HELP! KEEP GAINING

evergreenlakegirl

Thanks all for your advice and support-it’s really appreciated! Back on the wagon and hopefully n cut week will look better-
As a side note- with all that weight loss it was all in my belly

kshama2001

collectingblues wrote: »

evergreenlakegirl wrote: »

thanks Melanie.....my calorie goal is only 1200 and most times I feel like I'm starving.....I threw in the towel the last few days and just ate a "normal" meal- perhaps a bit more than usual and yes...I did eat more carbs...hopefully it'll go down again because I've worked really hard to get to this #

Try adding more calories to your daily amount. You're pretty much wiping out your deficit with your weekend splurges, so if you add more to the daily, the odds are pretty good that you'll actually end up eating less, because you won't be in that restriction-binge cycle.

Here's a graph that illustrates the above:



https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/

evergreenlakegirl

Kshama- all I can say is WOW....thank you so much for the link- a real eye opener and truly what I needed to understand weight loss. MFP gave me the 1200 daily calorie #-
But I was so hungry and was even becoming over aware of food in general -would go without eating at times ....all the points the article discussed
My reason for wanting to loose weight is because I realized how much fat I was carrying- and knew I. Was eating too much - eating without thinking about better choices
I can’t tell you how much better I feel -thank you 💕

Alexdees

Have you considered keto? I'm down to 1500 calories a day and there is no way I could do that without feeling like I was starving if I was eating a lot of carbs. My carbs are now down to 20g/day and I eat between 1500-1700 calories a day and I'm never starving and I lost 8lbs in the last month. I would not be able to do any of this with out tracking, as I would tend to drift upward and start gaining. My progress looks like a saw tooth, but it does ultimately head downward overall. So, I don't like a pop up by a pound or two, as long as, it is followed by a bigger drop. Good luck!

jlmonroe232016

a new exercise or working on a new yard work project helps

nowine4me

lautreun wrote: »

You might considering adding raw veggies and fruits when you're hungry. A large salad rarely gets past 200 calories and absolutely blasts the hunger. Remember, digestion starts in the mouth and chewing foods for a long time is part of the satisfaction.

1/2 head of iceburg
2 handfuls of spinach
1 heart of romaine
1 cucumber
2 roma tomatoes
1 large carrot shredded
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper

If you're used to topping your salad with dressing, instead try fruit, nuts, or seeds to give it more flare. Try sliced strawberries or apples, dried cranberries or raisins, slivered almonds or chopped pecans, and sunflower or pumpkin seeds. These will all add some calories, but they are all good and healthy calories. And, guaranteed, you eat that salad with a couple of these toppings and you'll be full for hours and hours.

I’d add to this salad about 200g of potatoes or roast squash or beets - or 100g beans. Some nice heavy starch will make it a meal and a tiny drizzle of balsamic will make it delicious.

cheryldumais

Sounds like this is pretty well resolved but I just wanted to add that it sounds like you've been doing low carb and you decided to eat carbs. That is the issue. It's not fat it's water. When you restrict carbs the first big drop is water. When you add carbs back in your body restores the water lost. I have gained like that in the past when I was doing a low carb diet. It's very common.

evergreenlakegirl

Alex....I don't think a Keto diet is for me...I love my carbs....it helps me to feel full- so if I have a salad, I like a slice of bread or crackers with it....I've heard many success stories on this diet though- glad it works for you.
jlmonroe- that was how I use to burn so many calories- when I was younger.
lauteun- I do love a salad- I think one of my big issues is having the right foods available in my fridge....so I think I need to consider this when food shopping.
Thank you all!

evergreenlakegirl

cheryldumais wrote: »

Sounds like this is pretty well resolved but I just wanted to add that it sounds like you've been doing low carb and you decided to eat carbs. That is the issue. It's not fat it's water. When you restrict carbs the first big drop is water. When you add carbs back in your body restores the water lost. I have gained like that in the past when I was doing a low carb diet. It's very common.

Thank you Cheryl....I didn't know this and yes, can explain.....I was being very careful with my carbs- and almost eliminating them....I still have the 2 lbs I've gained since Friday- but I've decided not to stress over it. I still feel better and no longer have a fat belly- haha....AND I'm not starving

cwolfman13

evergreenlakegirl wrote: »

I've been doing so well for the past 2 months since I started. I had lost almost 10 pounds and was almost at my goal weight! Then Friday I weigh myself and I gained 2 lbs!! I've read that this could be excess salt - water weight....so today I weigh myself expecting to see myself back down....NO...I gained another pound!!
I haven't been as good at logging my calories and have been eating a bit more than usual but 3 pounds in a few days????
What is going on???

Do the math...you would have had to eat 10,500 calories over maintenance for that to be fat. If you ate more, you have more inherent waste in your system...if you ate higher carb then you will retain more water...same for higher sodium...never mind that body weight fluctuates naturally all on it's own...I can easily be up or down 2-3 Lbs day to day, even without any real change in my eating.

amy19355

I find it helpful to look at the progress chart in one or two month chunks of time.
This allows me to see that while my current weight is less than my starting weight, the line is not straight down, it is up and down, up a little and down a little more, up again then down again , but always more down than up.

SLow and steady wins this race.

TrishSeren

lautreun wrote: »

You might considering adding raw veggies and fruits when you're hungry. A large salad rarely gets past 200 calories and absolutely blasts the hunger. Remember, digestion starts in the mouth and chewing foods for a long time is part of the satisfaction.

1/2 head of iceburg
2 handfuls of spinach
1 heart of romaine
1 cucumber
2 roma tomatoes
1 large carrot shredded
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper

If you're used to topping your salad with dressing, instead try fruit, nuts, or seeds to give it more flare. Try sliced strawberries or apples, dried cranberries or raisins, slivered almonds or chopped pecans, and sunflower or pumpkin seeds. These will all add some calories, but they are all good and healthy calories. And, guaranteed, you eat that salad with a couple of these toppings and you'll be full for hours and hours.

That would not keep me full for hours and hours.

TrishSeren

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

For those calories I'd rather have a mini bagel and something with some fat content.

Agree