Frustrating.....

sinead29

Im new here and followed a 1760 intake all week and GAINED a lb??? Not sure what im doing wrong. Im 5ft4 128 lbs (have lost 35 lbs over the last ten months) im currently trying to shed bodyfat and lean up so do circuit training 3 times a week. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas where i might be going wrong. I just cant seem to lose those last few pounds

janejellyroll

Over how long a period did you gain a pound? That's a pretty minor weight fluctuation.

PrincessMel72

Someone break out that handy dandy chart please!

sinead29

I weigh every week, so im up a lb from last week. I know its not a lot but its annoying all the same

Queenmunchy

If you just started the workouts (or changed them significantly) it could be fluid retention.

cathipa

If you just increased your activity this could be related to DOMS. Are you close to TOM? Are you sure you aren't over eating your calorie allotment? Do you weigh your food and log everything you consume?

toxikon

I plugged your stats into a TDEE calculator (http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/) and your sedentary TDEE for your weight and height is 1,543. That means on a day you're not exercising at all, your body only burns 1,543. Moderately active puts you at 1800 calorie TDEE. So you're really not creating much of a deficit to lose weight.

You're short and have a fairly low weight so you'll really need to decrease your calories or ramp up the exercise if you want to lose weight. You should probably stick to net 1200-1300 cals.

sinead29

Ive been doing the same exercise for about 2 months now and im very careful about what i eat so im not sure. Im about 4 lbs away from my target

cathipa

sinead29 wrote: »

Ive been doing the same exercise for about 2 months now and im very careful about what i eat so im not sure. Im about 4 lbs away from my target

Being "careful" about what you eat doesn't mean you couldn't be over your calories which could put you into maintenance or even slowly gaining. I weigh more than you, am taller by a few inches and workout more and my calories are less than yours for cutting. Maybe time to recalculate to make sure you are in range for weight loss.

Ruatine

1 lbs over a week is well within the range for a water weight fluctuation - weight loss is not linear. When you don't have much to lose, weight loss can very easily be masked by water weight fluctuations. You have to look at your weight over time (4-6 weeks). Most often when someone says they're not losing weight, it's 1) an overreaction to not losing weight over a very short period of time and 2) they haven't been accurately measuring what they are eating.

ETA: OP, you're already at a healthy weight for your height. Losing weight at this point is going to be very slow and will require a lot of patience. Water weight fluctuations can come from a variety of sources (increased exercise, increased sodium intake, menstrual cycle, etc.). Look at your losses over time (weeks, even months) to determine if your weight loss trend is downward.

PrincessMel72

^^^^There's that handy dandy chart!!!^^^^

Silentpadna

sinead29 wrote: »

Im new here and followed a 1760 intake all week and GAINED a lb??? Not sure what im doing wrong. Im 5ft4 128 lbs (have lost 35 lbs over the last ten months) im currently trying to shed bodyfat and lean up so do circuit training 3 times a week. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas where i might be going wrong. I just cant seem to lose those last few pounds

Do you think you gained a pound of fat? (Unlikely). A pound of muscle? (Also unlikely). A pound of water? In one week, which do you think is more likely?

How would you know?

I fluctuate by 3-4 pounds every day. I know for a fact that it's not fat or muscle causing those changes. If your intake is accurate, you're most likely fine. Either way, you'll need time to know for sure. Your day-to-day weight is a range, not a number.

SezxyStef

toxikon wrote: »

I plugged your stats into a TDEE calculator (http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/) and your sedentary TDEE for your weight and height is 1,543. That means on a day you're not exercising at all, your body only burns 1,543. Moderately active puts you at 1800 calorie TDEE. So you're really not creating much of a deficit to lose weight.

You're short and have a fairly low weight so you'll really need to decrease your calories or ramp up the exercise if you want to lose weight. You should probably stick to net 1200-1300 cals.

HOw you don't have her age

and when I put her mid age around 35 I get 1617 for sedentary 1853 for exercise 3 days a week...

OP how are you measuring your food?
Food scale?
On the setup of MFP what is your activity level and did you include your exercise in that? and are you logging and eating back exercise calories?

It sounds like you are at a higher activity level then you should be hence the higher goals...and if you are logging exercise on top of that could explain the weight gain...

Otherwise it could just be fluid

toxikon

SezxyStef wrote: »

toxikon wrote: »

I plugged your stats into a TDEE calculator (http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/) and your sedentary TDEE for your weight and height is 1,543. That means on a day you're not exercising at all, your body only burns 1,543. Moderately active puts you at 1800 calorie TDEE. So you're really not creating much of a deficit to lose weight.

You're short and have a fairly low weight so you'll really need to decrease your calories or ramp up the exercise if you want to lose weight. You should probably stick to net 1200-1300 cals.

HOw you don't have her age

and when I put her mid age around 35 I get 1617 for sedentary 1853 for exercise 3 days a week...

OP how are you measuring your food?
Food scale?
On the setup of MFP what is your activity level and did you include your exercise in that? and are you logging and eating back exercise calories?

It sounds like you are at a higher activity level then you should be hence the higher goals...and if you are logging exercise on top of that could explain the weight gain...

Otherwise it could just be fluid

I just put in 30 for her age as an estimate. Are you using a different TDEE calculator? I changed it to 35 and still got 1500~ for sedentary TDEE.

Either way, 1760 net calories a day is probably too high for her to make much progress.

sjaplo

As someone else pointed out - weightloss isn't linear - 1lb is nothing!

deannalfisher

weight loss isn't linear, you are close to your goal weight so those last few pounds are going to be hard to get off...maybe focus on recomp vs. just losing weight

sinead29

Thank you everyone . I think im going to lower my intake and activity level. (Although running around after 4 kids all day id say im fairly active

sinead29

deannalfisher wrote: »

weight loss isn't linear, you are close to your goal weight so those last few pounds are going to be hard to get off...maybe focus on recomp vs. just losing weight

Totally right, that will be my focus from now i think