Gaining weight over the past week and it's depressing me!
Tashlovesfood
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I just don't get it. I've always had under 1600 calories per day. I started losing weight ( 3 pounds since restarting myfitnesspal) and was feeling really happy about it. To be fair I only lost if I was eating around 1300 calories so maybe my body needs less calories than most people. But for the past week the scale has kept creeping up day by day and I've gained 2 pounds even though I've not overraten or gone over 1600 calories. Could it just be that I need to eat less still? 1200 calories is nothing! Could it be the foods I am eating? I'm just eating whatever I want as long as it fits into my calories for the day. I never thought it made a difference weight loss wise. I'm very confused and it's getting me down as I have a lot of weight to lose. I'm 29 years old, female and 212.4 pounds 
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Weight loss is not linear. Never will be.8
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Like it! How do we be friends ? Need your motivation.0
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I get that sometimes it would stay the same but it's gone up! I'm really worried... I've always failed to lose weight in the past because I never stick it out long enough if I feel restricted. This is why myfitnesspal is perfect but if I'm not going to lose weight then what's the point? It's only my 3rd week of being on it again which is why it is hard to understand0
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Heather4448 wrote: »Just look at this--
Calm down. Slow and steady wins the race.
Heather were your gains with you eating the same amount of calories?0 -
What if I'm eating the wrong types of food? Could that make a difference even though I'm still counting calories? I've had takeaways, chocolate, ice cream... maybe I should cut those out?1
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Tashlovesfood wrote: »I get that sometimes it would stay the same but it's gone up! I'm really worried... I've always failed to lose weight in the past because I never stick it out long enough if I feel restricted. This is why myfitnesspal is perfect but if I'm not going to lose weight then what's the point? It's only my 3rd week of being on it again which is why it is hard to understand
Weight loss is NOT linear. Weight fluctuates. You have to get that through your head if you're going to stick this out for the long haul. Start using a weight trending app or only weigh once a week.
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There is no such thing as the wrong type of food for weight loss. And yes, you can have a perfect deficit and gain weight, in the form of water. If you've had a meal recently that's higher in sodium or carbs (you mentioned takeout), if your at the point in your cycle where you're ovulating or about to start, if you've started or increased exercise...these will all cause water retention. Have some patience.5
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My suggestion would be to cut down on bread. Also I find that running helps with weight loss.1
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Tashlovesfood wrote: »
Heather were your gains with you eating the same amount of calories?
My food diary is public. I log even when it's ugly and embarrassing. (Hello- I ate croutons for dinner one night.) Your question is flawed, though. Calories, macros, activity level, and fluid shifts change DAILY. We are very complicated machines. You can't look at one week's worth of data and decide to throw in the towel. You're better than that!
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Here, have one more graph. Look at that starting weight AND starting date. Just think where I would be right now if I gave up one month or even one year in. Don't give up.
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Thanks everyone... you are right I just need to sit tight and keep going. I have a knee problem as well which prevents me from exercising much. I try to walk as much as a I can but I can't jog or run which is annoying. But I know 80 percent of weight loss is how many calories you consume so I just need to stick at it. It's just depressing because I started feeling like I might actually do this for once and now I feel like a failure because the scale is just going up. I can take two or three days of that but it has been going up for a week now...0
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Sorry to sound moany I'm just so down about my weight...0
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Is your period due?1
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You are never truly one weight, you are a weight range of a few pounds.
So today I am up 1.3lbs, I didn't gain any fat over night it just is the time of month I ovulate. In a weeks time it will sort it's self out. Your weight is effected by so many things. Sleep, salt content of foods, the temperature, hormones, I could go on and on. Learn to plot your trends as in the great example given above.
Keep at it and don't sweat the small stuff.2 -
I have another 10 days until my period is due. Is there any chance there could be something medically wrong like hypothyroidism or anything like that? Or is that rare? It's like I've just looked at other people's diaries and seeing 1700-1800 calories per day. I would definitely gain ( and have gained) if I eat so many calories. But I don't exercise much because of my knee so maybe that's the difference?1
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There is nothing wrong, weight goes up and down daily, even hourly.1
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Very rare and too early to even think that. Far too early to be thinking anything medical, frankly.
At 10 days pre-period, you could be ovulating, which can cause water retention. The joys of being female.
If you don't exercise or get much incidental movement, which you sound like you can't, your calories to lose can be sadly low.2 -
Tashlovesfood wrote: »I have another 10 days until my period is due. Is there any chance there could be something medically wrong like hypothyroidism or anything like that? Or is that rare? It's like I've just looked at other people's diaries and seeing 1700-1800 calories per day. I would definitely gain ( and have gained) if I eat so many calories. But I don't exercise much because of my knee so maybe that's the difference?
With 10 days to go you are highly likely to be ovulating (14-10 days is the average) . Keep a track of your weight and you'll find over 6 months or so you can plot your hormonal weight gains.0 -
Thanks everyone your advice is really appreciated1
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Tashlovesfood wrote: »Thanks everyone... you are right I just need to sit tight and keep going. I have a knee problem as well which prevents me from exercising much. I try to walk as much as a I can but I can't jog or run which is annoying. But I know 80 percent of weight loss is how many calories you consume so I just need to stick at it. It's just depressing because I started feeling like I might actually do this for once and now I feel like a failure because the scale is just going up. I can take two or three days of that but it has been going up for a week now...
