I could cry right now-weight gain

Anthonydaman

It could just be water weight from the high sodium content of the fast food. Similar thing happened to me, ate some salty stuff, drank a lot of water, gained three pounds. Weighed myself the next day and I was back to normal .Dry those eyes girl, you are gonna be just fine.

Lane1012

just something to consider .. when my wife's cycle arrives she'll put on 3-5 pounds quickly and it comes right back off when it's passed .. don't know if that may be a factor but I've seen it happen.

MamaSonyaP

Sounds like a big poop is coming up!
In a couple days, there's no way you could've gained 4 lbs. Weigh yourself every week, at the same time during the day. Keep your salt low, water high and eat right...limit your processed foods. Are you getting your period soon? Your body will hold on to water before your monthly. Wait a couple of days, and keep staying strong. Don't stress, you WILL do this!

kabloozi

Gonna weigh myself after my monthly friend is over...I was unhappy lately also when there is success and then That! I hear ya. Do what u feel right. Keep our calories at what is comfortable. Good luck dear.

karylee44

Thanks for the advice guys, I did about three hours of walking today and I'll be doing two workouts tomorrow. I just need to make sure I don't weigh myself for a week at least to save myself this trauma in future lol. I understand that weight is not the only way of knowing if you've lost but when you gain 4Ibs in 2 days its very alarming so I hope its just the usual thing of women retaining water monthly etc.

interesting.. im right there with you right now.. and gained 3 pounds in just one day! i got all swelled up like a pufferfish.. it was waterweight and came off.. but im very frustrated right now...

IvoryParchment

I weigh every day, but because I do, I know not to take 4 lbs in 2 days seriously.

You ate fast food? It's full of salt. Be happy you didn't gain 10 lbs.

Eat low, low sodium foods for a couple days, and watch how fast that weight comes off.

But it's meaningless -- water comes and goes. It has nothing to do with your fat loss.

You just joined in January. People get into these panics when they are unsure whether they are going to succeed. You are. But it will be very slow. That's the way it works. Anything that appears to happen fast isn't real.

CharityEaton

I weigh every day, but because I do, I know not to take 4 lbs in 2 days seriously.

You ate fast food? It's full of salt. Be happy you didn't gain 10 lbs.

Eat low, low sodium foods for a couple days, and watch how fast that weight comes off.

But it's meaningless -- water comes and goes. It has nothing to do with your fat loss.

You just joined in January. People get into these panics when they are unsure whether they are going to succeed. You are. But it will be very slow. That's the way it works. Anything that appears to happen fast isn't real.

YES! this exactly! This is what I was trying to say too! You WILL be successful as long as you keep at it. I have learned so much in the past few months and believe me "listen to your body" is for real.....you think you are doing it now but you will be surprised at how much more clearly you can understand your body in a few short months!
Hang in there, drink some water and weight if you must but don't take it to seriously!

funkycamper

1. Are you sure your maintenance is 1500?
2. How long have you been eating at that amount for?
3. Have you been eating your exercise calories or not? (If so, might have gained weight because of that if you ate them *all* back just because of inaccuracies and gone over maintenance)
4. 3 weeks isn't really that long, I would hesitate to even call that a plateau.
5. If it was 4 pounds in 2 days, guarantee you most of that, if not all, is water weight and should level out over the next few days as long as you stay at maintenance and drink plenty of water.

I'm 5.7 and weigh 167 Ibs, using the tool on here it says: Your estimated BMR is: 1,520 calories/day*. I've been eating maintenance for 5 days now, before that it was 7 weeks of 1200 calories. Then for 3 weeks I was stuck on the weight I am now...well not including the 4ibs that might be water. I usually end up about 50-100 calories under when I'm trying to eat my exercise calories.

Height 5.7"
Start Weight: 12.9 stone
Current Weight: 11.13 Stone
Ideal Weight: 10 Stone
BMI: 26
Ideal BMI: 22

Your BMR is the number of calories your body needs each day so that your organs can run properly. Heart, brain, lungs, digestive system, pancreas, liver, yada yada. If you are eating 1200 calories per day, you are eating so far under maintenance or a safe deficit level that you are in danger of damaging your metabolism. Believe me, I've been there and done it. As have many other people here at MFP until they learned more.

I suggest you raise your calories to your BMR+exercise calories. It's OK to only eat about 70-80% of your exercise calories in order to account for errors in recording food intake or estimations of calorie burns. For awhile, you might not lose and you might even gain a couple of pounds but then the weight should start falling off.

Even better, if you do have a splurge meal, your body will be less likely to hold onto those calories because your body is getting properly nourished. You are simply eating below what is healthy for your body at 1200/day.

