Bummed out.

steffipaulina

I upped my calories last week by 100 because I thought it would help my metabolism and I hopped on the scale post workout and my weight is up 6 LBS!! I know I shouldn't weigh myself during the middle of the day but I did. This is very stressing because I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

shantizzlerose

Patience, young grass hopper.

mockchoc

NEVER weigh yourself except first thing in the morning, nude after doing a pee. You are just upsetting yourself for no good reason by doing it other times of the day. You ate, you drank by later in the day. Only do it FIRST thing in the morning ever from now on. Even then you will have days where it does up due to TOM or extra sodium etc.. better to really track over a week if you can.

Tagwild12345

Hi do you go to the gym?

whitebalance

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/993576-why-you-gain-weight-if-you-eat-more-than-your-cut
See if that resonates. But weighing in right after a workout won't give you an accurate comparison to the usual after waking up and peeing thing. You need some consistency in your weigh-in conditions if you want to draw meaning from the results. Weight can easily fluctuate by 5-6 pounds throughout the day.

steffipaulina

Hi! I do workouts at home. And I am going to weigh myself tomorrow morning after I pee. Thanks ladies!

zealey77

REALLY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! I weighed myself on Monday and I was 16 stone 11 pounds, I weighed myself again on Tuesday morning and I was 16 stone 5 pounds. Yeah right - I lost 6 pounds in a day?! It's all fluctuations, so don't sweat it. I've spent the week under calorie goal and exercising massively (for me) and now 4 days later I weigh 16 stone 4 and 3/4! So I've only lost 1/4 of a pound in 4 days, yet 6 in one day? No, it's clearly our bodies lying to us.

Weigh yourself as often as you want, I do, for fun, but I only take the true figure once a fortnight at the same time wearing the same boxer shorts.

Keep going and don't be disheartened.

Holly_Roman_Empire

I upped my calories last week by 100 because I thought it would help my metabolism and I hopped on the scale post workout and my weight is up 6 LBS!! I know I shouldn't weigh myself during the middle of the day but I did. This is very stressing because I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

I bolded the part where you went wrong. Don't weigh yourself after a workout. You will almost always weigh more at that time.

steffipaulina

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/993576-why-you-gain-weight-if-you-eat-more-than-your-cut
See if that resonates. But weighing in right after a workout won't give you an accurate comparison to the usual after waking up and peeing thing. You need some consistency in your weigh-in conditions if you want to draw meaning from the results. Weight can easily fluctuate by 5-6 pounds throughout the day.

Thanks for the link! I found this quite helpful!
I'm not feeling so bummed.

navyrigger46

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

steffipaulina

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

I've been burning about 400-900 with exercise and eating 1550-2000. My appetite won't allow me to eat anymore.

navyrigger46

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

I've been burning about 400-900 with exercise and eating 1550-2000. My appetite won't allow me to eat anymore.

Nope, not buying it. Peanut butter and chocolate milk, one serving of each is 200 calories give or take, have both together. I'm not saying you have to eat back all your exercise calories, but you do need to get 25-50% of them. You're netting too low.

Rigger

sjaplo

I upped my calories last week by 100 because I thought it would help my metabolism and I hopped on the scale post workout and my weight is up 6 LBS!! I know I shouldn't weigh myself during the middle of the day but I did. This is very stressing because I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

I bolded the part where you went wrong. Don't weigh yourself after a workout. You will almost always weigh more at that time.

Why would you weigh more after a work out? I weigh myself before and after a long run to get a guage of how much fluid I need to put back in the system. I'm usually down anywhere up to two lbs. Weds morning is the only weight measurement I take seriously - far enough away from the week end to be an accurate portrayal.

FJDodd

Have you ever taken the time to actually weigh the fluid you put into your system throughout the course of the day? I am supposed to drink 62oz of water every day. That is about 4 pounds of water. If I work out, I should drink more water. Then count how much the food you are ingesting weighs. etc. Relax and remember to weigh yourself when you wake up, after your body has had the time to metabolize everything you put into it!

psuLemon

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

I've been burning about 400-900 with exercise and eating 1550-2000. My appetite won't allow me to eat anymore.

More calorie dense foods help. Avocado, nuts, cheese, protein shakes, protein bars, high calorie cuts of meats, full fat dairy, etc..


Also, how do you measure calories expended? Its very very difficult to burn 900 calories, especially for a women.

steffipaulina

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

I've been burning about 400-900 with exercise and eating 1550-2000. My appetite won't allow me to eat anymore.

More calorie dense foods help. Avocado, nuts, cheese, protein shakes, protein bars, high calorie cuts of meats, full fat dairy, etc..


Also, how do you measure calories expended? Its very very difficult to burn 900 calories, especially for a women.

900 calories is my max I burn and it's from hrs of exercise over the day. I do high intensitry aerobics, HIIT and jogging.

And I also use a HRM.

steffipaulina

I've been netting REALLY low numbers for the past couple weeks. WTF!

