Gaining weight instead of loosing
liannebaker17
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I have been following SW for 14 months and lost almost 5 stone I have been following for calorie counting and MFP for 3 weeks and in my first week lost 1.5 lbs second week lost 4lbs and when I weighed on Saturday I had gained 3lbs and I am so upset I don't understand how as I've eaten well within my calorie allowance everyday yes I've eaten out a few times but within my calories but this is why I switched over to cc in the first place because it fits more with my lifestyle well so I thought.
Can anyone help me understand why I have gained 3lbs? I still have lots of weight to loose and I'd rather go back to sw and be unhappy then gain 3lbs a week
Can anyone help me understand why I have gained 3lbs? I still have lots of weight to loose and I'd rather go back to sw and be unhappy then gain 3lbs a week
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You ate out a few times and likely had extra sodium that resulted in water retention. Drink some extra water and relax. That plus weight fluctuates - you weighed on an up moment. Perfectly natural.5
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I weigh every Saturday morning at 0830 at my slimming world group. I'm so new to this calorie counting I don't quite believe I can eat what ever I want and still loose (within cals obviously) and I put it to the test this week and I gained0
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You're not listening. You are being irrational. You didn't gain 3 lbs of fat in a week unless you ate a ton of extra food. You have water retention from eating out and a possible weight fluctuation. In 3 weeks you've lost 2.5 lbs which is great progress. No need to quit now. Work on logging accurately if you think it's an issue but seriously have a glass of water and relax. You're doing fine. Trust the process.17
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The reason I left SW and switched back to MFP calories was because SW is not a way of living my life forever. It allows you to over eat and gives you a pat on the back for excuses. It does not teach you about how salt, water, time of day, week, month affects you so you are feeling the result of your body coming away from that way of eating to this. You say you are getting weighed at SW still - are you trying to mix SW with calories?6
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You never didn't lose weight in 14 months of slimming world?
How much do you have left to lose?
And to answer your original question you gained weight because it's water.1 -
MogwaisGrandma wrote: »The reason I left SW and switched back to MFP calories was because SW is not a way of living my life forever. It allows you to over eat and gives you a pat on the back for excuses. It does not teach you about how salt, water, time of day, week, month affects you so you are feeling the result of your body coming away from that way of eating to this. You say you are getting weighed at SW still - are you trying to mix SW with calories?
I never realised salt and an impact on weight? I used to smother my chips and potatoes on slimming world in salt0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »You never didn't lose weight in 14 months of slimming world?
How much do you have left to lose?
And to answer your original question you gained weight because it's water.
I still have another 7 ish stone to loose.0 -
No I'm not following sw ATM I just use the scales there on a Saturday morning whilst I'm helping out there. Plus it ensures I weigh at the same time very week and I've been going by those scales for the last 14 months so don't want to use different scales now0
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liannebaker17 wrote: »MogwaisGrandma wrote: »The reason I left SW and switched back to MFP calories was because SW is not a way of living my life forever. It allows you to over eat and gives you a pat on the back for excuses. It does not teach you about how salt, water, time of day, week, month affects you so you are feeling the result of your body coming away from that way of eating to this. You say you are getting weighed at SW still - are you trying to mix SW with calories?
I never realised salt and an impact on weight? I used to smother my chips and potatoes on slimming world in salt
Excess salt may cause water retention, which would increase your weight. It doesn't mean you've gained fat... Your body may be holding extra water which contributes to your weight.5 -
liannebaker17 wrote: »No I'm not following sw ATM I just use the scales there on a Saturday morning whilst I'm helping out there. Plus it ensures I weigh at the same time very week and I've been going by those scales for the last 14 months so don't want to use different scales now
And your weight has NEVER gone up before in 14 months...?3 -
TavistockToad wrote: »liannebaker17 wrote: »No I'm not following sw ATM I just use the scales there on a Saturday morning whilst I'm helping out there. Plus it ensures I weigh at the same time very week and I've been going by those scales for the last 14 months so don't want to use different scales now
And your weight has NEVER gone up before in 14 months...?
Yeah I've had a couple of half or 1 and a half pound gains but nothing like 3lbs
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liannebaker17 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »liannebaker17 wrote: »No I'm not following sw ATM I just use the scales there on a Saturday morning whilst I'm helping out there. Plus it ensures I weigh at the same time very week and I've been going by those scales for the last 14 months so don't want to use different scales now
And your weight has NEVER gone up before in 14 months...?
Yeah I've had a couple of half or 1 and a half pound gains but nothing like 3lbs
And you understand that those were water, so why would this be any different?!4 -
TavistockToad wrote: »liannebaker17 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »liannebaker17 wrote: »No I'm not following sw ATM I just use the scales there on a Saturday morning whilst I'm helping out there. Plus it ensures I weigh at the same time very week and I've been going by those scales for the last 14 months so don't want to use different scales now
And your weight has NEVER gone up before in 14 months...?
Yeah I've had a couple of half or 1 and a half pound gains but nothing like 3lbs
And you understand that those were water, so why would this be any different?!