I also suggest you go to the top of this forum and read all the stickies. Lots of good information there.

spamvicious

Thanks for all the amazing replies! I'm obviously still confused about some stuff but I'm gonna read some more articles and re educate myself. Thanks again

mp13cat

Do not make weight your ultimate bench mark of how your doing.

^ This

welloiledmachine

I would consider getting an HRM. If those exercise calories are off, that can really effect your overall numbers. It's all about calories in verses calories out. You need to have a 3500 calorie deficit for the week in order to lose 1 pound. It is best to only lose between 1/2-2 pounds per week. So basically you need a 500 calorie deficit every day to lose one pound. That's why those numbers need to be pretty accurate. You will never get exact numbers, but as long as you have numbers to go by then you can adjust accordingly.
I hope this helps and like a lot of posters said. Processed foods and fast foods are extremely high in sodium and stays in your body for up to 2-3 days. Make sure you drink plenty of water and get some weight lifting in there too.

Amylind13

I think it can depend on what you eat. I can eat pizza and gain 3-5 lbs the next day. It could also be water-retention from hormones. I would drink lots of water and cut the salt. :~)

Amylind13

3. I've been there not too long ago but look at my ticker.....almost THIRTY pounds gone since July. It WILL happen but only if you keep at it no matter what! The weight goes up and the weight goes down. Look at it from month to month not day to day!
If, at the end of the month you have lost weight then you are going in the right direction. How MUCH weight doesn't matter. All that matters is that it slowly keeps coming off.
I can lose anywhere from 2-4 pounds in a weeks time. I started out this Monday at 139.8. Wed. weighed 135.8 today weighed 136.4.....see! It happens to all of us when we watch our weight every single day BUT at the end of this month I will have lost at least 2 pounds...hopefully 3 to hit my goal! : )
Hang in there, eat healthy, exercise and forget about it!
It takes time!

Great Advice! Very encouraging! Thanks! I needed to hear that, I tend to weigh daily, multiple times a day, but have determined to only count it weekly. It never occurred to me to count it monthly. I think I'm gonna print your post and hang it above the scale! :happy:

nowucme

You said you use a lot of processed foods and they usually contain too much salt. Try to cook fresh more often and maybe add sodium content to your food tracker. I have only been here three days and already had some surprises with the food tracker!

xTenaciousJx

just like most have said...if you ate fast food last night its HIGH in sodium~ this makes you retain WATER weight. drink tons and tons of water and the next few days very low sodium foods and the weight will go down. try not to eat processed foods etc. also eating a few bananas helps w/ the sodium (potassium).

good luck and dont freak out! drink lots and lots (half your body weight in oz.)

dannyarguello

Thanks for all the amazing replies! I'm obviously still confused about some stuff but I'm gonna read some more articles and re educate myself. Thanks again

i suggest reading this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr

Ohjeezitskim

I know when my mom and dad started dieting they tried the NO carb two week thing and within a week of eat zero carbs, they dropped between 5-8 pounds a week. After the two weeks of no carbs, they started going back into it but eating things with low carbs, like breads, pastas, sweet potatoes instead of potatoes, and even a milk that has a lot less carbs than regular 2% milk and taste great. But now they don't pay to much attention to it and I hear my mom complaining about weight gain... but good luck on losing more weight!

gogojodee

I totally feel ya. I gained a pound since my last weigh in a week ago. I haven't been eating much because I don't get hungry hungry and my schedule has been insane messy and what not. Oh well. I feel your pain, unfortunately. I've been this same weight for about almost 2 wks.

Lab2809

I've been stuck at my current weight for nearly 3 weeks after losing 12Ibs. I was only eating 1200 calories for the first 7 weeks, so users on here suggested eating my maintenance weight of 1500 calories as well as working out. I just weighed myself, first thing in the morning and it says I've gained 4Ibs, I'm actually in tears now. I realised that I was still eating a lot of processed food (but still under or at calorie goal) so tried to cut that out in the last few days, slowly but surely.

I've been really good, exercising three times a week and eating at maintenance for a week. The only exception was last night when I had some fast food whilst out but I left over 900 calories remaining to cover this.

I feel like not eating anything now

I'm really hoping this might be water retention, as I weighed myself 2 days ago and was still at the plateau weight, so 4Ibs in 2 days seems excessive?

I recently went through the same thing. I decided to up my protein and calories because I'm working out a bit more. I was stuck for 2 weeks at the same weight and then I put on 4lbs. I then upped my water intake a little. When I weighed myself a week later, I lost 6.8lbs.

But I suppose my point is that it is more than likely not fat weight gain and is water retention. Drinking more water and eating more natural diuretics as snacks (watermelon, cucumbers, etc.) helped me out quite a bit.