yoyo weight

I'm yoyoing and don't know why !

In the start I was losing around 1lb p/w
and I reached 147.4lb
then 152.1
then 150.5
then 153.2
then 151.8
now I've gone up again !

It's very frustrating :/ and disappointing :(
Any advice or tips would be great

Replies

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    more info is needed! how tall are you? how many calories are you on, whats your exercise routine, how long have you been dieting, do you weigh and measure your food?!
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    more info is needed! how tall are you? how many calories are you on, whats your exercise routine, how long have you been dieting, do you weigh and measure your food?!

    And how often do you weigh yourself.. I suspect a daily weigher that doesn't realize weight will naturally fluctuate like that.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    more info is needed! how tall are you? how many calories are you on, whats your exercise routine, how long have you been dieting, do you weigh and measure your food?!

    And how often do you weigh yourself.. I suspect a daily weigher that doesn't realize weight will naturally fluctuate like that.

    could well be.

    i presumed they were weekly at first.
  • _cheryl_
    _cheryl_ Posts: 31 Member
    I'm 5'6"
    1200 allowance,
    I exercise regularly, at least 20 mins per day, with extra w/outs if time, and weekend walks if work & weather permitting [as I work split shifts 7am til 10pm] and eat back [which was working great in the beginning]
    I weigh my food yes
    Been counting cals & working out since Nov and lost 22lb

    I weigh in once a week on the same day at the same scales ...
  • _cheryl_
    _cheryl_ Posts: 31 Member
    BUMP :explode:
    I've been recommend to try TDEE -20%
    This will up my cals ! :noway:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    BUMP :explode:
    I've been recommend to try TDEE -20%
    This will up my cals ! :noway:

    so what have you got to lose by trying it?! other than fat of course!!!!
  • Wuffles70
    Wuffles70 Posts: 21 Member
    It sounds like you've plateaued to me - in which case, anything that will shake your body out of what it's "got used" to is a good thing. Try keeping your calories the same but eating different things from usual, especially if your weeks food is generally set in stone. Porridge instead of muesli for breakfast, veggies you haven't had in a while, lean meat if you usually go for soya protein, that kinda thing.

    Another thing to be aware of, though, is that your weight on the scale might be staying the same whilst your measurements/body fat percentage falls. Have you measured your waist etc. recently? It might be worth finding a scale that will measure body fat percentage for you and writing down the number. Unfortunately, unless you took your measurements before your weight stopped dropping, you're not going to know if that was the case this time but it might help you get through any tricky parts in the future.
  • _cheryl_
    _cheryl_ Posts: 31 Member
    I have my printouts from the scales since I began my weight loss kick !

    Just wondering ...
    Should I put in I do 20mins of exercise in my [mfp] goals if I'm then adding exercise as I do it ? [and so eating back]
    or put in zero, then add the exercise as i go ?

    in the beginning it was working the first way
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    BUMP :explode:
    I've been recommend to try TDEE -20%
    This will up my cals ! :noway:

    Whats wrong with upping your calories? With 20 lbs to lose, you should only be aiming for 1/2 -1 lb per week max. If you exercise, you need more calories. Don't think about it as upping your calories, think about it as actually fueling your workouts. Your body is probably just fighting your because you are under eating. if you workout only 20 minutes a day but do it 6 days a week, set your account to lightly active and then do not eat back exercise calories. But most women I know your size eat around 1500-1800 + calories a day and lose weight. I can tell you, as a man, I lost more weight at 2600 than I ever did at 1800
  • _cheryl_
    _cheryl_ Posts: 31 Member
    Thanks :)
    I'll up cals and not eat back, see what happens !