2 lb gain w TDEE-20%

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  • TKRV
    TKRV Posts: 165 Member
    Did you go from eating very little to eating a lot? I am working towards TDEE... meaning I am adding 100 calories every month until I hit TDEE - 10% This way, my body has a chance to adjust.
  • james6998
    james6998 Posts: 743 Member
    Your body can fluctuate 3-5 lbs daily...Losing weight takes time. You have to have patience.

    Also, let's put the myth to bed that muscle weighs more than fat, it doesn't. I wish it did.

    muscle is more dense than fat. If you have a block of muscle and an equal size block of fat the muscle will weigh more. The great thing, it is much tighter and looks a heck of a lot better than have the same weight in fat.

    I guess that easiest way to picture all of this weight issue is that if you take a 6 in. X 6 in. X 6 in. cube of fat and take a same size cube of muscle the muscle will weigh more due to its density and compactness

    More accurate picture.
  • walleymama
    walleymama Posts: 174 Member

    So basically you choose not to eat back all MFP exercise calories in order to avoid measurement inaccuracies, but you would eat whatever number TDEE-20% spits out? Why don't you shave off some kcal from TDEE-20% to do the same

    I realize that, mathematically, it's the same thing. It's just personal preference.

    I just find it easier, with the way MFP is setup, to look at my homepage and see net calories + exercise listed as separate numbers. My exercise can vary from 200 to 600 or more calories on some days, so I find it easier to "Do the Math" with MFP.

    Also, using TDEE-20% assumes a certain level of exercise per day. Say you put in that you will exercise 3x per week and one week you end up exercising 6x. How do you quickly figure out how much more you can eat that day/week? You have to recall how many calories, on average, you inputted to calculate TDEE (and since most of the calculators use an "activity index" that number is not one you entered in the first place) then you have to add or subtract if you go over or under on occasion (I don't mean one time things, I mean an exercise routine that varies significantly from week to week or over the course of a few days), then subtract or add that to your total TDEE....

    If you used a spreadsheet or something you could make it easy, but since we are on MFP and its homepage displays calories as net + exercise, it is easier for me to quickly assess where I'm at.
  • Hexahedra
    Hexahedra Posts: 894 Member
    To actually gain 2 lbs of fat you need a surplus of 7000 calories in 10 days, which is 700 extra calories a day. There's no way your body actually runs a surplus of 700 when you only eat around 1600 a day. My weight fluctuates by 2-5 lbs between morning and evening, so your 2 lbs is not a big deal. It's very likely to be water retained by your muscles due to soreness from new exercises.
  • 4daluvof_candice
    4daluvof_candice Posts: 483 Member
    Did you go from eating very little to eating a lot? I am working towards TDEE... meaning I am adding 100 calories every month until I hit TDEE - 10% This way, my body has a chance to adjust.

    I was just thinking the same thing, I use TDEE method and do -20% becasue hey Im heavy, lol but since you only have about or want to do lose 10-15 more lbs I would suggest not being so aggressive with it try -10% and see how that works..:flowerforyou: It'll be okay I had a 5lb gain one day of the week and the NEXT day that +1 was gone. That scale is a BEAST:devil:

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