I gained a pound this week, starvation mode?

There could be a number of things that made the scale say you gained a pound this week. It's probably water. True fat loss takes time and patience. Stick with it. Eat your calories. You are not in starvation mode.

Probably water weight. You're not going to gain a pound because you're starving.

Weigh yourself tomorrow morning before you eat and see what you come up with. Could be a number of things away from food.

I agree with some posters here, my weight fluctuates almost 3-4 pounds in a day , I now weigh in once a week if that ...but I'm just starting out but it seems to me your calorie intake is EXTREMEMLY Low not even at 1000 , from what I understand is an average person even sedentary need 1200 calories in a day ....but I'm no expert ...so I'llsee what others say

My bottom line get those calories up to 1200-1500 a day , and weigh in a week

Please can you look at my food diary and help me understand where I am going wrong?

Can this starvation mode thing please die a quick and (hopefully) painful death???!!!! Aaaarrrggghhh.

The scale is notoriously unreliable, and anyway loss is not linear. It is common to have weeks with a 'stall' and then weeks of rapid weight loss (according to the scale). The main thing is that there should be a downward trend. One week is not enough to make any kind of judgement about your calories, fitness etc. It could be water weight, bloating, constipation, God knows what else.

What I will say is that if you are eating 1000 calories a day you are setting yourself up for failure as it is not sustainable; and you will either crack and start bingeing when your body and mind are fed up of it - or worse still when you reach your goal you will have lost so much lean body mass that when you start eating what should be a decent maintenance amount, the weight will pile on again.

I did 1200 calories for 2 1/2 months and lost over 20 lbs. I burn at least 2400 so 1200 was very low for me. My weight loss stalled out so I went up to 1600 for over a week now and I've lost 2 lbs already. At this point I've lost a total of 33 lbs so i'll be happy with 1 lb a week from now on. I'm 8 lbs away from healthy bmi so I know it will be slower now.

Having only ten pounds to lose you should aim to lose no more than .5 lb per week. You should also eat back some of your exercise calories if you are eating at such a low amoun to begin with. Good luck

you can fluctuate by a good 2lb and possibly up to 3lb in water weight and poop. go poop. problem solved.



give it time, and possibly eat back more of your exercise calories for your health.

5'8" ? 1,000 calories is not enough to operate your brain.

I'm 5ft 8", narrow build, start weight 136lbs, now 133lbs, goal 126lbs. I track food every day and weigh the food where necessary. Workouts are one HIIT session w personal trainer where I am dripping with sweat, 1 body pump, 1 step, 1spin then 2 runs and another gym session. I exercise 6-7 days a week. Prior to dieting 3 weeks ago I exercised 4 times a week and some sessions not that intense so I have really upped the ante now. I want to tone up, I have major muffin top at moment.

With all that exercise I would be eating around 2000 and still be losing. You need to eat more and also ignore the scalers and go bu your measurements. You have a PT so ask them to measure your body fat.

A fluctuation of just 1lb is not enough to go on, it's probably water weight.

However, eating just 1000 cals when you only have 10lbs to lose is not a good idea. Aiming to lose quickly usually results in the weight returning just as fast when you increase your cals or slip back ino eating what you were previously. You also risk losing lean muscle mass rather than just fat, so you might weigh less but your BF% will remain about the same or even increase proportionally to your weight.

In the very least you should be eating back your exercise cals on top of the 1000 cals you're currently eating.

I'm 5ft 8", narrow build, start weight 136lbs, now 133lbs, goal 126lbs. I track food every day and weigh the food where necessary. Workouts are one HIIT session w personal trainer where I am dripping with sweat, 1 body pump, 1 step, 1spin then 2 runs and another gym session. I exercise 6-7 days a week. Prior to dieting 3 weeks ago I exercised 4 times a week and some sessions not that intense so I have really upped the ante now. I want to tone up, I have major muffin top at moment.

STOP DIETING. RIGHT NOW!

Eat at maintenance or SLIGHTLY below, get on a heavy lifting program, get adequate protein. You will recomp your body. Upping your intense workouts and eating extremely low calories is only going to cause you to lose LBM.

I can guarantee if you lift heavy for 8 weeks, with a little moderate cardio tossed in only if you want to, eat almost maintenance and at least 100g protein per day, that you will like your body at 133lbs WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more than what you're going to see at 126lbs doing crazy intense Cardio workouts... because literally everything you are doing right now is cardio... yes even the Body Pump. Protein and lifting maintain muscle or at the very least minimize loss of muscle while eating below maintenance calories to a certain extent. You're constantly eating below BMR and aren't going to get the "toned" results you are looking for by going down that path. You're going to be low weight with a high BF% still.

Your body is having a wonderful time dining on your muscle mass while you are eating at a nearly 1000calorie deficit.

I'm 5'8, 165lbs, 25% bodyfat, down from 198lbs, 30+% bodyfat and I've done it by eating at least 1600, usually closer to 1900 cals a day and most of my workouts being heavy lifting. Also, check into your goal weight, 126 is on the low end for women of our height.

You're not in starvation mode. You just need to poop.

Unless you are a small child or a midget, eat at least 1200. Ok?

you gonna offer the girl some advice or just go with this snarky retort stuff?

I wasn't trying to be snarky, I was trying to be helpful. But here is more info.

You did not gain 1 actual pound unless you ate 3,500 calories over your TDEE which you clearly could not have done if you have only been eating 1000 calories a day. Weight fluctuates, especially for women. Don't use only the scale to measure progress, take pictures and use your measuring tape.

Educate yourself on BMR and TDEE and learn that eating less than 1200 calories is not healthy.