Help! Frustrated and defeated.

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  • missmuse06
    missmuse06 Posts: 50
    Not to get too personal, but where are you in your menstrual cycle? I've gained anywhere from 5-7 pounds of water weight the days adding up to my cycle, then afterwards, it all came right back off.

    "shark week" started yesterday, and I had gained 2 pounds yesterday morning, which I figured was from that. I expected to see it come back off today if it was water weight, but I gained another .6 today!
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I had lost about 20 pounds over 3 months.... then maintained during the end of August and all of September while I was on business trips and 2 vacations. I actually lost 5 pounds during my week in San Fran with all the walking we did!

    I started back at the gym regularly and tracking calories about 3 weeks ago. I initially dropped 8 pounds very quickly, but in the last 5 days I've put 4 pounds back on, even though my workouts are increasing in intensity and I have not had any slips with food or drink.

    I'm going to try extra cardio I guess?

    Yeah, you're fine. Gaining 4lbs in 5 days is no big deal at all. It happens to me all the time. Next week it will be gone, and maybe even more. If you don't lose any weight for a month or more then it's worth thinking about.
  • LilLolo22
    LilLolo22 Posts: 229 Member
    I'm sure the gain is water weight only.

    And how about upping your calories by 100 and trying to eat that much for about a month. See if that does anything.
  • jeme3
    jeme3 Posts: 355 Member


    I don't eat back my calories from working out.

    Try it. See if it makes a difference. You may not be netting enough calories.
  • nomicat77
    nomicat77 Posts: 132 Member
    my sister had the same problem, she put on an extra 200 pounds too, turns out she had PCOS which is relatively new to the medical field. alot of doctor's aren't well informed about it. do you get regular periods? do you have unusual hair growth? have you been to an endocranologist? (not sure how to spell that: doctor who studies hormones). There's no cure for it. As far as I know there's no cure. Basically, you have to eat like a diabetic, and exercise vigerously an hour a day. They used to prescribe YAZ for it, but that was banned.
  • CATindeeHAT
    CATindeeHAT Posts: 332 Member
    How am I gaining weight when I feel like I'm doing all the right things???

    I'm so beyond frustrated.

    Yes, I'm drinking aprox 100oz of water a day. No, I'm not eating tons of salt. Yes, I'm working out every day. Yes, I'm eating enough calories. Yes, I'm eating healthy food (and I've tried different combos of protein/carbs). No, I'm not losing inches instead of pounds. Yes, I'm switching up my workouts.

    I'm at a loss, not sure what I can switch up to get things moving in the right direction.

    1.) How do you know you should be eating 1400 calories? Based upon your body composition your needs could be a lot MORE or a lot LESS than 1400 calories.

    2.) Weight-loss is excruciatingly slow. If you've been at this for less than 6 weeks come back and try again later.

    3.) How much weight do you have to lose? 5 lbs, 10 lbs, 100 lbs ? If you have less than 50 or so pounds to lose it's time to get serious about lifting weights and put cardio on the back burner.

    4.) Are you being honest about your portions? You can't answer yes to this question unless you weigh out EVERYTHING you put into your mouth, every... last... morsel... no matter how big or how small.
  • jessiekanga
    jessiekanga Posts: 564 Member
    I weighed in on Friday at 210, and was doing the happy dance. I had lost another two pounds. I weighed in today at 216. WHAT? Clearly, I didn't gain six pounds in four days. It's not possible. I'm stressing and worried, but I expect that I'm holding water, it's that time of the month (sometimes that can affect women for up to 10 pounds in a single cycle), etc. Please be kind, gentle and patient with yourself. It'll come back off with a little time. Overall, you're doing awesome. Hang in there!
  • 50ishFoodie
    50ishFoodie Posts: 82 Member
    There is either an undiagnosed medical condition, or your off on your counting somewhere. It's really easy to be off on your portion sizes or calorie estimates, especially your exercise calorie estimates.

    In what way? What do you mean?
  • wordena
    wordena Posts: 177 Member
    Could be time of the month? Or if you're exercising that much you could just be sore and retaining water. I know when I work out alot, I'll keep water weight on. Then itll suddenly drop_. Keep drinking all that water. If it is water weight you're eventually going to pee it out, and it's definitely not going to hurt. Look for hidden salts in your diet. I had this one fish sauce I loved that was 100% of daily sodium in one tablespoon. Talk about a hidden source! i wasnt counting it because it was no calories! Good luck! take measurements and pictures for a while even if the scale doesnt drop you'll be able to results instead!

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