Why am I losing weight?

lilawolf

I'm 5'9 and 145ish pounds. I was trying to bulk and was eating about 2800 total calories a day or 2200 net. Is the 1600-2000 you are quoting net or total? Weight lifting 3x a week, martial arts 2x a week, and a run or a couple walks. I ended up losing weight. The weight training does more for you than mfp gives credit for I think. Also, when trying to eat a lot more than you are used to its easy to overestimate your food rather than underestimate. I'm surprised that you are having that issue since restaurants usually put more on your plate than the website calories suggest.

As for the HRM: That won't help in the slightest with lifting. Incredibly inaccurate for anything other than steady state cardio.

I would bump your calories by 1-200 a day each week until you find your maintenance and then start gaining. Keep up the lifting as you gain and you will look and feel great!

ETA: Congrats on feeling better! I guess I should have read everything not just the few responses before adding my .02.

geebusuk

As mentioned - weights boosted my BMR measured the next morning to around 2400.
Wasn't even that great a session either (I had a day pass in a gym I'd never used, so wasn't going to REALLY push myself and had to use a smith machine too).
That was for me at around 180lb I think.

Huffdogg

I just can't imagine eating more than I have been. I feel so stuffed all the time.

You need to start getting more calorie-dense foods. Nuts and nut butters, oils when you cook meals or add olive oil to a shake, fatty fish, beef, etc.

Huffdogg

Because too much body fat, the body can not stand will get sick, lose weight down, healthy and slim body Oh!

o_O

jillymurdoch

Are you looking too much into it? At my normal weight of 115 (currently pregnant) I can fluctuate 3 or 4 pounds a day depending on diet, water retention, etc.