weight gain NOT loss!!!! HELP!
Sharkness615
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I joinged Myfitnesspal 3 weeks ago and am gaining weight instead of losing! I am following the plan exactly and sticking to my 1200 cals per day. I even have upped my cardio from burning 600 calls 3x per week to burning 800-900 cals per week. I usually will eat half the cals that I burn in an attempt to hopefully lose weight (more cals burned than taken in usually means you will lose weight, right?) BUT I have gained 1 pound each week that I have been on this plan! I don't know what I am doing wrong. I am eating the best that I have eating in a while. I have always been active and I am a nurse. I want to lose 1.5-2 pounds per week. I weight 160# and would like to hit my goal weight of 140# by the new year. Does anyone have any suggestions???? I am so afraid that I am gonna continue to gain weight. Am I not taking in enough cals? I did Wt Watchers about a year ago and it took me a whole year just to lose 20#!!!! I like this plan better though I still have to count things but it seems easier for me. If this doesn't work, I may go back to logging my points with Wt Watchers and stick to my 26 points per day. What does everyone else think?
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1) Open your diary.
2) Are you using a food scale and measuring devices?
3) Do you track EVERYTHING?0 -
1) Open your diary.
2) Are you using a food scale and measuring devices?
3) Do you track EVERYTHING?
this.
plus, with only 20 pounds to lose, you should NOT be aiming for 2 pounds per week. More like HALF a pound.
Most likely you are starving yourself by sticking to 1200 calories and working out that hard.
From the little we can tell of your goals and activity level, you should probably be eating closer to 2000 a day....0 -
Change ur goal to lose 1lb per week and eat back ur exercise cals0
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first, where it asks you how many times a week do you plan on working out for how many calories total, has no effect on how much you should be eating. what you actually burn does.
you should find out your TDEE and BMR. your tdee is your total daily energy expenditure, which is the amount of calories you need to maintain your weight at your current activity level. your BMR is you basal metabolic rate, which is the bare minimum of calories you need to survive if you were just laying in bed not moving.
TDEE- http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html
BMR- http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/bmr-calculator.html
you should never eat under your BMR. ever ever ever. that could possibly hurt you and force your body to resist weight loss, as it is trying to conserve itself. if i were you, i would find out my TDEE at "light exercise," and then your BMR. find a number about half way in between those two, and then log and drink your exercise calories.
did i say drink your exercise calories??? WAIT, NO PUT DOWN THAT MARGARITA!!! i mean to get yourself some protein powder, and start using it to make post work out/recovery shakes. use 1-2 scoops of powder, 6-8 ounces of orange juice, and then a half a cup or two of frozen berries and throw it in the blender. its a great way to replenish your body with a lot of good stuff that it needs, and taken after a work out it refreshes you, and helps put off that OMG I WANT TO EAT EVERYTHING feeling ppl get an hour or two after a work out.0 -
Yes agreed with Robin, SideSteel ^^
Are you only doing cardio or are you incorporating weight training as well?0 -
I can't stand WW and their Points, and I was PAYING for that garbage. I like knowing my macros but I don't follow MFP guidelines because I think they are wrong. Definitely wrong for me. I changed my macro goals to what is best for me.
Since I can't see what you are eating, I can't comment. For me, a diet higher in healthy fat (65%) and protein (25%) and lower carbs (10%-almost all from veggies) works not only for weight loss but for feeling awesome and I've cleared up all my health issues. I try to eat the "cleanest" food that I can, which is challenging where I live in the Arctic. Absolutely zero artificial sweeteners and no "low fat" or "diet" products.
Not everyone agrees with what I do and not everyone needs to eat my way to lose weight. It's working for me... it's the way I FEEL that really clinches it.0 -
I was in the same boat as you so I bought a body bugg and found that I am definately starving myself. I have already lost 2 pounds in 2 weeks. I found that even on my rest days I burn a minimum of 2200 calories which means I should eat at least 1700 calories a day. I have been eating anywhere from 1700 to 2100 calories a day and losing again. I am down to that last pesky 12 pounds to lose!0
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Oh and I have a desk job. With you being a nurse I bet you would be amazed how much you burn in a normal day of activity.0
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Different diet types work for different people. Low calories and counting calories didn't work for me either, I seemed to lose like 5 pounds and then I would stall. I counted calories, exercised and did everything I was supposed to. In trying to lose weight I even tried the HcG shots and diet (which I would not recommend). In doing that I though, discovered the low carb (paleo/primal) worked better for me. In the past 4 months I have been able to lose 25 pounds. Don't give up - just do some research and see if you are doing what is best for you and your body type. Good luck with your weight loss goals and thanks for being a nurse - what a tough job serving people when they are at their lowest!0
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1) Open your diary.
2) Are you using a food scale and measuring devices?
