What did I do wrong?

Your gain is probably from the food the day before and shouldn't stay. If it was high in sodium, you will retain water and if it was just heavy food, it will take a bit more to move through your body. You don't have your diary visible so can't see what types of food you are eating.

What do you do for exercise and how many calories do you have each day?

Keep moving forward and don't let the scale hold you back, it is a learning curve and the weight will come off.

Compare weekly weigh ins as opposed to daily, it just fluctuates too often.

If what your telling me is true, then it could either be what people have said or that your BMR and your current caloric intake is very close together, therefore just minutely eating something more, can affect your weight.

I am so disappointed today. I exercise and eat within my calories limit for 12 days. The scale doesn't move, the same number every morning. Fine. My body need time, right? But yesterday, I ate too much and not exercise. (around 2200 calories). And this morning I gain 1 pound. What the heck? What did I do wrong?

Any tips and advice will be appreciated.

You gained a pound because you have food still going through your small intestine and whole digestive system. When you poop it and pee it you'll be 1 pound down. Just try not to get constipated.

The first rule of cheat days is not to weigh in after a cheat day.

If the scale is going to upset you then weigh less often. If you are going to weigh every day then realize that things like sodium, time of month, intense exercise, food in your digestive tract, and a host of others will cause fluctuations. The scale is good for reading trends and that's about it.

The first rule of cheat days is not to weigh in after a cheat day.

Loving this!! :drinker:

Have a big poo and you'll feel better and weigh less.

Have a big poo and you'll feel better and weigh less.

LOL we're on the same page.

To add to what has already been said, your weight ideally will be done the following way:

On a specific day every week, just after you have woken up, peed, and defecated, and before you have consumed any calories. That is as close to an accurate measure you will have for comparison.

I can stand on a scale and hit 180 or go down to 175 depending on what time it is and what I have done that day. In any scientific experiment you need to control the variables. For weight, the most important is post void/post defecation/ with nothing consumed for the day.

Re: what is going wrong, I Haven't a clue but here are my thoughts:

check your daily calorie goal - when ever I'm ever near 2200 calories I gain weight... of course depends on age, activity, carbs, time of day, clothes or no clothes... I'm a woman and gain weight looking at food.

ALWAYS weigh first thing in the a.m w/o clothes... I want every factor in my favor before weighing (I can count on 2 pounds heavier at night)

Myself, I binge on the weekends so I always know I'll weigh more on Sunday a.m and will have to cut back Sunday and during the week... the idea is if I consume more calories Fri. and Sat, I cut back, Sun - Thurs.

Figure out what number of calories you can consume in a week AND lose weight then do that every week and keep track of your progress. Sometimes you plateaux... for the month of Sept., I didn't lose an ounce. Sometimes eating a few big meals will trick your body so it stops thinking you are starving it... and the weight will come off ... mix it up ...vary your eating patterns and you'll probably lose

For me, I'm close to 60 years old, not very active but in fairly good shape. my goal is 1200 calories a day, Though for the past ten months, I have probably averaged 1350/ 1400 calories / day and not my goal calories of 1200/day. I burn only about 250 calories a week exercising but it is consistent. I'm pretty inactive but i walk fast and move quickly and work full time and I'm a single mom. I have a desk job or drive around... a lot of sitting.

I've lost 21 1/2 pounds since 6-24-12 or about 2 pounds per month. If I were to guess, maybe you are eating too many calories and not having enough small meals. Another killer is carbs... high carbs = weight gain. Its counterintuitive but more fats (healthy fat like salmon & olive oil) and more protein... lean w/o the skin and fat, means weight loss. (I don't eat bread, butter or margarine during the week (anything I want Fri & Sat as long as I log it ALL in afterwards).

During the week for lunch, I take 4 or 5 things: fruits, cheese wedges, hard boiled eggs, meat, fish, even oatmeal... single items or single portions and instead of a big lunch, I eat one item every 2 hours to keep my metabolism up throughout the day.

Another trick that helps me lose weight is instant oatmeal (1cup 150 cal) every morning... lots of fiber & protein & it fills me up... I sweeten it with sugar or Splenda (i know...sugar is bad but I count that in my daily totals)

Oh, one other thing... I'm a fanatic about entering every single item of food or drink that enters my body ( no cheating) ... every day and I enter my weight ... so every couple of months I can analyze whats working and whats not working. I have decided that in order to stop the upward trend in weight, I will probably be using fitness pal or something similar for the rest of my life to stay on track. No more yo-yo dieting for me. I have about 7 more pounds to reach my goal weight which will take me a little over a year.

For what its worth, these are some observations, suggestions and examples of my experience. hope this helps

Just want to add to what the previous poster said about oatmeal.

1 cup of cooked oatmeal is about 300 calories. I measure out 60 grams of dry oats which expands with cooking and that is about 1/2 cup dry, calories are about 180.