I thought it would have been because I ate badly those weeks on slimming world
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I agree with everything said here as I've had exactly the same and mainly after takeaways but never knew salt had an impact on weight but now I know. if you need any help I'm hear for you0
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If you only weigh weekly I would be willing to bet that your weight has gone up 3lbs before but it dropped off before you weighed again. You may be ovulating or pms could also cause that much water weight. If eat out I always gain the next few days so if I eat out more than once in a week it's very likely that I won't see a loss at all that week and possibly even a gain for the week. I weigh daily though so I'm used to seeing the fluctuations and can usually pinpoint what caused it too. One thing that's help reduce weight gain (for me) when eating out is to keep my order simple...steak or chicken, veggies, salad. If I eat something with a sauce or something more elaborate I always gain more.1
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I gained 4lbs overnight from yesterday to this morning! I was fully expecting it as i overdid the carbs and sodium big time yesterday, it's just water weight and will disappear by the end of the week.1
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Weightloss is one thing I will never understand. I do think though that if I have another gain this week I'll go back to slimming world. As I had constant losses following slimming world0
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I'm new to this. I started last Monday and when I got on the scale thus morning I had a 2 lb weight gain. I swim 2-3 times a week and had been logging in everything I felt a little disappointed thus morning. I usually have coffee with 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream, 1 tbsp coconut oil and Stevie sometimes a pat of butter this is the 1 st thing I have in the morning. Later I might have 1-2 eggs and sausage cooked in olive oil. I eat my 2 to last meal around 4-5:30 after my swim. Can anyone help me out a little I won't to give MFP a chance.0
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There are many factors that can show a gain on the scale...water retention from a new exercise program, water retention from eating meals with lots of sodium, time of the month/ovulation...just because you see a gain, don't assume it's automatically fat. Your weight fluctuates constantly, even through out the day. It's important to understand this.0
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liannebaker17 wrote: »Weightloss is one thing I will never understand. I do think though that if I have another gain this week I'll go back to slimming world. As I had constant losses following slimming world
it isnt weight loss that you are struggling to understand, its fluctuations caused by water weight.6 -
liannebaker17 wrote: »Weightloss is one thing I will never understand. I do think though that if I have another gain this week I'll go back to slimming world. As I had constant losses following slimming world
You have to be willing to give MFP a chance or you will not succeed. This can take 4-6 weeks, Im not sure if this is the right suggestion for you, but weighing daily and tracking my weight in a weight trend app has helped me so much. I use Libra and I can see the fluctuation and I understand whats going on with my body. You yourself said slimming world was not a life style, but trying a new system can take time, you didnt actually gain 3 lbs of fat.2 -
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liannebaker17 wrote: »I have been following SW for 14 months and lost almost 5 stone I have been following for calorie counting and MFP for 3 weeks and in my first week lost 1.5 lbs second week lost 4lbs and when I weighed on Saturday I had gained 3lbs and I am so upset I don't understand how as I've eaten well within my calorie allowance everyday yes I've eaten out a few times but within my calories but this is why I switched over to cc in the first place because it fits more with my lifestyle well so I thought.
Can anyone help me understand why I have gained 3lbs? I still have lots of weight to loose and I'd rather go back to sw and be unhappy then gain 3lbs a week
This morning I am up 2.7lbs from last week's weigh in where I was down over 2 lbs.
Last night I ate 1c cooked brown rice and some homemade chicken in smothered in Asian sauce (hellooo sodium!!)
By Friday the water weight will be down and hopefully next Monday Ill have a loss.
There will be fluctuations such as this. 3 weeks is nothing.
#1- The dinner was worth it
#2- because i Know i didnt eat 9450 OVER maintenance to gain 2.7lbs of fat
#3- because Ive been in a deficit every day.
You have to go -with - the - flow.
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I'm new to this. I started last Monday and when I got on the scale thus morning I had a 2 lb weight gain. I swim 2-3 times a week and had been logging in everything I felt a little disappointed thus morning. I usually have coffee with 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream, 1 tbsp coconut oil and Stevie sometimes a pat of butter this is the 1 st thing I have in the morning. Later I might have 1-2 eggs and sausage cooked in olive oil. I eat my 2 to last meal around 4-5:30 after my swim. Can anyone help me out a little I won't to give MFP a chance.
Nothing wrong with a high fat diet... but you need olive oil to cook sausage? *edit* Ah, cook eggs in olive oil+sausage. Why not cook the sausage- then cook your eggs in the sausage fat?
Anyway...*
Enter your stats and goal in to MFP.
Weigh and log all your food. No exceptions. No estimations. Get a food scale.
Log your activity.
Eat back 50% of your exercise calories.
In 4 weeks re-evaluate or keep going.0 -
liannebaker17 wrote: »Weightloss is one thing I will never understand. I do think though that if I have another gain this week I'll go back to slimming world. As I had constant losses following slimming world
What about it won't you understand? Your body burns calories, and you consume calories as fuel to feed your body. If, what you consume (CI) < what you burn (CO) then you will have weight loss. There will be fluctuations of course, it's not linear. Did you gain everything all at once? Probably not. It's not perfect, but if the overall trend is loss then you're on the right path.
It's not complicated, at a high level. Sure, there's granular details about exactly how the body burns energy but at a high level it's very straight forward (unless, of course, you're that special snowflake).1 -
ATM my calories burns are 680 so I have to eat under this to loose weight? That can't be right0
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liannebaker17 wrote: »ATM my calories burns are 680 so I have to eat under this to loose weight? That can't be right
No. The calorie goal you got when you put your stats in to MFP is to lose, before you do any exercise.
You can add exercise calories on top of that, so you eat more, although many people recommend only eating half as calorie burns are inflated.0 -
liannebaker17 wrote: »ATM my calories burns are 680 so I have to eat under this to loose weight? That can't be right
No your overall calorie burn isn't just what you've burned through exercise. Take a look at this post, it explains how your calorie burn is determined. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1
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liannebaker17 wrote: »ATM my calories burns are 680 so I have to eat under this to loose weight? That can't be right
Nope. You're forgetting you burn calories just being alive as well as when you do purposeful exercise.0
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