Is it possible

cnjg420
cnjg420 Posts: 405 Member
edited December 4 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I started maintaing and gained 2 pounds in a week! I'm afraid of being overweight again'

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  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
    You aren't maintaining then...
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    Tighten up your logging
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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    If you went from a deficit to maintaining with a jump rather than a gradual increase in calories, yes you'd gain some weight. I gained 3# moving to maintenance from a 500 calorie deficit. It leveled off after a few days.
  • ItsyBitsy246
    ItsyBitsy246 Posts: 307 Member
    What are your maintenance calories? Looks like you are still eating under 1200/day typically? What were you eating to lose?
  • iMuteYou123
    iMuteYou123 Posts: 6 Member
    Carbs are too high, protein is WAY too low. Also, don't fear healthy fats and start eating clean.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    iMuteYou123 wrote: »
    Carbs are too high, protein is WAY too low. Also, don't fear healthy fats and start eating clean.

    Carbs are not too high, and depending on her weight and activity protein is likely okay. What is too low is calories.
  • leejoyce31
    leejoyce31 Posts: 794 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Don't judge by one week. Give it a few more weeks to see. Increasing your calories means you likely have increased your carbs, sodium, food volume and such, creating extra weight. This is not a real gain unless the trend continues. Even when losing I gain weight sometimes due to water retention. Be patient and give it time then adjust your intake accordingly if you really are gaining.

    I agree.
  • Clawsal
    Clawsal Posts: 255 Member
    How are you even maintaining at less than 1200kcal?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Clawsal wrote: »
    How are you even maintaining at less than 1200kcal?

    This. Maintenance for a very short, petite older woman (I don't know if you fit any of that) isn't that low. :#
  • Bonny132
    Bonny132 Posts: 3,617 Member
    As a sedentary 5'2 woman I am on 1200 calories to loose weight. In fact when I change my weight to my goal weight MFP still gives me 1200 calories, so just how short are you?
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  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    I've been maintaining for 4 months now, and trust me, a swing of up to 5 lbs is normal and is usually water weight. I prepped myself for it by going under my goal weight by 10 lbs, so the swings don't really matter to me, but usually after the weekend (bbq's, lots of high sodium foods, extra tough workouts,etc.) I will usually be up 3lbs or more. By Thursday of the week after increasing my water intake and cutting my sodium to normal levels I always lose it. Increasing your calories for maintenance also means your body has more food to deal with and likely more waste to deal with, honestly don't panic yet.

    Worst water weight swing I've seen was 6 lbs in one frikking weekend. I ate a LOT of high sodium foods, drank very little water (mostly beer haha), and also did two 10k run/walks that weekend. Monday morning I was shocked to see a 6lb gain, and again.. it was gone by the end of the week.
  • CaptainJoy
    CaptainJoy Posts: 257 Member
    Is there any way you could add exercise into your day? If I didn't walk and move more I'd be stuck with a pretty low maintenance number too.
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  • CaptainJoy
    CaptainJoy Posts: 257 Member
    If your tdee is 1134 and you ate over this number by 100 calories, you would gain 1 pound in 35 days. If you had 1500 calories in one day that is 366 calories over your tdee. You would gain 1 pound in 9 1/2 days eating 1500 calories every day.

    Exercise raises your tdee. If you exercise and burn 366 calories, you could eat 1500 calories each day and not gain weight. This is not concrete as everyone is different but it is fairly accurate.
  • ItsyBitsy246
    ItsyBitsy246 Posts: 307 Member
    edited September 2016
    OP, did you calculate your TDEE to be 1134, or are you thinking of your BMR?

    The BMR for a 4'9" 39 year old woman who weighs 92 lbs is 1133, the TDEE is 1360. I used this calculator based on the above hypothetical woman with a desk job. You can check your numbers, but you may be able to eat more than you think. The calculator will you give you your BMR and TDEE for your height, weight, and age regardless of the Goal you select.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    EDIT: typo corrections.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Is this the first time you've ever fluctuated up or down? I can change 2 lbs in one day, a few times a week. The scale is like a roller coaster.
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  • ItsyBitsy246
    ItsyBitsy246 Posts: 307 Member
    edited September 2016
    cnjg420 wrote: »
    It's the first time I've gone up 2 pounds and have stayed there for almost 2 weeks and yes I calculated my tdee at 1136 but each calculator gives me a different number

    Yes, they can vary a bit by the algorithm used but in order to get a TDEE of that number for a 39 year old woman who is 4'9" I had to put in a weight of around 50 lbs. I tried with a couple of different calculators. So now I'm curious, which one are you using and how much do you weigh if you don't mind sharing?

    Edit: Nevermind, I see you already had this discussion on another post. Carry on. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10461587/tdee
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 563 Member
    cnjg420 wrote: »
    It's the first time I've gone up 2 pounds and have stayed there for almost 2 weeks and yes I calculated my tdee at 1136 but each calculator gives me a different number

    How often are you weighing yourself? If it is weekly, you could be missing the low days. Not saying to change when you weigh, just to be aware of this.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,580 Member
    cnjg420 wrote: »
    It's the first time I've gone up 2 pounds and have stayed there for almost 2 weeks and yes I calculated my tdee at 1136 but each calculator gives me a different number

    If you're stable at the "2 pounds up" level, that's another support for the idea that it is water weight gain, probably from glycogen replenishment because you hit maintenance calories, or possibly from the sodium/carb content of the foods you added.

    I completely sympathize with the concern about gaining, but agree with what was said earlier about needing to eat 100 calories over maintenance for 35 days (or thereabouts) in order to gain a pound. Take a few deep breaths, hang on where you are, keep watching patiently.

    If you're not already doing it, the advice about weighing at a consistent time is good. If I were you, I'd want a bit more fat in my eating (I try for a minimum of .35g per pound of goal weight, though some argue for 0.4g) but that is for nutritional reasons based on personal preference and research, and I have no reason to believe that affects your weight loss/gain.

    Good luck!
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