HELP! ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING!!!!

xoxo_Jennifer
xoxo_Jennifer Posts: 23
in Health and Weight Loss
I follow my diet to a T..... A STINKING T last week, and GAINED 3 POUNDS. This week, I was discouraged, and didn't watch/track everything I ate, and also ate at the CHEESECAKE FACTORY, pasta and of course a slice of cheesecake and I stepped on the scale today to find I'm 2 pounds lighter. WTH>!>!>!!>!??!?


Am I not doing this right or what?
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  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    without making your journal public, no one can help you here.
  • BlueObsidian
    BlueObsidian Posts: 297 Member
    Not being able to see your diary, it's impossible to tell. My first instinct (since you lost after a big meal) is that you might not be eating enough and the 3 lbs was water retention from something. How many calories are you eating? Did you start a new workout routine the week you gained? Do you track sodium?
  • melissawaters
    melissawaters Posts: 31 Member
    I also wish I knew the answer to that, it happens to me ALL the time and I get so discouraged......just hang in there, that's what I keep doing.
  • krisiepoo
    krisiepoo Posts: 710 Member
    there's not enough information here to help you and your diary is private so we can't look at that, either.
  • 4mydogs
    4mydogs Posts: 66 Member
    Best advice I can give is stop letting the scale dictate how you feel. I weigh once a month so I can focus on my health, food and excercise.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Make your diary public if you really want help. Otherwise, our guess is as good as yours.
  • porky44
    porky44 Posts: 34
    Yeah up your calories for a while and see what happens. Then adjust as needed.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I think the obvious lesson here is that you should not track anything and frequent The Cheesecake Factory
  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    Do you have more data than 2 weeks worth? Weight loss isn't linear. If you're just starting (2 weeks), don't let the scale make you crazy.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Give it more than a week and don't weigh yourself every day if you're not prepared to deal with the natural fluctuations.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    do not give up!!!!!
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I would have hit the jackpot if I were paid for these threads today. :grumble:


    Your body can fluctuate more than that (not fat, not muscle) on a daily basis. That is all you need to know!
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    Like others said, we can't really help without knowing what you're eating...it looks like you joined sometime this month, it's going to take longer than that to change. Could be water weight, could be too much sodium, not enough food, etc etc. Check out helloitsdan's post (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12) to see what your TDEE and BMR are so you know what you should be eating. Then give it 2 months if not more. Measure yourself instead of looking to the scale
  • donyellemoniquex3
    donyellemoniquex3 Posts: 2,384 Member
    without making your journal public, no one can help you here.
  • kellygirl5538
    kellygirl5538 Posts: 597 Member
    Loosing weight involves consistancy over time. I have lost 70 pounds but it is slow....sometimes you don't loose for a long time. You have a lot to loose so I would not give up at all!!! IF you give up you will gain more and be more unhealthy. Keep logging and don't eat out! I didn't loose for two weeks then lost just .6 pounds...but lost 2 inches off my hips in Jan...so I agree with others measure yourself.
  • tracymat
    tracymat Posts: 296 Member
    Quit and then what? A guaranteed gain? Every time I think of quitting I think of the alternative and the fight to lose is more appealing than continuing gaining weight.....
  • ApexLeader
    ApexLeader Posts: 580 Member
    don't use a scale to track your progress. measure ****
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Scales do that. I've had them go both up and down for no apparent reason. I was sick for a few days, running to the bathroom at least once per hour, losing lots and lots of fluid, hardly able to eat, and I GAINED 3 pounds. How is that even possible? I have no idea. What we're looking for here is a general trend downward over time, not one line that steady goes downward each and every week. It's going to bounce around up down up down up up up BIG down ..........

    That's just the nature of the beast.
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    I follow my diet to a T..... A STINKING T last week, and GAINED 3 POUNDS. This week, I was discouraged, and didn't watch/track everything I ate, and also ate at the CHEESECAKE FACTORY, pasta and of course a slice of cheesecake and I stepped on the scale today to find I'm 2 pounds lighter. WTH>!>!>!!>!??!?


    Am I not doing this right or what?

    don't worry, stay on track, you're not doing it wrong...

