Dieting but gaining weight

xchloerebecca99x

Ive been following a diet for 3 weeks now i did a full week and lost 12lbs probs all water but then i had a cheat day and i gained 4 pounds and literslly alls i had was 2 slices of toast but the next day i got back to normal and have been dieting for a week now and ive losr nothing in fact even went up 1lb???

malibu927

What are your stats? How are you measuring your calorie intake?

crzycatlady1

Are you tracking all your calorie intake? Are you measuring out your food with a food scale, set to grams? Are you eating at the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals?

Aaron_K123

3 weeks is insufficient time to determine whether or not you are losing fat. Just try to be consistant in your approach and evaluate after 6-8 weeks.

socioseguro

vingogly

It's called statistical noise. The only thing that matters is the long term trend. If you graph your weight over a six month period AND you're tracking accurately you will see a lot of up and down jogs in the line, but the trend will be downward.

CattOfTheGarage

What did you eat on the cheat day? Two slices of toast doesn't sound like cheating.

What counts is consistency over time, and what counts for weight is overall trend. Your weight will fluctuate due to all sorts of reasons, mostly water. A 4lb gain overnight is not fat, it's water, and it will go away again. To gain 4lb of fat you would have to eat 14,000 calories over maintenance. That's a heck of a cheat day. So relax, and read up on water retention. It happens. Understanding and accepting it will make your journey much easier.

elphie754

As per your other thread (that was closed) you are only eating 190 calories a day. And lost 10lbs in 4 days.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/37896255/#Comment_37896255

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/37896314/#Comment_37896314

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malibu927

elphie754 wrote: »

As per your other thread (that was closed) you are only eating 190 calories a day. And lost 10lbs in 4 days.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/37896255/#Comment_37896255

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/37896314/#Comment_37896314

Sigh.

OP, please speak with a professional about your eating behaviors

meritage4

Dieting doesn't work. Eat the calories given by MFP.