Started eating around maintenance, sudden gain.
snick95
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So from about last Thursday I started maintenance. I'm 5'3", weighed 106 pounds and previously was eating anywhere from 1200 to 1500 calories a day, working out 5x a week, with 30 min to 1 hour of cardio all 5 days and 2 of those days also did strength (so I'd say I'm moderately active). When I calculate my maintenance number on different sites, it seems to vary from 1800 to 2050, so I've been eating between that number for the last 5 days.
The strange thing is the scale has gone UP. Like crazy. I usually weigh my self in the morning, and so last wednesday it was 106. On saturday, in the afternoon, I stepped on the scale in the supermarket and it said I was 107. Perfectly reasonable. Monday I did a weigh in, and was 108, pre-food, and this morning was 110. I know it's highly impossible for me to eat 7000-14000 calories over maintenance in 5 days, especially if I'm eating around 2000 calories a day and exercising 4-5 hours a week. At most I should see a 1 lb change, if any.
So am I really eating too crazily above, or has this happened to other people when they started maintenance? I was eating a low amount of calories for a long time, so it my metabolism slower now? I know this might be silly, but I eat A LOT of fruit and vegetables (like 2 apples, 1 orange, a lot of carrots, a whole bag of steamed veggies and a tomato on top of other food), so could some of it be extra food in my body just making me weigh more?
Thoughts?
The strange thing is the scale has gone UP. Like crazy. I usually weigh my self in the morning, and so last wednesday it was 106. On saturday, in the afternoon, I stepped on the scale in the supermarket and it said I was 107. Perfectly reasonable. Monday I did a weigh in, and was 108, pre-food, and this morning was 110. I know it's highly impossible for me to eat 7000-14000 calories over maintenance in 5 days, especially if I'm eating around 2000 calories a day and exercising 4-5 hours a week. At most I should see a 1 lb change, if any.
So am I really eating too crazily above, or has this happened to other people when they started maintenance? I was eating a low amount of calories for a long time, so it my metabolism slower now? I know this might be silly, but I eat A LOT of fruit and vegetables (like 2 apples, 1 orange, a lot of carrots, a whole bag of steamed veggies and a tomato on top of other food), so could some of it be extra food in my body just making me weigh more?
Thoughts?
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I'm not at maintenance level yet but from what I have read, you kind of have to ease yourself into it.
It seems as though you made a big jump in calories over a few weeks and your body just wasnt used to it. I would have started by adding an extra 100 cals a week until you were ready for the full amount.0 -
The strange thing is the scale has gone UP. Like crazy. I usually weigh my self in the morning, and so last wednesday it was 106. On saturday, in the afternoon, I stepped on the scale in the supermarket and it said I was 107. Perfectly reasonable. Monday I did a weigh in, and was 108, pre-food, and this morning was 110. I know it's highly impossible for me to eat 7000-14000 calories over maintenance in 5 days, especially if I'm eating around 2000 calories a day and exercising 4-5 hours a week. At most I should see a 1 lb change, if any.
If you know the bolded, why are you worrying and why are you weighing everyday?0 -
I made a decision last year to put on weight as i was too obsessed/skinny and putting on weight is not as easy as you think.
The first few weeks i thought i had gained 10lbs, but this was water and my body getting used to the shift from calorie deficit into calorie overload. Turms out that month i only actally gained 1.5lbs....i could not believe it.
So my point is this, ease into it gently by increasing calories by only 100-200 for the first week, and then 200-300 for the 2nd week etc until you see your weightloss stop.
Good luck.0 -
Ease into it slowly. Also, a 5-ish lb gain is not uncommon when you go on maintenance, from what I understand; when you come out of a deficit you're replenishing glycogen stores.0
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Ease into it slowly. Also, a 5-ish lb gain is not uncommon when you go on maintenance, from what I understand; when you come out of a deficit you're replenishing glycogen stores.0
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