So Much For the Calories In - Calories Out Thing

A week is no time at all. You'll need to go on for at least a month before you can draw any kind of conclusion, especially if you're female. The body will retain different amounts of water depending on what you eat, and your intestines will contain different amounts of junk depending on what you've eaten.

Calories in, calories out is pure physics. Calories out may change due to the amounts of macro nutrients you eat, but as long as you stay above 1g of fat per kg bodyweight the difference isn't very big.

^^Was just about to say this. A week is not enough time. It is barely enough time to let your body adjust to the sudden change and the experimentt(which could even explain the gain)

There are a number of reasons weight can fluctuate.

A week is no time at all. You'll need to go on for at least a month before you can draw any kind of conclusion, especially if you're female. The body will retain different amounts of water depending on what you eat, and your intestines will contain different amounts of junk depending on what you've eaten.

Calories in, calories out is pure physics. Calories out may change due to the amounts of macro nutrients you eat, but as long as you stay above 1g of fat per kg bodyweight the difference isn't very big.

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um... in one week anything can happen - regardless of caloric intake. it's not a significant measurement of whether something "works" or not.

were you stressed this week? did you sleep enough? etc etc etc there are a million factors that go into it. however, if you continued your experiment for a legitimate period of time instead of ... well... a week... you'd find it does work.

cal in/out works for weight loss.

however, that said, I am a proponent of eating the right kinds of calories as well, because I find health to be just as important as weight.

Weightless doesn't work in neat 1 week increments.

It's an incremental process....

Really?!!!

I am sooooooo with you on this!!!! I have watched and weighed and exercised to no avail. I am sick of trying-I've been exercising 6 days a week, and haven't lost a pound. My body is changing, but no loss whatsoever. Very discouraging.......

I find this thread so interesting. I was saying the same thing over a month ago. Then I started writing down everything, or at least as much as I could. I find putting in food into the counter rather difficult since most of what I consume - other than basic stuff - I make. I make soup. I make pasta - I make bread etc. you get the point. so I often just do the 'add calories' section and put in the amount as best I can based on my recipe program that calculates. (I'll post the software in another thread)

I exercise at least 3 times per week. I indulge in my Kirkland Brand margaritas at least twice, but I do allow calories for that.

It now seems I've lost about 5 lbs. initially I gained. I bought a new scale. WW scale at Bed Bath and Beyond $29. measures weight / body fat/ bone mass / water weight and 1 other.

I may only have lost 5 lbs, but today I had to change my jeans because the ones that were tight - bagged out so badly after about an hour - I had to take them off.

I'm 59 - post menopause (which I blamed for a long time).

My son is doing P90X and this is what they say (if I remember correctly - if not someone please correct me)
breakfast - eat carbs - they will provide fuel for the day. lunch - fruits, veggies and some protein to keep you going. dinner - mostly protein to repair the day's worth of damage. don't go more than three hours without something. I carry nutri-grain fruit crunch bars in my tote when I'm out an about. 1 bar = 95 calories. one midmorning - 1 mid afternoon.

All the while - keep track of your calories. try to stay at or above at LEAST 1000. preferably 1200. I tend to fluctuate between 900 and 1300. I do consume back - the extra calories I get.

A month ago I would have felt the same as you do. I'm becoming a believer. hopefully now that I"ve said this I won't gain 10 lbs.

A week, really? I recorded my weight daily for two months just out of curiosity, and it fluctuated anywhere from 2.5 to 5 pounds within a one-week period...So many things can factor into your total body weight from day to day, that a week's experimentation will NOT give you an accurate representation of anything--give it a month or two at least...

My body is changing

Put your scale in the closet, keep it there for a couple months, stay the course, and focus on what you see in the mirror.

You're way too hung up on numbers to the point of being OCD.

Your body is responding, which means you're doing the right thing !!!!

Let your body changes be the indicator of your true progress, not some number on some scale. Scale weight is just one of many indicators of success or progress, and not even the main indicator. It won't tell you what part of those numbers is water gains/losses versus fat gains/losses versus strength gains, muscle gains, lean body mass gains, fitness levels, etc.

Yank your scale off the pedestal you've put it on and aim for a healthy balance with sensible lifestyle choices. You're making yourself crazy for no reason whatsoever. Trust your body and your choices. Fat loss and fitness has everything to do with making sensible choices and with patience and persistence to gain long-term results, not something that happens in a week. A week is nothing in the grand scheme of things. It's what you do over the span of some months and/or years that ultimately matters, so just stay the course and stick to a general range of numbers that you know are realistic for you.

If you notice, the name of this site is MyFitnessPal, not MyCaloriePal or MyScalePal, so focus on the fitness aspect of things and choose foods that will help you achieve your fitness goals and enhance your health and overall well-being.