If every day were like today.. (Question)

LavenderBouquet

So, I have not been so great with my calorie limits for approximately the past 3 weeks and have gathered enough of a surplus each week to constitute a weight gain (~3000 calories). However, I haven't gained anything, and I'm curious as to the accuracy of the lose weight calories, maintenance calories, and estimated change in 5 weeks. Is this just not accurate for me and I can eat more without gaining, or in the next two weeks will I pop on 10lbs all of a sudden lol

Sorry if this seems silly, I searched around a bit but couldn't find anything :blushing:

isabelk

Based on my personal experience, please be very assiduous in logging calories in and calories out.

I lost enough weight a year ago to no longer be 'overweight' on a BMI chart. Now, one year later, I see the weight creeping back up (by 2 or 3 pounds). But really, this represents several weeks, even months, of eating more calories than I need for maintenance.

If I wanted to lose more weight, it would take several more months to lose even three pounds: I lose about half a pound a week with diet and exercise. I know this because when I was losing, I logged everything I ate and used a heart-rate monitor during exercise. The closer you are to goal weight, the slower your weight loss is.

On the other hand, it was easy at first to think that by lowering my calories even more or by not eating back exercise calories, I would lose weight faster. This was not my experience. If you were eating too few calories, then by adding some back in you might have more energy and you might lose weight as your metabolism resets.

Basically, keep weighing in, log like crazy and see how it works out for you. Just be honest with yourself: if you are gaining weight call it like it is! If you are maintaining or losing, that is great!

LavenderBouquet

Thanks I'm curious as to other people's opinions on this. I always thought of a generic calorie number not really making sense when some people's metabolism and bodily functioning can be so different.