Why do I gain weight?

here2inspire
here2inspire Posts: 40
in Health and Weight Loss
I eat under my calorie limit, i workout and everyday when i go on the scale i've been gaining weight!
why?
should i not check everyday or just once a week?

please help!?
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  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Can you open your diary please?
  • RHSheetz
    RHSheetz Posts: 268 Member
    You should not check every day. Your body will fluctuate up to 5 lbs, you should only weigh once a week at the same time of day on the same scale.

    If you keep gaining, then there are other questions.
  • theopenforum
    theopenforum Posts: 280 Member
    You should not check every day. Your body will fluctuate up to 5 lbs, you should only weigh once a week at the same time of day on the same scale.

    If you keep gaining, then there are other questions.

    this you have asked a question without giving us anything to work with. It could be water muscle or fat, depending on your diet workout or salt intake. Take your pick but we cannot formulate any ideas with nothing to go on =/

    But yeh you should definitely not weigh yourself everyday, your body will fluctuate and its just heartache you dont need. Trust me on that one

    Tof
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals, workout at least 3-5 days a week and watch your sodium in take as well. Sodium in high quantity causes water weight gain. I also suggest weighing yourself once a week at the same time...like may be every Friday or something. Good luck to you and I hope that you find something that works for you!
  • sodeelish
    sodeelish Posts: 25 Member
    Very well could be sodium. It takes DAYS to recover from it. I take potassium supplements and drink a lot of water to keep that from happening. I try to keep my sodium intake minimal.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    You should not check every day. Your body will fluctuate up to 5 lbs, you should only weigh once a week at the same time of day on the same scale.

    If you keep gaining, then there are other questions.

    Yup yup this
  • here2inspire
    here2inspire Posts: 40
    my diary is open if you guys would like to take a look!
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals, workout at least 3-5 days a week and watch your sodium in take as well. Sodium in high quantity causes water weight gain. Good luck to you and I hope that you find something that works for you!

    No starvation mode. I stupidly started with 1200 and netted 700ish for almost a month and lost a tremendous amount of weight. Again, explain starving countries and their people, if eating at an extreme low amount didnt result in loss. Is it healthy? No. But you will lose weight.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals, workout at least 3-5 days a week and watch your sodium in take as well. Sodium in high quantity causes water weight gain. Good luck to you and I hope that you find something that works for you!

    This is terrible advice. 1. Starvation mode does not apply here based on the OP's post. 2. OP is GAINING weight. That indicates a calorie SURPLUS. Telling her to eat more is ridiculous.

    People, please THINK before you post. :noway:
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    You need to eat! Your body's not going to be willing to give up it's fat stores if you're not giving it enough nutrients, especially since you're active. That calorie goal is just that, a goal, meaning something to reach on a regular basis, not something to come in WAY under. Eat back your earned calories too.
  • peasantsong
    peasantsong Posts: 107 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals.....

    Are you serious? In what universe does eating too little make one GAIN weight? This is ridiculous.

    OP - You are likely not tracking your intake correctly or you are overestimating your calorie burn. You didn't give us much information about your situation, but my suggestion would be to begin weighing your food with a food scale, be completely honest with your diary, and if you are eating back your exercise calories, perhaps only eat back 75% of them instead of 100%. The simple answer is: you are probably not losing weight because you are not currently eating at a deficit.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals, workout at least 3-5 days a week and watch your sodium in take as well. Sodium in high quantity causes water weight gain. I also suggest weighing yourself once a week at the same time...like may be every Friday or something. Good luck to you and I hope that you find something that works for you!

    No...it is true that you shouldn't have too large a deficit as you lose more LBM and it becomes more and more difficult to get proper nutrients on a VLCD, but you cannot store fat in a deficit regardless of the size of that deficit...it's math.

