my weight went UP.... help!

_HeartsOnFire_

I need some opinions here.. I believe this is my 35th or 36th day of straight logging on MFP and I've lost 20 lbs to date (woohoo). This morning, however, I gained .2lbs back - I know I know, not a huge deal but I haven't weighed in for 10 days. The only change from this weigh-in to the previous ones is that I started strength training 3 days a week, nothing crazy but I do 3 reps of 10 on all the weight machines in my gym. I know muscle weighs more than fat but it's been a week!!

Here are some other things because I know people will ask, hopefully I thought of everything My main thing is that I'm not weighing in for another 10 days and I want to fix whatever I'm doing wrong now so I don't "waste" 20 days.

Weight - 275
Height - 5'5"
29 year old female
Typical Monday, Wednesday, Friday workout - 45 minutes elliptical and 45 minutes strength training
Typical Tuesday, Thursday workout - 45 minute stationary bike and 45 minutes swimming
Saturday and Sunday - I take these days off but I still try to get my 10,000 steps in
Average calorie intake - 1600
I drink between 10-14 cups of water per day (I don't count milk towards that if I have cereal etc)
My diet is pretty good, I would say 70% of the time I'm good on the healthy food and 30% of the time I will have a piece of candy, some chips or mashed potatoes with dinner... nothing too major.

Am I not eating enough calories? I dunno... here's my fitbit report from last week, just can't believe I gained - I log EVERYTHING even when I don't eat what I'm supposed to.

I'm thinking you need to step back and get some perspective . You've lost 20 pounds and put on .2 pounds so you've put on a glass of water!! Your body naturally fluctuates (up to 5 pounds a day) get used to it otherwise you'll drive yourself insane

Continue what you're doing and calm down

QFT

and maybe this blog will help…

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ihad/view/the-path-of-success-631437