If you are recovering from an injury you may be retaining water that used for healing. Every time I injure something (which seems to be frequently) my weight will go up a pound or two - recovery, taking ibuprofen, etc. Goes back down in a few days.0 -
Tashlovesfood wrote: »Thanks everyone... you are right I just need to sit tight and keep going. I have a knee problem as well which prevents me from exercising much. I try to walk as much as a I can but I can't jog or run which is annoying. But I know 80 percent of weight loss is how many calories you consume so I just need to stick at it. It's just depressing because I started feeling like I might actually do this for once and now I feel like a failure because the scale is just going up. I can take two or three days of that but it has been going up for a week now...
If you are recovering from an injury you may be retaining water that used for healing. Every time I injure something (which seems to be frequently) my weight will go up a pound or two - recovery, taking ibuprofen, etc. Goes back down in a few days.
Thanks but not recovering from anything 0 -
Tashlovesfood wrote: »I just don't get it. I've always had under 1600 calories per day. I started losing weight ( 3 pounds since restarting myfitnesspal) and was feeling really happy about it. To be fair I only lost if I was eating around 1300 calories so maybe my body needs less calories than most people. But for the past week the scale has kept creeping up day by day and I've gained 2 pounds even though I've not overraten or gone over 1600 calories. Could it just be that I need to eat less still? 1200 calories is nothing! Could it be the foods I am eating? I'm just eating whatever I want as long as it fits into my calories for the day. I never thought it made a difference weight loss wise. I'm very confused and it's getting me down as I have a lot of weight to lose. I'm 29 years old, female and 212.4 pounds
I see a lot of people who say they are eating so much and should be losing but they do lose if they eat some less number. I tend to think that it isn't that they need fewer calories than most people but that they are actually eating more calories than they think. Many come back with, "I weigh everything I stick in my mouth," but still they aren't losing. It seems to me that the best thing to do is for people to quit worrying about why they aren't losing with the number of calories they are eating at and just keep reducing what they eat until they reach a point at which they are losing between 1 and 2 lbs per week.1 -
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There's 2 different reasons for this.
1. Weight loss is simple math. Calories in vs calories out. If your eating more calories then your burning then you will gain weight. Try tweaking your diet. Subscribe carbs and all that with more veggie rather then high sugar fruits.
2. You're gaining muscle. Muscle weights more then fat so if you are working out and starting to obtain muscle then you will go thru what a lot of people do. Gain 2 loss 4, gain one lose 2. It's a slow process but effective. The more muscle you gain during weight loss the better your body will look. Instead of dropping drastic weight with little muscle gain in which your stuck with a lot of excess skin.
Good luck with your continual journey!3 -
There's 2 different reasons for this.
1. Weight loss is simple math. Calories in vs calories out. If your eating more calories then your burning then you will gain weight. Try tweaking your diet. Subscribe carbs and all that with more veggie rather then high sugar fruits.
2. You're gaining muscle. Muscle weights more then fat so if you are working out and starting to obtain muscle then you will go thru what a lot of people do. Gain 2 loss 4, gain one lose 2. It's a slow process but effective. The more muscle you gain during weight loss the better your body will look. Instead of dropping drastic weight with little muscle gain in which your stuck with a lot of excess skin.
Good luck with your continual journey!
She is not gaining muscle eating at a deficit for a couple of weeks and 1lb of fat weighs the same as 1lb of muscle.
And your correct that it is simple math so eating veggies vs fruit matters diddly.3 -
Technically it's calories in calories out you should be ok in the long run. But I find I get better results if I manage my macros. For example I need to maintain my muscle mass so I can't go under a certain amount of protein so I have to eat eggs, meats, nuts. I don't want to trigger an insulin spike so I don't go over a certain amount of carbs so I limit my carbs to green leafy veggies. Whatever I have left over is for "healthy" fats like coconut/olive oil, avocados, nuts etc. You don't have to go that extreme but every time you have too many carbs you trigger an insulin spike. The insulin grabs the exesss glucose from your blood stream and stores it as fat. It has to do that because too much glucose could kill you or put you in a coma. So my approach is avoid that spike and you avoid storing fat. Try cutting down on the sugar/bread and try eating more veggies and chicken. Fats and protein don't cause spikes.0
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creyes4182 wrote: »Technically it's calories in calories out you should be ok in the long run. But I find I get better results if I manage my macros. For example I need to maintain my muscle mass so I can't go under a certain amount of protein so I have to eat eggs, meats, nuts. I don't want to trigger an insulin spike so I don't go over a certain amount of carbs so I limit my carbs to green leafy veggies. Whatever I have left over is for "healthy" fats like coconut/olive oil, avocados, nuts etc. You don't have to go that extreme but every time you have too many carbs you trigger an insulin spike. The insulin grabs the exesss glucose from your blood stream and stores it as fat. It has to do that because too much glucose could kill you or put you in a coma. So my approach is avoid that spike and you avoid storing fat. Try cutting down on the sugar/bread and try eating more veggies and chicken. Fats and protein don't cause spikes.
It is calories in vs calories out as that is how are bodies work. Simple science.
All food including protein and fats create an insulin spike.
Nothing can store as fat whilst eating at a deficit.
Too much water can also kill you.
There is no need to avoid sugar or bread.
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