Why am i now gaining??

mheat003

I'm in the same boat! We've gotta persevere

TxTiffani

You said you're eating nearly all exercise calories as well. I wonder if you're going by the calories that MFP gives you for your exercise? If so, just know that it typically gives excess calories and it may be beneficial to try eating 25-50% of those exercise cals rather than all of them:)

cerise_noir

tiffanifair wrote: »

You said you're eating nearly all exercise calories as well. I wonder if you're going by the calories that MFP gives you for your exercise? If so, just know that it typically gives excess calories and it may be beneficial to try eating 25-50% of those exercise cals rather than all of them:)

I was about to ask this!

YouBlowMyMind

Not all but most. Will defs cut that down

Afura

Sls2bhealthy wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

New exercise will cause you to retain water. It will go away within a couple weeks.

Sls2bhealthy wrote: »

You may not be eating enough.

How would not eating enough cause someone to gain weight?

If you don't eat enough, you body will begin to store fat. It will not allow itself to starve. You need to have enough fuel to burn calories. Your car will not run without gas nor will your body run with out proper nutrition. You should aim for about a 500 calorie a day deficit for a steady loss. More exercise = more food. Proper food.

I'll give you your car won't run without gas, in human equivalents it would mean you were feeling tired, sluggish. What is proper food? I probably shouldn't show you the can of reddiwhip in my fridge I bet...

OP, keep at it and you should see loss as long as you're sure you're being as accurate as you can be. A lot of us eat back about 50% exercise calories especially if MFP or a potentially inaccurate fitness band might be overestimating calories (MFP does).

AnvilHead

Sls2bhealthy wrote: »

gebeziseva wrote: »

Sls2bhealthy wrote: »

You may not be eating enough.

Seriously​ now. I keep reading this comment in every similar thread. How can anyone ever think that eating too little can cause weight gain? How?! No matter what they might have read online, thinking should come first.

OP, I can assure you, this is not the reason you have gained. It is either water from your new routine, a random fluctuation, or fat from eating too much (as in above maintenance). My advice is to wait.

Just curious, are you trained in nutrition? You can believe what you want, but this is factual. Talk to any nutritionist, dietitian, or personal trainer with nutritional backing.

http://www.stack.com/a/undereating

Are YOU trained in nutrition? I'd guess not, or you would know that it doesn't work like you think it does. If you'd like to read the actual science on it from a trainer who IS trained in nutrition and has written numerous books on the subject, here you go, have at it: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/another-look-at-metabolic-damage.html/