I'm gaining weight

funyunsda9039
funyunsda9039 Posts: 1 Member
in Motivation and Support
I have been going to the gym every day for 30 minutes, and I've been attending 2 dance classes a week that are an hour. And I'm NOT LOSING WEIGHT. I'm eating healthier, drinking enough water. Not losing weight. I feel so discouraged.

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  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,329 Member
    Are you counting calories? Measuring your food with scale?

    Need more info so ppl can help
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Water weight from the extra exercise probably.

    Do you weigh your food?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    How long have you been doing this (the activity)? Most likely you are retaining water. Your body does this as part of it's healing process when you work out. It is a normal physiological reaction to exercise. It will settle out after a few weeks.

    I'm also curious about the number of calories you are eating, and if you are using a food scale. If you are using measuring cups, serving sizes based on packages those tend to be less accurate.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Stalls suck. These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though:

    1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

    2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

    3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one and use it for everything. Everything. For a couple of weeks to see what kind of discrepancies you're running into. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

    4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries. Don't trust the barcode scanner or restaurant entries 100%.

    5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

    6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

    7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

    8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

    9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

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