I gained a half a pound this past week Ugh!

jbelldesign

what am i doing wrong? just needed to vent i guess. i've been keeping a lot more active then i've ever been. i go to the gym 3 times a week and do 30 minutes of really good cardio on the elliptical. sometimes i'll add in weights, sometimes not. then on the weekends i mow the lawn and do yard work for my cardio.

i've been sticking to the calorie intake suggested. i do have one free day a week, where i kind of don't worry about what i'm eating, but i'm still very conscious of what i eat, like if i know we're going to do pizza, i'll have a really light breakfast and lunch.

any suggestions? i really don't want to quit on this, but it's hard to be motivated when the results are very slow!!

jbelldesign

what am i doing wrong? just needed to vent i guess. i've been keeping a lot more active then i've ever been. i go to the gym 3 times a week and do 30 minutes of really good cardio on the elliptical. sometimes i'll add in weights, sometimes not. then on the weekends i mow the lawn and do yard work for my cardio.

i've been sticking to the calorie intake suggested. i do have one free day a week, where i kind of don't worry about what i'm eating, but i'm still very conscious of what i eat, like if i know we're going to do pizza, i'll have a really light breakfast and lunch.

any suggestions? i really don't want to quit on this, but it's hard to be motivated when the results are very slow!!

Skinnier_Me

You're workingout alot so I'm sure you're gaining muscle weight.
No need to beat yourself up.
I gained a pound 2 weeks ago but lost it plus one more last week... no biggie.

Don't be so hard on yourself. You'll get discouraged and then there goes all of your hard work.

LadyZoe

I posted this earlier on, It may be helpful for you...
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Reasons you may gain at first when increasing your calories:

During the first week or so of introducing more food, you may experience some scale weight. This is fake weight and can be contributed for many reasons.

1.) Consuming more food means by pure odds that you will also be consuming more sodium. More Sodium than usual, every day for a week can bloat you close to 2 more lbs.

2.) Waste. The human body can hold up to 8lbs of waste. If you eat more, your body is temporarily going to hold more.

The weight gained in the first couple weeks cannot be fat as long as you are under your Sedentary caloric burn.

Usually this weight gain scares many people away from eating more. They panic and cut their eating habits too much. Getting into an unhealthy pattern and putting their metabolism into a stand still from the lack of the ((minimum)) 1200 calorie intake needed to even function from day to day.
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LadyZoe

Also, here's a link to a similar question being answered by a Randy Broderdorf CSCS, CES, CPT
from www.TakeActionFitness.com
It may give some better insight?
Good luck !


http://en.allexperts.com/q/Aerobics-2267/Gaining-instead-losing-weight.htm

Nevada

You are trusting too much in your scale, Mine is guaranteed to be accurate to 0.2 pounds, but my weight will vary a full pound or more within a five minute period, with no eating, sweating or bathroom.

I am in this for the long run, and that is the only way the scale is useful. Give it time.

jbelldesign

thanks guys!

i keep telling myself that i am probably just gaining muscle. i have some girlfriends at work that are on the same path as myself and they're pretty encouraging as well, so hopefully i will be able to see more results as i continue to workout. i should not be so dependent on the scale, you're right about that! i weigh myself every day, but i only log it in to the site on mondays, in the morning from the same scale at the office. so i'm trying to be better about that!

thanks for the support and the suggestions!

at least i'm not as miserable as airpayne! LOL (maybe that was supposed to make me feel better?)

have a good week guys!! :O)

cutiekdbaby

Your Awesome Keep it up ! I just joined! yay