Five pound weight gain 5 days ! Exercising 1 1/2 everyday five days a week and eating clean I'm so

sulcarrillo
sulcarrillo Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been exercising and eating very clean and I seem to be gaining instead

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  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    Im up 2lb as well but I assume its water because i was sick and just jumped back into work outs full force. If you are starting a new work out a little gain is normal at first then it falls off.
  • sulcarrillo
    sulcarrillo Posts: 11 Member
    Well I've been working out for 3 weeks was loosing at a steady pace then boom I've gained 5 pounds it's getting close to the time of the month
  • DisneyDude85
    DisneyDude85 Posts: 428 Member
    Are you accurately counting calories? You can still gain weight "eating clean". How long have you been at this? Stats? How much are you looking to lose? What is your rate of loss set up for in MFP?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited September 2016
    sulcarrillo wrote: »
    Well I've been working out for 3 weeks was loosing at a steady pace then boom I've gained 5 pounds it's getting close to the time of the month

    Boom. That was going to be my question.

    You're about to have your period. You will always gain water weight. Watch it for a couple of months, learn from it, then ignore it.

    Do a search for ToM, TOM, periods, ovulation, shark week.... and you'll see probably hundreds, if not thousands, of threads about periods and "weight gain".
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    edited September 2016
    I never know what "eating clean" means. It's got to be the stupidest phrase ever because as far as I can tell it can mean whatever the user wants it to mean. In any event, whether you eat "clean" or "dirty" (or whatever) really makes no difference for weight loss. The question is -- have you been staying within your calorie goal for weight loss? If so, then your "gain" is almost certainly fluid retention due to TMI and will be gone in a few days.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    sulcarrillo wrote: »
    Well I've been working out for 3 weeks was loosing at a steady pace then boom I've gained 5 pounds it's getting close to the time of the month

    Well then you know why you're up, right?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters/p1
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited September 2016
    sulcarrillo wrote: »
    Well I've been working out for 3 weeks was loosing at a steady pace then boom I've gained 5 pounds it's getting close to the time of the month

    I'm due this week and thus far I'm up 4.6lbs. This is completely normal for me, happens every month.

    Calories still count when you're eating clean, you can gain, lose or maintain eating nothing but healthy (clean) foods.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,250 Member
    Welcome to your period and the scale.

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