    OP...you can fluctuate a good 2-3 Lbs up or down from your "true" weight...I use that term loosely given the very unstable nature of body weight. You could be retaining water for any give number of reasons...you could have excess waste in your system, etc. You need to look at your weight as a general trend over a much longer period of time...if you continue to just gain over the course of weeks then you are eating too much...if we're talking about a few Lbs of fluctuation then that's just water and waste.
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    You need to eat! Your body's not going to be willing to give up it's fat stores if you're not giving it enough nutrients, especially since you're active. That calorie goal is just that, a goal, meaning something to reach on a regular basis, not something to come in WAY under. Eat back your earned calories too.
    Exactly what I was trying to say. Thanks!
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    You aren't logging everything. Unless saturday you only had breakfast. You didn't have dinner yesterday? Start logging consistently. Every day. Meet your calorie goal. Weigh and measure your food. Be honest about your intake and you will see results.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    You need to eat! Your body's not going to be willing to give up it's fat stores if you're not giving it enough nutrients, especially since you're active. That calorie goal is just that, a goal, meaning something to reach on a regular basis, not something to come in WAY under. Eat back your earned calories too.
    Exactly what I was trying to say. Thanks!

    Still wrong.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    You aren't logging everything. Unless saturday you only had breakfast. You didn't have dinner yesterday? Start logging consistently. Every day. Meet your calorie goal. Weigh and measure your food. Be honest about your intake and you will see results.

    ^^This.
  • here2inspire
    here2inspire Posts: 40
    You aren't logging everything. Unless saturday you only had breakfast. You didn't have dinner yesterday? Start logging consistently. Every day. Meet your calorie goal. Weigh and measure your food. Be honest about your intake and you will see results.

    When I wake up late, i don't eat lunch, more like brunch.
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals.....

    Are you serious? In what universe does eating too little make one GAIN weight? This is ridiculous.

    OP - You are likely not tracking your intake correctly or you are overestimating your calorie burn. You didn't give us much information about your situation, but my suggestion would be to begin weighing your food with a food scale, be completely honest with your diary, and if you are eating back your exercise calories, perhaps only eat back 75% of them instead of 100%. The simple answer is: you are probably not losing weight because you are not currently eating at a deficit.

    I thought that we were all adults here. If you don't agree with my advice, OK. How about just give your own advice instead of bashing mine. Thanks.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    You aren't logging everything. Unless saturday you only had breakfast. You didn't have dinner yesterday? Start logging consistently. Every day. Meet your calorie goal. Weigh and measure your food. Be honest about your intake and you will see results.

    When I wake up late, i don't eat lunch, more like brunch.

    Ya I do that too, but you still have to eat more or trust me you will not keep the weight off.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    You joined a few weeks ago.
    You lost 2 lbs according to your ticker.
    you are eating at about 800 cals a day



    You arent gaining and you are under eating.
  • peasantsong
    peasantsong Posts: 107 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals.....

    Are you serious? In what universe does eating too little make one GAIN weight? This is ridiculous.

    OP - You are likely not tracking your intake correctly or you are overestimating your calorie burn. You didn't give us much information about your situation, but my suggestion would be to begin weighing your food with a food scale, be completely honest with your diary, and if you are eating back your exercise calories, perhaps only eat back 75% of them instead of 100%. The simple answer is: you are probably not losing weight because you are not currently eating at a deficit.

    I thought that we were all adults here. If you don't agree with my advice, OK. How about just give your own advice instead of bashing mine. Thanks.

    I'm sorry, but your advice defies logic and could have some frustrating consequences for the OP and others in the same situation if they were to take it.
  • LishieFruit89
    LishieFruit89 Posts: 1,956 Member
    You're eating 800 calories a day or less.
    WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT!?

    Food is delicious, eat more.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    You aren't logging everything. Unless saturday you only had breakfast. You didn't have dinner yesterday? Start logging consistently. Every day. Meet your calorie goal. Weigh and measure your food. Be honest about your intake and you will see results.

    When I wake up late, i don't eat lunch, more like brunch.

    saturday?
  • rawhidenadz
    rawhidenadz Posts: 254 Member
    Okay, I'm seeing a lot of generic database entries in your food diary.

    "Chicken - Breast, meat only, cooked, roasted, 1 cup, chopped or diced" isn't going to be accurate enough. You need to weigh the meat. Also, what did you roast it in? How much oil?

    or "Banana - Extra Large (9" or Longer) (152g), 1 Banana (152g)" There's no way of knowing whether your banana was 152 g. It could have been more.

    "Tilipia Fillets - Tilapia Fillets Boneless, 4 oz" and "Aldi Eggs - Egg Whites Scrambled, 3 eggs"

    So you didn't use any oil at all to cook either of these? Not even PAM spray (that stuff has calories per spray even if it says zero on the can and if you're spraying a lot it can add up. I've gotten up to 80 calories from cooking one dish, purely from PAM.

