8.6 lbs in a week?

Libby283

Is it possible to gain 8.6 lbs in a week?

Last Friday morning I was 167.8. This morning I was 176.4.

The only difference is I had a few beers for St.patricks day and I started exercising. Not much.. At most 30 minutes a day on the elliptical or bicycle. The scale is not moving down with just diet alone. I did log the beer.

I did have blood work last week and the doctor says everything is normal, so I have no medical reason to be gaining wait rapidly.

I am doing a 1200 calorie diet and not eating back my exercise calories. I weigh food.

My goal is to get back to my April 2016 weight of 128.

Any suggestions?

Libby283

The beers were logged...

lilithsrose

A lot of that is probably just water weight. I'm not an expert, but I do know that consuming salty foods, that time-of -month and exercising can cause you to retain water. It sounds counter-intuitive, but drink more water to flush the excess out.

As long as you're logging everything properly, you will lose weight. Weight loss is not linear though, so sometimes your scale will show increases. They're temporary and normal. Just keep doing what you're doing and everything will be fine.

One thing I will note is that you should actually eat back most of your exercise calories. MFP is designed to take into account your exercise and then suggest how many more calories you should eat that day to get the proper nutrition and calories. You need to stay healthy while losing weight.

NovusDies

It is possible. I gained a hair more than that last week and for me it was all water weight. 6 of it is already gone and the rest will go soon. Last week I was unable to eat normally (I ate out much more than normal - higher sodium) and it was high stress.

It is very unlikely you need to follow a 1200 calorie diet with exercise. Losing too fast can have long term health consequences. Put your stats in MFP and eat the suggested number of calories plus a portion of your exercise calories.

Libby283

Weight comes off very slowly on a 1200 calorie diet. I like eating now, so I can’t go below 1200. But as a teenager I could eat a cheeseburger every couple days and never got really skinny. I was a normal 100-120 lbs.

I think my body just does not use as many calories to function.

Panini911

how long have you been eating 1200?
how tall are you?
do you use a food scale for all foods?
what was your initial starting weight (and when was that) and what is your current weight)?

it's highly unlikely you gained nearly that much, likely water weight blip. starting exercise will cause muscles to retain water to repair themselves often.

PWRLFTR1

It could be an anomaly, there could be something wrong with your scale, it could be a lot of things, but I wouldn't worry about it unless it continues to go up. In that case, re-evaluate your diet, you might be eating more than you think.

MikePTY

You didn't eat 30,000 calories over maintence. So you didn't gain 8.6 pounds of fat. That is a pretty large one week gain for water weight, but it is possible. Are you constipated or backed up at all? I imagine most of that weight should be off within the next week.

On another note, eating 1200 calories without eating back your exercise calories is too low. You need to be eating them back.

collectingblues

It's water weight from the beer and the sudden increase in exercise. Exercise water weight can hang around for a few weeks.