does weigh more than fat.. that is my issue.

malibu927

bquartermainNZ wrote: »

I hate looking at scales because I've either put on weight or stay the same despite eating clean, 1,200 calories per day and exercising 5x per week. If you are going to weigh yourself its best to do it first thing in the morning and without shoes on! Also, you may have gained muscle put dropped fat as muscle does weigh more than fat.. that is my issue.

Nobody gains two pounds of muscle in two days, especially not on 1250 calories.

OP, weight loss is not linear. Most likely you went up due to the overeating, especially if it meant you ate more sodium than usual.

bioklutz

LittleChipin wrote: »

Hi all, I stopped meal replacement shakes because I was sick of the taste and price and losing the same 5 pounds over and over so I started eating regular food. I did stay at my 1250 calorie a day limit for my 5'2" 153lb frame, I started a little over 2 weeks ago and weighed myself Saturday and weighed 148lbs. But this morning I weighed 149.9! I did eat over on Saturday but no way enough to gain over 2 pounds!! I do weigh all my food with a digital scale (besides Saturday, didn't even log everything), and log it all. I guess I'd like anyone to look at my diary and give advice? I'm a bit down on the progress I made and having the scale go up

It is completely normal to see the scale spike up when you eat a bit more than normal. It is due to the extra volume in your system, water weight gain from additional salt/carbs. It is not a fat gain - just a normal fluctuation. Wait several more days and you should see the scale return to normal.

LittleChipin

Thank you all for your replies! I think I'll start weighing myself once a week every Sunday morning, I don't want to stress over the scale, it hurts my motivation! I'll keep doing what I'm doing

middlehaitch

Don't worry, like everyone has said, it is a normal fluctuation.

At 5'2, 150 lbs and a calorie intake of 1250 you really should be eating back your exercise calories.
Even if it is only an estimated 250 cal burn eat back 50-75% of those calories.
You may feel fine now, but eventually it will affect you in some way, couch potatoing so you have the energy to work out, performing sub par when you do work out, skipping workouts because you are too tired, never mind being grumpy and lacking concentration.

Also what happens if you don't workout for a couple of weeks or decide to change your routine?
Are you going to drop your calories below the recommended level to compensate?
Are you going to stall your weight loss?

I too am petite so had a low calorie, 1200, weight loss goal and needed every exercise calorie so I could progress while coping with the extra activity level exercise gave me.

Eat all your base calories plus exercise calories- that is the way MFP is designed to work.

Cheers, h.

kateowp

johunt615 wrote: »

water retention from salty foods, poo and water retention from working out all play in fluctuations. If you want to weigh daily which i do get happy scale app it will show your trend.

For me Happy Scale has taken the anxiety (and often disappointment) out of a weekly weigh in. Its a great tool to separate normal daily weight fluctuations from actual weight loss progress