grrrr, im gaining!!!!

momma2boys0609

please, what in the world am i doing wrong! I started logging EVERYTHING I EAT AND DRINK and now Im gaining again. I havent started formal exercise yet because I dont have a lot of time or energy after a full day of school, clinicals, taking care of teh kids, housework, homework, etc. I thought I could lose a little just by changing my ways, but IM gaining. Maintaining is frustrationg enough, but to be gaining. Ive put on 3.5lbs. What is going on? IM going to buy Jari Loves Ripped 1000 calorie workout and Julian mIchaels 30 day shred. I really hope it works!!!!!! HElp me, IM tempted to go back to the starvation diet....aka ana

lotusfromthemud

How often are you weighing yourself?

Are you eating all of your calories? (and where are your goals set. . .the less you have to lose, the less aggressive they should be)

How much sodium are you taking in?

and

Are you near your TOM?:flowerforyou:

jesp1216

you may be gaining muscle weight? if your not weighing yourself at the same time it cud just be fluctuating

mrsyac2

you may be gaining muscle weight? if your not weighing yourself at the same time it cud just be fluctuating

curious how would she gain muscle if she isn't working out?

momma2boys0609

Im weighing myself everyday though I am trying not to. I should start around the 6th of August. Some days Im right on with my calories and other days I am a bit below. If I was working out or lifting weights I would think that maybe its the muscle thing, but I havent been doing any regular exercise. I was just trying to develope a healthy relationship with food first. I need to get down to 155-145. ARIght now, after the birth of my 2nd child and being diagnosed with hypothyroidism I am at 209. I was 242ish when I deleivered and last Saturday I was down to 206.2, but now Im back to 209. Im really struggling to get below 200. Im trying to think about my 60lbs weight loss in 10lb incriments, but sometimes I struggle with looking at the whole picture. That is scary and poverwhelming

mrsyac2

weight fluctuates daily- make sure you aren't weighing in daily- keep it to once a week.

lotusfromthemud

The weight training will cause you to retain water and glycogen immediately afterwards, so that's perfectly normal.

Are you on meds for the thyroid issue? Because if that's not all the way under control, that will of course hinder your progress.

Although 3 pounds is discouraging, just be aware that the average body can fluctuate 5-7 pounds in a given day. If you've had issues with your relationship with food in the past, you may want to seriously consider stepping away from the scale. In my latest blog post, I go into some more detail about why.

stormieweather

Were you starving yourself before starting here? Ie: Less than 1200 a day?

femmerides

were you starving yourself before you started tracking all your calories on here? if so, you're going to gain a few pounds right off the bat but once your body realizes you're not starving it anymore, it'll start letting go of some of the weight. it takes a while but if you are consistent and really focus on putting only healthy things in your body, you WILL lose weight. :flowerforyou:

momma2boys0609

I struggled with anorexia for about 5 yrs between jr high and college and then when something traumatic I went the other way and binged and purged via diet pills and laxatives. The healthiest Ive ever eatten was probably during my 2 pregnancies and thats because my children are my world and I was eatting for them. LAtely, Ive been eatting healthy some days, starving on others, and binging on others. Ths ppast week has been the best Ive done in a while on being pretty healthy and consistent. I am currently on Levothyroxine for my thyroid and have been for about 4-5 months. I want to be healthy for life, but my head and my past struggles keep getting the best of me.

swtally80

I too started around 242 and it seem I got stuck for a while right around 206 and the weighloss slowed a lot at that point also. Hypothyroidism is also a sticky issue with weighloss u have to plan a very slow road I've heard anyhow...

momma2boys0609

Maybe I just need to do the workouts and the eatting both. I was trying to start with one, conquer it, and move on to the next. Maybe I just need to suck it up and work on both together. Im gonna go put the kids down for a nap and do Jillian Michael's NO more Trouble Spots. Im also thinking of ChaLEAN, 30 day shred, and Ripped by Jari Love. They look like they really encourage the weight training & weights which I know will really burn the fat and rev up my metabolism.(Which I am sure Ive damaged from my bad habits) I hope I can still reverse it. Any thoughts on the best workout videos that are really gonna push me. THanks for your support. I will be sure to take all your thoughts and sggestions and do something with them. I'm going to conquer this challange.

