Gaining Weight while following diet exactly!!! Help

Jennifer-
Have you checked your sodium intake? Are you keeping up with your water? Two weeks on this site and you are probably gaining muscle. Don't get discouraged, the scale will probably drop next week. Perhaps you have to mix up your foods, by switcing breakfast with lunch. Dont eat after dark. Keep on going, don't give up!

So yesterday, I exercised, kept with in my calories, and ate back the ones i exercised off, and drank more water than usual, and now i've almost gained back the 2 lbs i lost last week! any other suggestions?

STOP GETTING ON THE SCALE EVERYDAY!!!! Body weight fluctuates day to day; sometimes it can fluctuate by up to 5 pounds. Choose one day of the week that you weigh yourself and stick to that. Also if you haven't already done so take before pics and take body measurements (waist, thighs, neck, etc) these are BETTER indicators of weightloss than the scale is. Sure we all want to see the number on the scale go down, but trust me if you are relying heavily on that number you will feel defeated when you don't see the results that you want to see and you will want to give up (been there done that).

Good mind set. You didn't gain all of your weight in one week, so don't expect to lose it. Slow and steady wins the race!:happy:

I'm only in week 2 of this website

Give it some time.

Patience is as important as diet or exercise.

Not all calories are born equal. Find out what TYPE of metaboliser you are e.g. (fast oxidiser vs slow oxidiser vs balanced), and then eat the RIGHT types of foods for you and keep to your calories. Both of these things are important to see effective weight loss and be happier and healthier within yourself.

Further, I also agree that water weight, menstrual cycle, salt levels, introduction of exercise can also give you a temporary and misleading minor weight gain. Try to make a mental know of these things when weighing yourself so any negative results do not impact your continued weight loss and enthusiasm. One way to help counter this is to also take your measurements, sometimes you can see an inch loss but no weight loss. These results will help perk you up and it's also a great way to monitor your body fat percentage opposed to just physical mass (weight).

Its probably just a normal fluctuation of water weight. If you expect immediate and constant success with this, you'll set yourself up for disappointment....give it time.

Make sure you're tracking sodium, drinking lots of water and watching portion sizes. Also, the calorie burns calculated here can be a little high, so if you're eating back a lot of burned calories, you could be going over. Another thing to consider is that when you start a new workout routine, your muscles will retain water for "repair" and that can show an increase on the scale that isn't a real weight gain.