Gaining Weight..not Losing help!!

1 week is not long enough to judge your progress or lack there of

Yup.

Keep at it.

I agree! I gain upto 3lbs the week before my period alone! lol

Haven't read the other replies but if you went over, it is likely you consumed a lot of sodium as well. This could cause you to retain water weight. Also, you are only one week in, your body may need more time to adjust, especially if your deficit is not a big one from working out AND eating at a deficit. Take it slow, don't get discouraged

Stick with it, but you really have to be diligent about your tracking. I see a few days where you didn't track for the entire day. Set your diary to private if there are bad choices that you don't care to publicly admit too, but without an honest assessment of your intake, you will have an unnecessarily difficult time finding the right combination of foods/calories that work best for you.

I'm in agreement that you're probably retaining water. Drink more water during the day. I LOT of water. I use a plastic water bottle (with volume markers on the side) with a straw smack in the middle of my desk as I work. I drink out of it all day without thinking and take in 6 to 10 cups a day.

When looking at your diary, I noticed there was a high amount of sodium one day (I forget which day). Turn on your tracker to see sodium for your diary. I think it might shock you (my diary sure did shock me!). A lot of preprocessed food has sodium hidden in it. If you mess up, don't freak out. Just choose something different next meal.

Try not to panic, just being here is a great step for a better you. I would recommend spreading your food out more during the day. Instead of 2 large meals and a tiny (or non-existant) breakfast, eat 4 or 5 times a day. Your body expends energy all day so you need to fuel it all day. The hardest thing for me to realize was that I really did have to eat MORE often but LESS food.

I had a REALLY tough time with learning that I will never be 'full' again. I don't eat until I'm full. I eat until I'm not hungry. So lunch is about 3 cups of salad and protein. It's not meant to make me full. I eat a snack in about 2 hours (a cup of cereal, an apple, a handful of almonds, etc.). If I were a car, my stomach would be on a half tank of fuel all day long. This way I don't get so hungry I overfil. I admit it took me about a month to get used to it. Now if I eat a 7 oz. chunk of meat, I can only fit about a cup of veggies and I'm done. No cravings, 'cause my tummy is happy and I save my veggies in a plastic container. Hungry in an hour? I eat the rest of my veggies and my tummy is happy again.

I use a nutritionist for weight loss help -- he's shown me what I should eat as better choices and MFP has been a lifesaver for me. I can see where I'm spending my energy and it helped guide me to distributing my food through the day better.

Good luck! We're rooting for you!

One week is not long enough.

You may very well be retaiing water from excess sodium and/or the extra exercise. Your muscles will hold water to aid in recover/repair after a workout. Drink lots of water. Old rule take yoru weight and divide by 2 - that should be the minimum number of oz you get per day!!

Don't stress after a week. Watch the food intake and you'll see rusults in a few weeks.

I also started a program last year, boot camp 3 mornings/week, counting calories, etc. And I gained 6 pounds in the first few weeks. Don't forget also that muscle weighs more than fat, you could be gaining some muscle. Keep at it, and make sure you are totally honest with yourself about how much you are eating. I was amazed at the true calories in what I was eating once I started using this website. Best of luck, and remember - Rome wasn't built in a day.

I am so glad for all these responses because I just had the same experience after losing for two weeks...I was really discouraged and was starting to lose interest...silly, I know, after only a few weeks. Anyway, so much great support here, I am so grateful.