Sticking to it but GAINING!

you should start with opening your diary.

Ok, for the last 3 weeks, I have been sticking to the numbers, going to the gym every day, eating off the calories, I've taken things to help my digestive system stay on track, I'm drinking my water and yet, I have GAINED weight! I eat a low salt diet and I just keep getting bigger. Does anyone have any ideas on ways in which I can kickstart things? I'm doing a sponsored slim for a local canine charity and I NEED to lose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Have you spoken with your GP, they give weight loss advice readily. Also, I don't know what you mean when you say 'eating off your calories', what are you saying?

Are you religiously recording EVERYTHING!? Do you have a digital food scale?

I read in your profile that you have taken HCG in the past. From what I have read on here from people who have also taken it, it does a number on you metabolism. Check the board topics on here for HCG. That might be where your problem lies.

Nope, not open.

Are you religiously recording EVERYTHING!? Do you have a digital food scale?

Just saw that you did HCG in the past...you should see your doctor to make sure that didn't do damage to your thyroid. My FIL's girlfriend did the shots and destroyed her thyroid. Then continued to gain weight.

This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).


If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could mess with things.

you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl

your post also made me pmsl.

btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.

Aye. I've had to look it up several times because I keep forgetting what it means.

And I'd love to learn more about building measurable amounts of muscle from 10 minutes walks.

you sure you're not gaining muscle? i don't know about normal women but i gain muscle really easily, even just walking up my street (granted it takes 10 minutes to walk up and its a very very steep hill) every day made me gain muscle pmsl

your post also made me pmsl.

btw, pmsl is quite possibly the worst of the internet jargon acronyms.

LOL...

Happy Friday Capt.

What does that (pmsl) even mean? Sorry, not used to all the acronyms yet :blushing:

Pissing myself laughing.

... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry . You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!!

This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).


If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could skew things.

I'm using MFP to calculate my calories burned. I've heard the machines can offer skewed numbers.

MFP also has skewed numbers. Heart rate monitor or fitbit. MFP told me I was burning 250 cals in my 1.5 hour yoga session - it was really only about 120.

I didn't give any advice. I said are you sure your not gaining muscle. That's not giving advice that's asking a question and stating my own experiences.

This is suggested a lot on this site to questions like this, so you have probably seen it before if you spend much time in the forums, but how are you calculating your exercise calories? Most machines over-estimate, because they don't have your stats(like 2 people of different sizes and ages could do that exercise and burn differently, but the machine does't account for this).


If you're eating back more calories than you're burning, it could skew things.

I'm using MFP to calculate my calories burned. I've heard the machines can offer skewed numbers.

MFP also has skewed numbers. Heart rate monitor or fitbit. MFP told me I was burning 250 cals in my 1.5 hour yoga session - it was really only about 120.

I agree. Love my fitbit. If you don't want to spend money on a gadget maybe just eat half of them back for a month or so and see if you start losing again =] worked for me.

... WOW. I can't even join a weightloss community without someone trying to bully me off the site lol! Sorry, not sorry . You're all around 40 years old, grow up already!!!

correcting misinformation does not equal bullying

QFT