weight is creeping up

cqbkaju

Obligatory:

sllm1

Did you ever describe what "creeping up" means in terms of timeline and number of pounds?

Dnarules

lkeskih1 wrote: »

Dnarules wrote: »

stealthq wrote: »

Dnarules wrote: »

courtneyfabulous wrote: »

And if you are gaining weight your maintenance calories may be too high, you may actually be in a slight surplus. Try dropping your daily calorie goal by 100 calories and see if that stops the weight gain? Or you could keep calories the same but increase the intensity or amount of exercise. Try hiit cardio or plyometric exercises instead of the elliptical. Strength training/lifting weights is also really great for fat loss because it has an afterburn effect so you don't just burn calories as you're actively working out (like with cardio) but for hours later as well, and it takes calories to repair and build the muscle. Also having more lean muscle mass increases the metabolism because muscles require calories where as fat tissue does not. Don't worry about getting bulky either that's a myth. If anything having more muscle will make you look leaner even at the same body weight.

I find it hard to believe, given the information she has provided, that 1700 would be a surplus. I think it would be more likely she is eating more than 1700 due to logging issues. I would start there and not drop calories.

My main question is (and sorry if I missed it).....how long has the gain been going on? Because if this is just a short term thing, there are all kinds of reasons the scale may move up.

At 5'3" and 117lbs, my maintenance cals were mid 1400's (not including exercise).

OP is 5'4", 119lbs. Her maintenance cals sans exercise are not going to be much higher than that given the activity indicated by her step count. Probably around 1500. Now add some cardio. Let's say every day since OP says she does a workout video on her 'off' days. With all of that she's likely right at 1700 total IF she doesn't skip any days.

Question is, is OP actually eating 1700 gross, or is she eating 1700 net?

Also, is OP logging accurately? Because if her goal is right on target, that means slightly but consistently underestimating calories could result in slow weight gain.

I actually mentioned logging in my post, so I agree there. And I said based on her information (exercising and hitting 10000 steps a day. So I still don't believe 1700 is the issue. I think it is more likely she is not really at 1700.

I use a food scale for literally everything. I do not eat out, i prepare all of my food myself. I don't understand how I could be logging inaccurately, but if i am it's probably within 100 calories

That's fine. But my main question earlier is how long has this been going on. Like I said, you may have mentioned this, but I didn't see it.

cerise_noir

lkeskih1 wrote: »

Dnarules wrote: »

stealthq wrote: »

Dnarules wrote: »

courtneyfabulous wrote: »

And if you are gaining weight your maintenance calories may be too high, you may actually be in a slight surplus. Try dropping your daily calorie goal by 100 calories and see if that stops the weight gain? Or you could keep calories the same but increase the intensity or amount of exercise. Try hiit cardio or plyometric exercises instead of the elliptical. Strength training/lifting weights is also really great for fat loss because it has an afterburn effect so you don't just burn calories as you're actively working out (like with cardio) but for hours later as well, and it takes calories to repair and build the muscle. Also having more lean muscle mass increases the metabolism because muscles require calories where as fat tissue does not. Don't worry about getting bulky either that's a myth. If anything having more muscle will make you look leaner even at the same body weight.

I find it hard to believe, given the information she has provided, that 1700 would be a surplus. I think it would be more likely she is eating more than 1700 due to logging issues. I would start there and not drop calories.

My main question is (and sorry if I missed it).....how long has the gain been going on? Because if this is just a short term thing, there are all kinds of reasons the scale may move up.

At 5'3" and 117lbs, my maintenance cals were mid 1400's (not including exercise).

OP is 5'4", 119lbs. Her maintenance cals sans exercise are not going to be much higher than that given the activity indicated by her step count. Probably around 1500. Now add some cardio. Let's say every day since OP says she does a workout video on her 'off' days. With all of that she's likely right at 1700 total IF she doesn't skip any days.

Question is, is OP actually eating 1700 gross, or is she eating 1700 net?

Also, is OP logging accurately? Because if her goal is right on target, that means slightly but consistently underestimating calories could result in slow weight gain.

I actually mentioned logging in my post, so I agree there. And I said based on her information (exercising and hitting 10000 steps a day. So I still don't believe 1700 is the issue. I think it is more likely she is not really at 1700.

I use a food scale for literally everything. I do not eat out, i prepare all of my food myself. I don't understand how I could be logging inaccurately, but if i am it's probably within 100 calories

Do you use the recipe builder for your recipes?

Also, how do you log cooking oils/butters and the like? Can you open your diary up for us? Not that I think you're being dishonest, it is just there are a lot of BS entries in the mfp food database themselves.

Do you add exercise to mfp?