Stepping 10-15k per day and walking but keep gaining weight almost 2 lbs per day

blk7363

and stick to the 1200

I’m so frustrated

Haven’t weighed this in over 4 years

spiriteagle99

Gaining 2 pounds a day means eating 7000 calories a day over maintenance. That isn't at all likely. Odds are you have temporarily put on some water weight. That may be due to increased exercise, too little water intake, salt, waste in your digestive system, etc. Give it time.

How long have you been trying to lose weight? How much weight do you want to lose? Are you weighing and measuring every bite you take? If so, and you are truly only eating 1200 calories a day, then you will lose weight. Actually, 1200 is probably too few calories unless you are also eating back some of the calories you burn walking.

AnnPT77

If you've literally been gaining 2 pounds a day every day for even as much as a week, while certain you're eating only 1200, I'd strongly, strongly suggest contacting your doctor. Yes, water retention can happen, but 2 pounds a day every day for an extended period is outside the range of normal.

If it's a much shorter period of time, yes, that could be water retention, especially if the volume of steps has greatly increased at the same time.

I see you've had an account on MFP for a while, and appreciate that your diary is open, so I took a look. You don't seem to have been logging here recently, so there's no way to see whether something in your eating patterns may be part of the explanation for what you're experiencing. Are you logging on another site, or can you provide more info some other way? That might help us help you.

If you just posted this to share some frustration, that's OK to do. But if you'd like suggestions, it would be helpful to have more information: We don't know how old you are, how much you weigh, whether you're trying to lose or maintain, what your eating/activity habits are, etc. WIthout more details, we'd just be guessing wildly.

I don't know whether this applies to you, but a common situation we see here is someone cutting calories aggressively far, adding a bunch of new exercise, then expected a very quick scale drop in the first few days. That drop usually doesn't happen. When a person feels like they're working super hard, doesn't get those quick results, that pretty much always results in frustration. If those people then give up out of that frustration, that's a common way to fail, to be perfectly frank. Extreme calorie cuts plus lots of added exercise does tend to increase water retention temporarily, so masks fat loss on the scale. A more moderate approach can be less frustrating, and lead to better overall results, though it takes some patience. But, like I said, that may not be your situation despite it being a common one.

I think many of us would like to help you achieve your goals, if we understood what those goals are, and what the situation is . . . but we don't have that information.

1straymond

I agree that if you are gaining that much weight per day, you have an undiagnosed medical issue that you need to bring up with your doctor. As far as walking 10K per day, that is not the most important thing to do. Please read the CNN link ( https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/health/daily-steps-how-many-wellness ).

tomcustombuilder

you're gaining water weight. It's literally impossible to gain that much weight in fat just stay the course for a while. Give it some time.

cmriverside

That would definitely be something I'd bring to a medical professional.

deniseuitenweerde2014

Hi All,

I am in perimenopause and have gained so weight. I am 49 years old, and very active. I weigh and measure all my foods. I am very frustrated but I keep pushing through. I get at least 10K steps a day, and do weights 4 to 5 days per week .. i have my macros done by a coach … any other suggestions ?

AnnPT77

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48836773#Comment_48836773

How long have you been following this same routine consistently?

Are you logging food here or elsewhere, and if so do you know what your daily calorie intake averages out to be? If so, what's your current height/weight?

I was active six days a week in a power-cardiovascular sport for a dozen years and stayed overweight/obese, in menopause and severely hypothyroid (medicated) besides. In my case, it was all about getting the food side of the equation in balance with activity.

deniseuitenweerde2014

been following for quite a while .. yes i log all my food here in the app .. my current body weight is approx 141 to 143 ..

my calories should be around (working with a coach who did this for me) is 1650 and my macros as as follows

Protein 150g

Carbs 150g

Fat 50g

So through week i normally do 30 min walk and then my weights .. and saturday i do stretching and core .. and Sundays I do 5km walk

AnnPT77

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48836809#Comment_48836809

@deniseuitenweerde2014 - I have some thoughts, and see that your diary was open so I took a look at that . . . but I feel like going into more detail on this thread would be hijacking the OP's thread (which is against Community Guidelines here), because it would take the conversation in a different direction.

Even as a generality, I think you'd get more and better advice if you were to post your own thread, rather than asking a question as a reply on someone else's thread. If you post combining the info from your 2 posts on this thread, that would be helpful. I'll probably see it if you do that, but if you "@" tag my user ID, I'll definitely reply.

Thanks for understanding!

age_is_just_a_number

sticking to 1200 calories:

• Are you logging your food in MFP?
• Are you being accurate?
• Are you being consistent?

gaining weight almost 2 lbs per day

• How many days in a row?
• How long have you been trying to lose weight?

ddsb1111

Respectfully, you have about 50 comments from threads you’ve created over the years asking the exact same question. Everyone has given you the same answer- you need to track accurately.

You’re struggling to stay within your calorie goal. Do you want to look at why this keeps happening so you can stop the cycle? At this point, I’m not sure what anyone else can do for you besides address the real issue, which is your logging.