Why did my weight go up?

saundts
saundts Posts: 51 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all, I have been exercising and watching what I eat but for the past few day, my weight has gone up rather than down, can someone explain why.

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10683010/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-fluctuations/p1
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    New to exercise ? then you will experience water weight gains.

    When you say you are watching what you eat, are you tracking your meals on this app and staying within the calorie goal given?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    weight loss isn't linear
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    As others have said, weight loss isn't linear. Do you use a food scale to measure your food?
  • saundts
    saundts Posts: 51 Member
    Hello, for the record, I do weigh my food and make sure I am way below my calorie intake for my weight. I also walk for 30 min. a day. This week has not been good, it is depressing as the weight increased three days straight.
  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    It's been a few days, this is a marathon not a sprint.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    saundts wrote: »
    Mariluny, Will eating less calories, between 700 -900 make me gain weight? I am taking multivitamin supplements also. I put on non-calorie dressing. TEDEBEARDUFF, was that comment meant to help me or are u being humorous?

    700 cals? Why would you think you need to eat so little?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    saundts wrote: »
    Mariluny, Will eating less calories, between 700 -900 make me gain weight? I am taking multivitamin supplements also. I put on non-calorie dressing. TEDEBEARDUFF, was that comment meant to help me or are u being humorous?

    Eating so little is starving your body of nutrients and energy...All kinds of fun things happen when you do that long enough...hair loss, brittle nails, loss of menstrual cycle, etc...good times...
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    saundts wrote: »
    Mariluny, Will eating less calories, between 700 -900 make me gain weight? I am taking multivitamin supplements also. I put on non-calorie dressing. TEDEBEARDUFF, was that comment meant to help me or are u being humorous?

    Is there a reason you are restricting to starvation levels?

    Starvation mode is a myth, but that doesn't mean that you get a free pass to not eat. If you're female, you need to eat *at least* 1,200 calories a day. Minimum.

    If you're male, you need 1,500. Minimum.
  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
    Body chemistry is a weird thing. Are you weighing yourself at the same time every day? Because during the day your body is going to weigh differently. Remember that getting on the scale is just a measurement of that particular moment in time. If you see a trend going upward, figure out what you are doing that is causing it. Look at your food diary and do a little analysis. I generally don't weigh myself every day, because I know I will feel let down by the fluctuation.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    That massive sodium intake a few days ago alone would likely have caused a fair bit of water retention.

    And as others have said, you need to eat more.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    edited August 2018
    Your food diary is very scary. If you don't start to eat more you are going to become very ill. The effects of starvation don't hit you immediately. You might feel good now but you will hit the wall sooner or later. When the crash happens and your body is breaking down it is not fun at all.

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