3) Do you track EVERYTHING?
this.
plus, with only 20 pounds to lose, you should NOT be aiming for 2 pounds per week. More like HALF a pound.
Most likely you are starving yourself by sticking to 1200 calories and working out that hard.
From the little we can tell of your goals and activity level, you should probably be eating closer to 2000 a day....
I agree with all of the above. Are you counting the stuff that WW says you dont have to?
http://freew67.blogspot.com/0 -
could be temporary weight gain from exercising.. or falst weight gain because tissues tear and fluid is retained.0
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I can only tell you what has helped me but I was in the same boat as you when I first started MFP. I lost and gained the same pound for 3 weeks pretty much and I was so frustrated. I felt like quitting but decided to make some changes and see if that helped. I computed my BMR and TDEE and raised my daily calorie goal to 1500 instead of the 1200 and guess what, I'm now consistent or losing. Before there were never two days I weighed the same or lost but in the last week I've lost 1 1/2 pounds. I burn about 600 calories a day 6 times a week with exercising and am a stay at home mom so most of the day I'm running after my 1 yr old. I think you need to calculate your BMR and TDEE and pick a number between those. I didn't think it would work, I had the same mindset, if I'm eating less and exercising the weight should be falling off but instead eating more has helped. I don't do a lot of strength training because of medical issues so I can't say much on that front. Good luck with your weight loss.0
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I can't stand WW and their Points, and I was PAYING for that garbage. I like knowing my macros but I don't follow MFP guidelines because I think they are wrong. Definitely wrong for me. I changed my macro goals to what is best for me.
Since I can't see what you are eating, I can't comment. For me, a diet higher in healthy fat (65%) and protein (25%) and lower carbs (10%-almost all from veggies) works not only for weight loss but for feeling awesome and I've cleared up all my health issues. I try to eat the "cleanest" food that I can, which is challenging where I live in the Arctic. Absolutely zero artificial sweeteners and no "low fat" or "diet" products.
Not everyone agrees with what I do and not everyone needs to eat my way to lose weight. It's working for me... it's the way I FEEL that really clinches it.
This^ is like she read my mind, I am on the exact same "diet" macros are the exact same lol.0 -
sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks to see any change at all. be patient and know you are doing good for yourself.0
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I can't stand WW and their Points, and I was PAYING for that garbage. I like knowing my macros but I don't follow MFP guidelines because I think they are wrong. Definitely wrong for me. I changed my macro goals to what is best for me.
Since I can't see what you are eating, I can't comment. For me, a diet higher in healthy fat (65%) and protein (25%) and lower carbs (10%-almost all from veggies) works not only for weight loss but for feeling awesome and I've cleared up all my health issues. I try to eat the "cleanest" food that I can, which is challenging where I live in the Arctic. Absolutely zero artificial sweeteners and no "low fat" or "diet" products.
Not everyone agrees with what I do and not everyone needs to eat my way to lose weight. It's working for me... it's the way I FEEL that really clinches it.
This^ is like she read my mind, I am on the exact same "diet" macros are the exact same lol.
Ditto for me too! I get so much crap about eating whole avocados while I'm "dieting" - but I'm seeing results with this new way of eating.0 -
1200 calories a day is the minimum you can eat and your body not go into starvation mode. So, anything you eat especially when you workout your body just holds onto. So, up your regular calories. And, then see how you do. But, without reading your diary to see what you're eating I can only guess.0
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could be temporary weight gain from exercising.. or falst weight gain because tissues tear and fluid is retained.
If you are exercising more than usual - this, along with watching your salt intake. I tend to get fluid build up in my legs and use a "marathon" stick to help with that.
Along with weighing yourself, you should measure yourself. Then you can tell if its muscle (which weighs more but is smaller) or weight.
Also, when I was running and eating 1,200 calories, I wasn't losing anything. I moved up to 1,445 and still run, and am now averaging a .5 lb loss a week.
Keep doing it!0 -
Im a nurse and I have been trying too loose since July 22. I work 8 hour shifts in nursing home. On 8/31 got a body media armband yesterday was the first time I wore it for entire 8hrs at work and seen that I burn about over 1000 calories at work.. I figure I will burn more cals when I have busier work days.
Then I burned last night after I got off work at gym from 1053-1153 pm and additional 246 cals
In a 24 hour period I burned 2695 for entire day which includes 586 calories burned while sleeping/lying in bed in 7hr period plus any calories burned from getting out of bed up to when I went work.0 -
Yes...absolutely track everything! Every bite and nibble. I am also a former Wt Watchers Lifetime member. I hit my wt loss goal of 20 lbs lost back in may of last year and gained 7 lbs back 2 months later (in one month) when I started taking an anti-depressant. I stopped taking the med about 5 months after I gained and have now gotten back to my wt that I weighed when I started wt watchers.0
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