Maintaining while gaining?

aniazawadzki

Hi so I am trying the whole banking calories method and it makes me wonder if It is water weight or actual weight gain? I drink about 20 bottles a day of water but I do eat a lot of sodium, I've saved up maintenance calories but the scale each week goes up. Pound? But then lowers but I have not seen yet my weight when I started, it's been close though. And Sundays are those cheat days but this week was Monday is that going to throw off my maintenance?

Smiles_And_Pizza

I'd love to help but your diary is closed so I can't see what might have caused the gain.
Every body is different so different maintenance techniques work for different people.
Banking calories may work for others, but it may not work for you if it's causing you to gain.

You didn't give exact details but it doesn't sound like you've gained much since your lowest weight.
Do you have a maintenance range? allowing yourself a cushion usually helps for the banking calories technique.

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but if this technique is causing you to gain more than you would like, clearly it's not the maintenance technique for you and you should try something else.

dannylightning

allot of sodium is not good at all, and it could be that your still eating more calories than you need to be for your level of physical activity. the numbers you get on here are just a guide line, the website cant actually know how many calories you burn off in a day, it can only guess going on the little bit of information you give it and than you need to adjust those numbers as you go.

i make my diet, i eat the same boring bland foods every day and that does not bother me., ill check my weight every 2 weeks and adjust again if needed. if packing on muscle you will often weight more so its better to check your body fat instead of the number on the scale. if one lb of muscle is the size if your fist one lb of fat is the size of 3 fist. so if your are gaining muscle you will often see a weight gain even if you are dropping fat.

but loosing body fat all boils down to getting your diet right and adjusting your diet as needed. remember just because the website tells you you need XXXXX amount of calories does not mean it is 100% correct. the other thing is what you are eating can also make a huge difference. getting your calories from lousy food will often have lousy effects. getting your calories from healthy food will often give you much better results.

you really need to cut out sodium and things like soda pop that are full of sugar, stay away from the artificial sweeteners too those do more harm than good.

i eat mostly, rice, eggs, chicken, veggies, oatmeal and black beans.

MargaretSobers

It may be water weight. If you're trying to maintain weight it can be possible that your muscle have absorbed water. Don't eat more sodium as it is not good for the body. You have to check your body fat percentage then compare it with previous months fat results. The main reason for gaining water weight is eating too much salt, sugar and dehydration. Table salt is the most common reason for water weight.

nxd10

Water weight goes up and down or stays the same.

If you're going up every week you're gaining weight and need to net less.

nxd10

BTW Margaret Sober . . .

My husband has high blood pressure and has to be very careful with sodium. I live by those nutrition labels. Oddly enough, with processed food, it almost seems as if when you can SEE the salt it has lower sodium than if you can't. Potato chips have less salt than a lot of breads. Rice vinegars, soda, bread, sausages, CHICK PEAS . . . All have really high levels of sodium. Olives or a few pickles on a burger . . .

Table salt is the least of it.