HELP!

LuluGirl140
LuluGirl140 Posts: 364 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been working out consistently for a month, and counting calories as well, and I gained a little over 6 lbs!! What am I doing wrong?

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  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    You could not be working out hard enough. I see plenty of people who think working out is 20 minutes toodling around on an eliptical, and they wonder why they never lose weight.
    You could also be gaining muscle. If you're clothing is fitting better, than the number on the scale isn't that important.

    You could also be underestimating the calories you are eating. I have heard that people underestimate how much they are actually eating by up to twice the amount, so use measuring cups for a while to train your eyes to the amounts you should be eating.
  • liscar
    liscar Posts: 311 Member
    what kind of exercise are you doing and how long?

    Are you eating your calories that you start the day with AND all your exercise calories?

    Do you use a heart rate monitor - best thing ever happened to me :) it will tell you how many calories you burned because it is monitoring YOU not a guess-ta-mate

    Are you drinking a bunch of water?

    Can you open your diary so we can look?
  • carrieloveshk
    carrieloveshk Posts: 128 Member
    I'm with rc630, either you're gaining muscle, or you need to work out in a smarter way. Writing down what you eat helps you with the counting calories in case that's where you're messing up.

    Have you considered your scale may be broken? I know it sounds silly, but that could also be an issue. If none of the above sound possible, then maybe you should talk this out with a doctor.

    Best of luck.
  • LuluGirl140
    LuluGirl140 Posts: 364 Member
    I'm doing the Insanity workouts, and I'm using the database here to get my calories eaten. I was following a 1330 calorie diet and would consistently come under by a few hundred, but then I did some research and think that wasn't enough calories. I have now modified it to 1700 calories. I have to admit I don't follow a super strict diet so maybe I'm eating the wrong kind of calories?

    I will open my diary as soon as I figure out how!

    Thank you all for your responses, I'm hoping you can shed some light on my issue!
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