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Gained 5 pounds in a week!
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had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. A CHEAT MEAL ???????????
U DONt do cheat meaLS AND EVERY CALORIE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
I spy with my little eye a troll who is a trolling.0 -
had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. A CHEAT MEAL ???????????
U DONt do cheat meaLS AND EVERY CALORIE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
I don't understand this? Weight Watchers even suggests a person take a day off from a normal diet week to kind of "bump" your calories and keep things spontaneous in a person's weight loss,especially during plateau. Do you mean, "Don't do a cheat day ever?" I think this might be different when someone is just starting out verses someone who has been going for a while. Anyone?0 -
Banks had a great article on the "cheat week" long ago... Oh Banksies?0
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Did you mis-log 17,500 calories?0
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In addition to the possible sodium water weight thing, check your calendar. We womenfolk tend to have monthly cyclical weight fluctuations.
^^^ This! I gain about 3-4 lbs a few days before my TOM, but it always goes away. It used to really freak me out until I realized it was a pattern.0 -
had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. A CHEAT MEAL ???????????
U DONt do cheat meaLS AND EVERY CALORIE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
Why would she not have a cheat meal? What would be your reasoning for this? Also what would you consider a cheat meal? Intrigued I am....0 -
i am having the same trouble the pounds just will go not sure what else to do.0
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water weight. to much sodium. cut back.0
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I've had at least one cheat meal a week since I started this back on the 5th March 2012 and I have never eaten as low as 1400, or even close to, calories a day and it didn't impact my weight loss in a negative way at all. In fact the impact was all positive because I never denied myself something if I wanted it.had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. A CHEAT MEAL ???????????
U DONt do cheat meaLS AND EVERY CALORIE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
1400 CALORIES OR LESS0 -
1400 CALORIES OR LESS
One size does not fit all, darling. :ohwell: Educate yourself.0 -
Or.... your initial loss was mostly water because you eat very low cal/low sodium usually?0
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Monday you said you were sick. Did you by chance have a lot of soup that day? Would account for extra sodium intake. Also are you eating back your workout calories? Burning that much calories in a day/week, your body could of slowed down your metabulism.0
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had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. A CHEAT MEAL ???????????
U DONt do cheat meaLS AND EVERY CALORIE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
What?
I don't even...
Yes, every calorie has to be accounted for. However, many MANY people have what they call a "cheat" meal on a specific day of the week. As long as their weekly calories are still at a deficit, they will lose weight.
And 1400 calories... who are you to decide what they should be eating? Do you know their stats? Why is 1400 the "magic" number?0 -
In addition to the possible sodium water weight thing, check your calendar. We womenfolk tend to have monthly cyclical weight fluctuations.
Was gonna say the same, check your monthly cycle. I can gain loads on 'those' weeks !0 -
What is your daily calorie goal, and do you meet it? Do you eat back exercise cals, especially burning over 1000 cals a day - and what exercise do you do that burns that much? And how long have you been trying to lose?Okay, so I'm lost. I work my butt off every single day. I usually burn over 1,000 calories a day. This week there was one day I burned only 300. I had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. But besides that, I did perfect! I ate good, worked out, have been doing normal things I've been doing to drop 7 pounds in 2 weeks. I'm 5'3, a female, weigh 135. The scale this morning said I weighed 140. WTF?!?!? So demotivating and have no idea why
help?!?
Need more info.
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Okay, so I'm lost. I work my butt off every single day. I usually burn over 1,000 calories a day. This week there was one day I burned only 300. I had a cheat meal Sunday, no exercise. and not much on Monday because I was sick. But besides that, I did perfect! I ate good, worked out, have been doing normal things I've been doing to drop 7 pounds in 2 weeks. I'm 5'3, a female, weigh 135. The scale this morning said I weighed 140. WTF?!?!? So demotivating and have no idea why help?!?
in order for you to gain 5lbs in a week (7Days) .. you would have to intake 2500 additional cals over your TDEE for 7 days straight .. if you did .. impressive .. but i doubt you did ... prob, water, sodium, etc ..
So true. And an impressive feat indeed. Not even one I could pull off on my heaviest eating weeks.0 -
Monday you said you were sick. Did you by chance have a lot of soup that day? Would account for extra sodium intake. Also are you eating back your workout calories? Burning that much calories in a day/week, your body could of slowed down your metabulism.
No, I did not. And no I don't. Should I?0
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