does eating less make anybody else gain more on the scale?

altairego21

i know that scales are not important but I started to really track my calories and I am trying to figure out what I am gaining weight instead of losing?
For an example today I had 2 cups of coffees with 4 teaspoons of sucralose (artificial sweetener) in total. i drank almost 2 liters of water. I had 1/2 a cup of oatmeal with seeds, protein powder, blueberries and pbfit. Then I had a protein shake with almond milk. For dinner I had 4 1/2 oz of chicken tenderloins with a salad and asparagus. Then for dessert, I had about 3 slices of pineapple!
Am I eating too much? Too little? I do not understand!
A few days ago I weighed 4 pounds less and I am not lifting weights at the moment either.

MichelleSilverleaf

Weight fluctuates. That being said if you're not dropping over time there's something wrong with your logging. Weight everything for a month at least at a reasonable deficit, and see where you are at the end of it.

JeromeBarry1

Give it time. Be patient. You are a female. Your body will retain water on the occasion of ovulation and prior to the occasion of menstruation. After ovulation, that water dumps. After menstruation, that water and everything else dumps.

One day is absolutely unpredictable. Be consistent for a month or two, you'll see good results if your calorie counting is accurate and on track.

Nony_Mouse

Without knowing your stats (height, weight, age, activity), and how many calories you're eating a day, we can't say if you're eating too much. One thing I note there though is that you haven't provided much in the way of amounts for the foods you're eating. How are you measuring that? Weighing all solids and measuring all liquids, estimating portions? Using measuring cups? Going of packaging weights?

That said, if you are truly at a deficit, you will lose fat. That may not show up on the scale right away, or it may look like you've gained, due to normal fluctuations. Lifting isn't the only thing that will cause fluid retention, any increase or change in exercise may do that, as will higher than normal sodium intake, hormonal fluctuations if you're female, and a myriad of other things. A higher volume of food than normal, even within calories, may also cause a jump on the scale, due to more food in your system.

'A few days' is simply too short a timeframe to be able to say what is happening, though I highly doubt you've managed to eat 14000 calories over maintenance, which is what you would need to do in order to gain 4 lbs of fat.

Be patient, and don't panic over short term changes. It's the long term trend you need to be looking at (weeks, not days). A trending app (eg Libra, Happy Scale, Trendweight) will help with this.

Kst76

altairego21 wrote: »

i know that scales are not important but I started to really track my calories and I am trying to figure out what I am gaining weight instead of losing?
For an example today I had 2 cups of coffees with 4 teaspoons of sucralose (artificial sweetener) in total. i drank almost 2 liters of water. I had 1/2 a cup of oatmeal with seeds, protein powder, blueberries and pbfit. Then I had a protein shake with almond milk. For dinner I had 4 1/2 oz of chicken tenderloins with a salad and asparagus. Then for dessert, I had about 3 slices of pineapple!
Am I eating too much? Too little? I do not understand!
A few days ago I weighed 4 pounds less and I am not lifting weights at the moment either.

You drank a lot of water. 2 Liters is what...4 pounds?

30kgin2017

Kst76 wrote: »

altairego21 wrote: »

i know that scales are not important but I started to really track my calories and I am trying to figure out what I am gaining weight instead of losing?
For an example today I had 2 cups of coffees with 4 teaspoons of sucralose (artificial sweetener) in total. i drank almost 2 liters of water. I had 1/2 a cup of oatmeal with seeds, protein powder, blueberries and pbfit. Then I had a protein shake with almond milk. For dinner I had 4 1/2 oz of chicken tenderloins with a salad and asparagus. Then for dessert, I had about 3 slices of pineapple!
Am I eating too much? Too little? I do not understand!
A few days ago I weighed 4 pounds less and I am not lifting weights at the moment either.

You drank a lot of water. 2 Liters is what...4 pounds?

If you go from zero water one day to 2ltrs the next your body will hold onto a lot of that water thus showing a weight gain. If you then regularly consume 2ltrs it will adapt and know it doesn't need to store water for times of drought.

Also sodium consumption can be a factor too. Large variances in day to day sodium consumed can also cause swings with water retention.

Kst76

30kgin2017 wrote: »

Kst76 wrote: »

altairego21 wrote: »

i know that scales are not important but I started to really track my calories and I am trying to figure out what I am gaining weight instead of losing?
For an example today I had 2 cups of coffees with 4 teaspoons of sucralose (artificial sweetener) in total. i drank almost 2 liters of water. I had 1/2 a cup of oatmeal with seeds, protein powder, blueberries and pbfit. Then I had a protein shake with almond milk. For dinner I had 4 1/2 oz of chicken tenderloins with a salad and asparagus. Then for dessert, I had about 3 slices of pineapple!
Am I eating too much? Too little? I do not understand!
A few days ago I weighed 4 pounds less and I am not lifting weights at the moment either.

You drank a lot of water. 2 Liters is what...4 pounds?

If you go from zero water one day to 2ltrs the next your body will hold onto a lot of that water thus showing a weight gain. If you then regularly consume 2ltrs it will adapt and know it doesn't need to store water for times of drought.

Also sodium consumption can be a factor too. Large variances in day to day sodium consumed can also cause swings with water retention.

Got you!