BrendaLee

You can't weigh yourself every day- you can be up 5 pounds on any given day, and it can be gone the next. Keep your weigh-ins to once every week or 2, and always at the same time of day (like in the AM before you eat).

You're not tracking your sugar, but looking at your food diary it looks like it's loaded with sugar. Take a look at your food for yesterday, each meal looks like it's pretty high in sugar. Though I doubt that's responsible for any weight gain this early in the game, it's worth tracking.

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If you're new to working out, start slow and easy. When you do start your exercise plan, make sure you're eating back most of the calories you're burning in your workout. If you stick with the guidelines here at MFP, you will see the weight come off, but it's not going to be huge losses- 1-2 pounds/ week which is a healthy weight loss.

momma2boys0609

Is there a way to track my sugar on here?
Also, I used to work out all hrs of the day: weight training, step aerobics, swimming, running, kickboxing, etc. ITs been a couple years or so though, due to a full scheduele and adult responibilities.

BrendaLee

My Home/ Settings/ Diary Settings << You can track your sugar.

momma2boys0609

WOW! I did jsut that and my sugar is way over the goal that they suggest. Is 26grams reasonable though. I looked and a bowl of Special k with skim milk and some applesauce for the day and all of my sugars are spent.

ivykivy

Sugar or any other component really shouldn't have an effect especially when you're eating 1200 calories. Unless you're a diabetic.

I'm hypothyroid myself . I found when I eat less than my BMR my weight loss will slow or stall and my TSH will fall. I started eating at least my BMR and only have a small deficit (500 or less) my TSH is back up to 1.26 from 2.0. So that is something you may want to consider. Yes I could lose two pounds a week but now I know my weight loss will stall after a couple of weeks if I try. So I just try to be happy with 1 pound a week and realize I get to my goal when I get to it no matter how long it takes.

PS.
Please Step Away From The Scale. Throw it out. Go to your doctor's office every two weeks and weight if necessary.

momma2boys0609

IvyKivy,
I calculated my BMR and it said 1702. I was trying to stick between 1200 and 1300 calories a day because I thought the fewer I ate(but atleast 1000) the more weight I would lose. IT sounds like from what you are syaing, with our throid conditiom that it does quite the opposite. So our thyroid needs more claories to keep our metabolism where it needs to be? What do you think about having some higher calorie days and some lower calorie days like 1300-1400 one day and 1500-1700 the next. Will that state of confusion help or make things worse? IM just so scared to eat my BMR which is 1702. That sounds like a lot of calories, especially if Im not working out a whole lot yet. THanks for the info.

stormieweather

Read this: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/core_march_8.htm


Specifically, going from eating nowhere near enough like 700 calories a day, to eating a heatlhy enough amount to lose weight:

momma2boys0609

Thanks StormyWeather

BrendaLee

Sugar or any other component really shouldn't have an effect especially when you're eating 1200 calories. Unless you're a diabetic.

I think when anything is glaringly out of balance in our diets, it's probably having some negative effect. If you're only eating 1200 calories, you would want those 1200 to be packed with nutrition. We're all trying to develop a healthier relationship with food, and breaking the sugar addiction is one step.

ivykivy

If you levels are the correct ones for you, you can it 1200 cals just not for an extended period of time or your levels (if you are like me) will drop. Everybody is different. But eating low calories for an extended period of time will cause a drop in metabolism for anyone but it is harder in the hypothyriod and you will see a weight gain.

If you going to up your calories try 50-100 every week-10 days. According to the You doctors you body doesn't notice (won't react) if you shave or increase calories by 100 or less.

Calorie shifting is a good idea. Once every 8-10 days I'll leave a additional 500 calories on top of my 400 cal deficit but I try not to do it often.

IvyKivy,
I calculated my BMR and it said 1702. I was trying to stick between 1200 and 1300 calories a day because I thought the fewer I ate(but atleast 1000) the more weight I would lose. IT sounds like from what you are syaing, with our throid conditiom that it does quite the opposite. So our thyroid needs more claories to keep our metabolism where it needs to be? What do you think about having some higher calorie days and some lower calorie days like 1300-1400 one day and 1500-1700 the next. Will that state of confusion help or make things worse? IM just so scared to eat my BMR which is 1702. That sounds like a lot of calories, especially if Im not working out a whole lot yet. THanks for the info.