Why?, and no wonder.

Rigger

I've been burning about 400-900 with exercise and eating 1550-2000. My appetite won't allow me to eat anymore.

Nope, not buying it. Peanut butter and chocolate milk, one serving of each is 200 calories give or take, have both together. I'm not saying you have to eat back all your exercise calories, but you do need to get 25-50% of them. You're netting too low.

Rigger

I have already upped my calories by 100. Eating at 1650-2000 calories I am eating calorie dense food. I eat peanut butter everyday, along with a ton of other high calorie things.

psuLemon

Why don't you open your food diary? Also, do you own a food scale?


BTW, when you change something, you need to give it a month to test results.

steffipaulina

Why don't you open your food diary? Also, do you own a food scale?


BTW, when you change something, you need to give it a month to test results.

I just bought a food scale a couple weeks ago. I'm thinking of removing dairy from my diet and lowering sugar intake? It's been a month and I've seen no changes - I have the same measurements - clothes just feel tighter right now.

psuLemon

Why don't you open your food diary? Also, do you own a food scale?


BTW, when you change something, you need to give it a month to test results.

I just bought a food scale a couple weeks ago. I'm thinking of removing dairy from my diet and lowering sugar intake? It's been a month and I've seen no changes - I have the same measurements - clothes just feel tighter right now.

pending calories are maintained, lowering sugar and cutting dairy will do absolutely nothing. Have you used that food scale religious? And can you open that food diary?

Without seeing your diary, I can't analyze the issue.

steffipaulina

Why don't you open your food diary? Also, do you own a food scale?


BTW, when you change something, you need to give it a month to test results.

I just bought a food scale a couple weeks ago. I'm thinking of removing dairy from my diet and lowering sugar intake? It's been a month and I've seen no changes - I have the same measurements - clothes just feel tighter right now.

pending calories are maintained, lowering sugar and cutting dairy will do absolutely nothing. Have you used that food scale religious? And can you open that food diary?

Without seeing your diary, I can't analyze the issue.

WIth the exeption of a meal or two on Tuesdays I eat all my meals at home. I make everything myself and weigh it first.

& my diary is open

psuLemon

The only thing I would suggest is replacing some carbs with protein. And for exercise, I would suggest dropping some cardio for resistance/weight training. But what are your goals and stats?

steffipaulina

The only thing I would suggest is replacing some carbs with protein. And for exercise, I would suggest dropping some cardio for resistance/weight training. But what are your goals and stats?

I want to get into weight training but I am very weak so I'm starting out with doing resistance with my body weight. i.e half push ups, ect.

Do you think I should keep on doing that or just add weights in there?

Currently I am 140, 5'3 and my goal is 128

psuLemon

The only thing I would suggest is replacing some carbs with protein. And for exercise, I would suggest dropping some cardio for resistance/weight training. But what are your goals and stats?

I want to get into weight training but I am very weak so I'm starting out with doing resistance with my body weight. i.e half push ups, ect.

Do you think I should keep on doing that or just add weights in there?

Currently I am 140, 5'3 and my goal is 128

Since you are weak, it's even more of a reason to start weight training or at least resistance training. What I personally would suggest is setting calories at 1800, macros at 40% carbs, 30% protein and fats. I would do 3-4 days of resistance training and 2 days of HIIT. With very little to lose, it's going to be slow... about 1/2 to 1 lb per week max. At this point, you really should concentrate on muscle retention and purely on fat loss. Since muscle is lean and tight, the more you have, the skinnier you can be. It's actually the reason you can gain 10 lbs of muscle and lose inches.

Personally, I would suggest starting with 5 or 10 lb weights while working on your form. But once your form is good, go heavier so you can get strong.

steffipaulina

That sounds good. I'm just worried my weight will sky rocket eating at 1800 due to my metabolism and the damage I've done to it.

My long term goal is to get into weight training with little cardio but I just don't know where to start.

For someone as weak as me should I just get dumbells or??

psuLemon

That sounds good. I'm just worried my weight will sky rocket eating at 1800 due to my metabolism and the damage I've done to it.

My long term goal is to get into weight training with little cardio but I just don't know where to start.

For someone as weak as me should I just get dumbells or??

Have you had metabolic testing to suggest you have metabolic damage or is that a thought? If you want to mitigate some water weight increases due to long term suppression of calories you can add 100 calories a week until you hit your calorie goal. You can also add more protein and try to hold carb levels low as increase carb consumption will increase glycogen/water storage.

Capt_Apollo

you probably DIDN'T damage your metabolism.

http://youtu.be/KA9AdlhB18o

SPNLuver83

Don't be bummed. It's water weight. It's extremely normal to see a gain after upping cals. Your body needs to adjust, especially if you've been doing very low calorie dieting.

Start with simple, basic moves as far as your weight training goes. Master them with body weight first before adding additional loads. Squats, lunges especially.