    "Generic - Turkey Sandwhich on Whole Wheat Bread With Lettuce and Light Mayo, 1 sandwhich" yeah, I very much doubt that your sandwich was exactly as many calories as this generic database entry. Were you using the same bread? The same mayo? Was there cheese?

    Also, do you drink your coffee black?

    I'm seeing a lot of unfinished entries in your diary. Are those days where you started out with good intentions and then fell off the wagon and ate something high calorie and then you were too ashamed to log it/thought 'what's the point? I'll start again tomorrow?' Guess what, those calories don't vanish. They still factor in to your average intake, even if you chose not to log them. I'd guess that you are eating much much more than you think you are. I suggest being more accurate and consistent in your logging and to stop using database entries. Invest in a food scale.
  • eazy_
    eazy_ Posts: 516 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals.....

    Are you serious? In what universe does eating too little make one GAIN weight? This is ridiculous.

    OP - You are likely not tracking your intake correctly or you are overestimating your calorie burn. You didn't give us much information about your situation, but my suggestion would be to begin weighing your food with a food scale, be completely honest with your diary, and if you are eating back your exercise calories, perhaps only eat back 75% of them instead of 100%. The simple answer is: you are probably not losing weight because you are not currently eating at a deficit.

    I thought that we were all adults here. If you don't agree with my advice, OK. How about just give your own advice instead of bashing mine. Thanks.



    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    Just my $0.02...

    If you don't log EVERYTHING (and I mean weigh it and measure it and EVERYTHING), and you don't log consistently? Then you really have no idea exactly what kind of caloric intake you have.

    If your entries are complete? You totally need to eat more. I mean, SERIOUSLY...I'd be hurting people if I were only eating 800 calories in a day. All that starvation mode versus not starvation mode aside, how can you adequately fuel your body to function on such a low amount of calories?
  • BossLadyDSimp
    BossLadyDSimp Posts: 257 Member
    I have the same issue ... I have a LOT of weight to lose. What everyone else said is the general answer that I receive. Our bodies dont do an input/output computation that says ok this much in, this much out = weight loss every time ... my body is ALL OVER THE PLACE ... Just keep it up and the scale will catch up!!

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  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    OP, you've only been logging anything since last week. Why don't you log everything, weigh and measure and net your required calories. Come back in a month.


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    good luck!


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet?hl=road+map
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    Your metabolism could be in starvation mode if you are eating below your calorie limit. This can cause your body to create fat stores because it is in defense mode. I advise that you up your cals.....

    Are you serious? In what universe does eating too little make one GAIN weight? This is ridiculous.

    OP - You are likely not tracking your intake correctly or you are overestimating your calorie burn. You didn't give us much information about your situation, but my suggestion would be to begin weighing your food with a food scale, be completely honest with your diary, and if you are eating back your exercise calories, perhaps only eat back 75% of them instead of 100%. The simple answer is: you are probably not losing weight because you are not currently eating at a deficit.

    I thought that we were all adults here. If you don't agree with my advice, OK. How about just give your own advice instead of bashing mine. Thanks.

    You told someone gaining weight to eat even more.

    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
    Yes, I did. That is because I went through this before as my body was not getting enough nutrients. I up'ed my caloric in take by 100 calories and I began to see weight loss again. I also gave other good advice, which others have seemed to over look. Op already said that starvation mode is not her situation and that is OK.
  • RoseTears143
    RoseTears143 Posts: 1,121 Member
    I agree with some of the others - for myself my weight can fluctuate 3-7 lbs in a day depending on what I eat or drink. I've weighed myself enough to see that my body has a pattern - I usual reach my weekly low around Sunday which I use as my weigh-in day, by Tuesday or Wednesday I can be up 3-5 lbs depending on if I allowed myself a lot of sodium and sugar on an "eat what I want day" or I had a particularly tough weight day and I hold water weight like crazy in my sore swollen muscles (I personally love those days), and then it comes off again and I have my weekly "whoosh" effect by weigh-in day.

    Don't get upset over gaining for a few days in a row. There could be several factors playing into it. There is a ton of great nutrition advice being offered in these forums, you just have to sift through it and find what works for you.

    Don't be discouraged, keep on keepin on. :flowerforyou:

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