BrendaLee

IvyKivy,
I calculated my BMR and it said 1702. I was trying to stick between 1200 and 1300 calories a day because I thought the fewer I ate(but atleast 1000) the more weight I would lose. IT sounds like from what you are syaing, with our throid conditiom that it does quite the opposite. So our thyroid needs more claories to keep our metabolism where it needs to be? What do you think about having some higher calorie days and some lower calorie days like 1300-1400 one day and 1500-1700 the next. Will that state of confusion help or make things worse? IM just so scared to eat my BMR which is 1702. That sounds like a lot of calories, especially if Im not working out a whole lot yet. THanks for the info.

You would only eat 1700 calories if your goal was to maintain your current weight. To lose 1 pound/ week, you would eat 1200 (BMR - 500) calories and no less.

momma2boys0609

Thank You Everyone,
All of your sgguestions and info. is making sense to me.

neenaleigh

Im weighing myself everyday though I am trying not to.

quit it! i did the same thing and discouraged myself into eating more. Stop! I now weigh myself once a week and its getting easier to walk by the scale!

ivykivy

But 1200 calories is not enough nutrition for the average person period so even if you eat 1200 totally nutritious calories you still will be missing something. That is why multivitamins are recommended.

I wasn't aware she had a sugar addiction I didn't see it in her post.

Sugar or any other component really shouldn't have an effect especially when you're eating 1200 calories. Unless you're a diabetic.

I think when anything is glaringly out of balance in our diets, it's probably having some negative effect. If you're only eating 1200 calories, you would want those 1200 to be packed with nutrition. We're all trying to develop a healthier relationship with food, and breaking the sugar addiction is one step.

ivykivy

Also I think people are confused about how many calories a person uses.

TDEE Total Daily Energy Expenditure = BMR + Calories you burn doing daily activities (bathing dressing working talking sitting etc) + your excercise.

Your BMR IS calories burned if you were in a coma.

BMR is the minimum amount of calories you need to stay alive if you were in a coma.

So if you subtract calories from your BMR you are cheating yourself out of 500 extra calories.

lotusfromthemud

Also I think people are confused about how many calories a person uses.

TDEE Total Daily Energy Expenditure = BMR + Calories you burn doing daily activities (bathing dressing working talking sitting etc) + your excercise.

Your BMR IS calories burned if you were in a coma.

BMR is the minimum amount of calories you need to stay alive if you were in a coma.

So if you subtract calories from your BMR you are cheating yourself out of 500 extra calories.

I was just about to correct that myself. It's a common error, and one that can lead to trouble. :flowerforyou:

BrendaLee

Also I think people are confused about how many calories a person uses.

TDEE Total Daily Energy Expenditure = BMR + Calories you burn doing daily activities (bathing dressing working talking sitting etc) + your excercise.

Your BMR IS calories burned if you were in a coma.

BMR is the minimum amount of calories you need to stay alive if you were in a coma.

So if you subtract calories from your BMR you are cheating yourself out of 500 extra calories.

I was just about to correct that myself. It's a common error, and one that can lead to trouble. :flowerforyou:

I would like to correct myself as well, but MFP won't let me. lol

stormieweather

This is why it is important to accurately gauge your activity level. Don't say you are Moderately active if you walk to the mailbox every day as your claim to exertion. Or claim Sedentary when you actually work two jobs and run around after three kids (like I did initially). Because these activity levels affect the calorie goals MFP sets for you to lose.

momma2boys0609

ok, well ive decided to lock up the scale until after my T.O.M. I think IM going to start weighing myself once a month right after my period. Otherwise Im afraid I will become obsessive and that gets me nowhere, except into trouble. Maybe later I will get to the point where I can weigh once a week or every other week without feeling drawn to the scale after every meal and workout. I did the Jillian MIchaels no more trouble zones this afternoon and glad I did. I really think the circuit training will really help me tone up and trim down faster. IM gonna try doing a video in the am and either treadmill or jump rope at night! I'll keep ya posted and see how it goes. Thanks Again
~~Gonna Keep Moving~~