Aggravated.

PenguinPrincess

After reading many people's posts about getting over their plateau by eating more I decided to attempt this to get over mine. I changed my weight loss to 1lb a week and ate at those calorie goals instead of what I had been eating at. I not only didn't lose weight, I gained it. Is this normal when you make such a change? It's only been two weeks since I did this so maybe I just need to continue it? Seeing a gain on the scale was really aggravating though.

LittleMissDoll

I think if you increase your calories for a few days and then go back to what you were doing before, it jump starts your body out of the plateau, you could just be retaining more water as well, I wouldn't worry about it

psuLemon

After reading many people's posts about getting over their plateau by eating more I decided to attempt this to get over mine. I changed my weight loss to 1lb a week and ate at those calorie goals instead of what I had been eating at. I not only didn't lose weight, I gained it. Is this normal when you make such a change? It's only been two weeks since I did this so maybe I just need to continue it? Seeing a gain on the scale was really aggravating though.

When you make dramatic changes, it's common to see weight gain of up to 5 lbs. You really need to monitor for a month. Also, do you workout. If so, do you eat back at least part of those calories?

PenguinPrincess

I work out 6 days a week, and yes I do eat at least half of them back. Sometimes more.

psuLemon

I work out 6 days a week, and yes I do eat at least half of them back. Sometimes more.

Can you open your diary? We can evaluate it. Also, how are you calculating your exercise calories?

erickirb

After reading many people's posts about getting over their plateau by eating more I decided to attempt this to get over mine. I changed my weight loss to 1lb a week and ate at those calorie goals instead of what I had been eating at. I not only didn't lose weight, I gained it. Is this normal when you make such a change? It's only been two weeks since I did this so maybe I just need to continue it? Seeing a gain on the scale was really aggravating though.

Yes a gain usually happens if you were underfeeding yourself then increase calories.

FYI with only 13lbs to go your goal should really be 0.5lb/week loss, this way you will avoid losing a large % of lean muscle. The best way to increase calories is add 100 cals to your goal and stay there for 3-4 weeks then up it by another 100, until you get to your new intake.

psuLemon

After reading many people's posts about getting over their plateau by eating more I decided to attempt this to get over mine. I changed my weight loss to 1lb a week and ate at those calorie goals instead of what I had been eating at. I not only didn't lose weight, I gained it. Is this normal when you make such a change? It's only been two weeks since I did this so maybe I just need to continue it? Seeing a gain on the scale was really aggravating though.

Yes a gain usually happens if you were underfeeding yourself then increase calories.

FYI with only 13lbs to go your goal should really be 0.5lb/week loss, this way you will avoid losing a large % of lean muscle. The best way to increase calories is add 100 cals to your goal and stay there for 3-4 weeks then up it by another 100, until you get to your new intake.

Great catch Eric, I didn't even notice her ticker.