Feeling discouraged

lemon712
lemon712 Posts: 3
in Motivation and Support
I started logging my food and exercise 3 weeks ago- I try to eat about 1300 or 1400 total calories every day, and I burn about 200 calories every day through exercise. For the most part, I have logged religiously and have met my calorie goals (except for maybe 3 or 4 days in the last 3 weeks). I didn't expect to lose much weight in that time period, but I actually GAINED five pounds! This was so unexpected to me. Does anybody have any ideas? I'm feeling really discouraged, especially because I was feeling great (physically and emotionally) about my food and exercise recently.

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  • smilingirisheyes
    smilingirisheyes Posts: 149 Member
    It could be lots of things, like water weight from salt or hormones...

    One option would be to weigh & measure food logged this week just to double-check the accuracy of what you're recording. Outside of that, patience...
  • hmahjoub96
    hmahjoub96 Posts: 14
    i was losing weight steadily until these past few days...ive actually gone up a few pounds and i haven't changed my eating or exercise habits. i have no idea what to do :(

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