I gained 4 pounds this week....

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  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    OKAY.. thanks for the positive posts- it is a lot to take in and I am going to try to fix it. BUT can you guys recommend some foods to fill up my calories but NOT my carbs? That's my biggest problem and often the reason I don't eat very many calories.

    Also, the machines and MFP are all I have to go off of regarding calories burnt. I cannot afford a HRM (I'm a substitute teacher and it's summer time) but I can tell you I often work out almost 2 hours straight doing crossfit workouts monitored by my gym owner so I don't feel like the calories burnt are that far off.

    Also, I do drink lots of water in a day I just don't log it. I have a 32 oz water bottle that I drink 3-4 of per day.

    feel free to follow my diary... i eat 1700 min- 2000 calories per day... 40/40/40 split

    ummm. not to be rude, but how can you do a 40/40/40 split? 40+40+40=120 I really want to understand!
  • htolen
    htolen Posts: 28
    it takes about 3500 calories in surplus to put on a pound. So in one week I doubt you added 4(that would be 14,000 cal), if your exercising and eating only 1400 a day. Probably water weight, or just discrepancies with the accuracy of your scale. You muscles/body/bones will retain more water to help fix/repair them from exercise

    Now if that was a trend over several months then there might be something else going on. But I bet your good

    ^^this.

    I "gained" 5 pounds over the weekend, in very similar circumstances to you! But I certainly did not eat an extra 15,000 or 16,000 calories over the weekend, so I knew it was a fluctuation due to excess sodium and water retention. Yesterday I exercised my usual amount and was very careful with my foods, and today I'm already back down to within .8 pounds of where I was before the weekend. I fully expect that tomorrow I'll be right where I started if not a little lower. I don't know how men's bodies are, but I know that women's bodies LOVE to hold onto water for any reason!! TOM, sodium, weight training, sunburns, watching too much tv (not really the last one, but it feels like it!), etc. So don't let this discourage you. Stay on your program, give yourself a day or two, and I think you'll see that you are doing just fine. :-)
  • _stephanie0
    _stephanie0 Posts: 708 Member
    OKAY.. thanks for the positive posts- it is a lot to take in and I am going to try to fix it. BUT can you guys recommend some foods to fill up my calories but NOT my carbs? That's my biggest problem and often the reason I don't eat very many calories.

    Also, the machines and MFP are all I have to go off of regarding calories burnt. I cannot afford a HRM (I'm a substitute teacher and it's summer time) but I can tell you I often work out almost 2 hours straight doing crossfit workouts monitored by my gym owner so I don't feel like the calories burnt are that far off.

    Also, I do drink lots of water in a day I just don't log it. I have a 32 oz water bottle that I drink 3-4 of per day.

    feel free to follow my diary... i eat 1700 min- 2000 calories per day... 40/40/40 split

    ummm. not to be rude, but how can you do a 40/40/40 split? 40+40+40=120 I really want to understand!

    LOL!! :noway: *shake my head* ....i understand the "huh" face.... 40/40/20 lmao woopsies
  • Kara_xxx
    Kara_xxx Posts: 635 Member
    feel free to follow my diary... i eat 1700 min- 2000 calories per day... 40/40/40 split
    :huh:

    120% -- excellent!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Valera0466
    Valera0466 Posts: 319 Member
    Don't get to frustrated if your weight goes up a little the first couple weeks you start eating more. Your body needs time to adjust and realize you aren't starving it. I did not loose a single pound in my first two weeks. Luckily didn't gain either but I have finally started to loose.
  • ClearNotCloudyMind
    ClearNotCloudyMind Posts: 238 Member
    You may have measured light last weigh in (maybe dehydrated or just empty), this time you could be full? I'd be tempted to say its down to measurement error. Weigh again and more often for a clearer picture?
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 639 Member
    I saw you didn't log Sunday, you can't skip days to log, we don't know what happened then.
    Does someone else in your crossfit class wear a hrm? Then could see what they burn.
    You said you wanted less carbs, cut out the cereal from breakfast and replace it with egg whites. You don't eat enough at lunch time, sometimes it's just a shake and other times a sandwich on white bread . Make a salad with protein for lunch. No grapes. Try Ezekiel bread.
  • willot0722
    willot0722 Posts: 51 Member
    I skip logging days every once in a while when I'm not in town. Also, I don't eat eggs.. yuck! I don't see anything wrong with grapes... they are fruit & that is better than chocolate.
  • Valera0466
    Valera0466 Posts: 319 Member
    I skip logging days every once in a while when I'm not in town. Also, I don't eat eggs.. yuck! I don't see anything wrong with grapes... they are fruit & that is better than chocolate.

    Do you have a smart phone. MFP has an app for logging.
  • Springer007
    Springer007 Posts: 84 Member
    I am going to stab a fork into the eye of the next person who says "gained muscle"..or worse, "turned into muscle."

    Maybe she just gained muscle or perhapps some of the fat turned into muscle.
  • Anastacia1119
    Anastacia1119 Posts: 157 Member
    I am going to stab a fork into the eye of the next person who says "gained muscle"..or worse, "turned into muscle."

    Maybe she just gained muscle or perhapps some of the fat turned into muscle.

    That CANNOT happen in a week.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I am going to stab a fork into the eye of the next person who says "gained muscle"..or worse, "turned into muscle."

    Maybe she just gained muscle or perhapps some of the fat turned into muscle.

    That CANNOT happen in a week.
    Would you like an extra serving of sarcasmsauce with that?
  • stephie4111
    stephie4111 Posts: 118
    i agree cause i got on the scale and i was up 3.8 from three days ago. thats not possible. So i realized i ate alot of sodium food yesterday and Im sure i will drop right down in a few days. I also agree the scale will just make us mad unless its going down obviously.
  • Springer007
    Springer007 Posts: 84 Member
    I am going to stab a fork into the eye of the next person who says "gained muscle"..or worse, "turned into muscle."

    Maybe she just gained muscle or perhapps some of the fat turned into muscle.

    That CANNOT happen in a week.

    Sweetie, that was a joke. I know that can not happen in a week. You need to look at the post it was in reply to. :-)
  • Anastacia1119
    Anastacia1119 Posts: 157 Member
    I am going to stab a fork into the eye of the next person who says "gained muscle"..or worse, "turned into muscle."

    Maybe she just gained muscle or perhapps some of the fat turned into muscle.

    That CANNOT happen in a week.

    Sweetie, that was a joke. I know that can not happen in a week. You need to look at the post it was in reply to. :-)

    My bad! haha Sometimes it doesn't come across over the internetz. :)

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