    EDITED TO ADD: don't consistently under eat! if you do that, then you are doing it wrong.

    you're just not yet fully educated on how your body works. everybody starts there, so nothing to be ashamed of.

    spend some time learning about how your body actually uses the foods you eat. learn about how it sheds fat and what purpose water serves in your body. learn about things that may be occurring that would cause you to retain water for periods of time. etc.

    check out the Eat, Train, Progress group. start your reading in there.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress
  • jen81uk
    jen81uk Posts: 177 Member
    Depends how long you've been doing it? Your body could be used to your diet and exercise and you need to change it up? Try a couple of carb free days or different exercises??

    Do you weigh things or estimate? Pasta, rice, meat? Add everything, sugar and milk in coffee, oil used to cook? Sneaky cals add up everywhere until you get used to the portion sizes. I don't mean for this to sound patronizing, I'm just speculating what it could be?

    Also, I thought I'd had a good week last week, eaten under my maintaining cals and had one day where I really went over and put 2lb on! Maybe it's choices too? I ate out a few days. I find I'm better if I don't eat bread, it stodges me.

    Finally, someone once told me that your body can fluctuate up to 3lb daily, so I wouldn't fret xx
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Weight loss is not linear, it is cumulative. Having more good days will build up over time.

    Plus, scales are specially designed to mess with our heads. Last week was nearly perfect and I really pushed myself in my workouts. This week I was a little tired, didn't push myself in dance class, didn't participate in social hour, ate lots of high sodium foods, forgot to take some much needed Midol before bed, could feel the bloat in my waist and joints, and I lost two pounds.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I would have hit the jackpot if I were paid for these threads today. :grumble:


    Your body can fluctuate more than that (not fat, not muscle) on a daily basis. That is all you need to know!

    ^^^This. Even if your diary was public, this would still be the answer.
  • Yaxomoxay
    Yaxomoxay Posts: 25 Member
    Even thinking about the Cheesecake Factory will make you gain weight.

    Losing weight is freaking hard and the fact that you consoled yourself by overeating means that you are still in the old mindset. It doesn't matter if food is a reward or a consolation: you used it as a reaction to you dieting results.

    Next time reward/console/punish yourself by buying a pair of jeans that doesn't fit you (barely), promise yourself to be able to fit in there soon and do what it takes to reach the short term goal.

    In addition buy a book that explains how the body works, not a dieting book.
  • xoxo_Jennifer
    xoxo_Jennifer Posts: 23
    Diary is now public.

    First week went great nutritionally, worked out Tues, Thurs, Sat. ---- Gained 3 lbs.
    This week, not so great nurtitionally, no work outs
    Lost 2 lbs.
  • pocketmel
    pocketmel Posts: 50
    Hey, I know this may mean nothing to you but I always think of this quote when I want to quit,
    " Just when the caterpillar thought it was over he turned into a butterfly!" Don't quit, simply refocus. I too have been having a horrible time trying to figure out hows and whys. Keep at it! chat with me if you want support!
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I'd heard about that pasta. I'm curious, was it good?
    I know, I know, step away from the pornographic pasta dish.

    Don't quit. We all have bad days.

    Muscle weighs more than fat. :bigsmile:
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    I follow my diet to a T..... A STINKING T last week, and GAINED 3 POUNDS. This week, I was discouraged, and didn't watch/track everything I ate, and also ate at the CHEESECAKE FACTORY, pasta and of course a slice of cheesecake and I stepped on the scale today to find I'm 2 pounds lighter. WTH>!>!>!!>!??!?


    Am I not doing this right or what?

    Welcome to the crazy world of losing weight :laugh:

    It seems like you have only just started on the weight loss thing?

    So you kept things to a T for the first week then you went over for the second week?

    then next week, you will probably feel guilty and go back to doing things from the first thing...and to cut a long story short you will be up and down like a yo yo lol.

    You will experience all sorts of fluid changes and metabolism changes when you first start...you really need to persevere for a few weeks with the whole T thing and then re evaluate any changes you need to make...this is what worked for me at the start
  • fiferize
    fiferize Posts: 141
    Try a 21 day elimination diet. Find out what you are intollerant to.
    Google JJ VIrgin Diet.

    Don't quit just find out what makes you gain vs lose.
  • jvdx
    jvdx Posts: 57
    lold, "3 stinking pounds"
    3 pounds is nothing, 3 pounds is a decent turd.
    probably water weight, dont sweat it.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Don't expect the scale to move in a straight line.
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