What is going on?! Gained back the pound I lost!

it could be poo in your stomach, or water, or food in your belly, anything

For me personally, I hold on to weight or gain a week or 2 before my TOM. After I am at a loss.

Oh. My. GOD. I completely forgot about that; the painters are due to arrive tomorrow! *headdesk* How could I forget about that? That's probably contributing to it in a major way!

This!

Also, if you eat a lot of salty food you can go up a few lbs in water weight. Last week I went up 2 lbs from one day to the next cuz I ate sausages. I netted 1300 cal, not 7000 so there's no way that was proper weight! I have been drinking a bit more water and am now back down to what I was before.

Suggestion: 1. Don't Panic, 2. Drink more water, 3. Wait until after the "refit" and weigh yourself again.

I've only just started the MFP experience (well, two weeks ago). Last week, I lost 1.4 pounds (yay!) But this week I gained back 1.5 (WTF?)

I'm wondering, though, if I'm still not eating enough. I find myself going under my calorie goal day after day -- sometimes by a few hundred calories. Have I completely messed up my metabolism by eating a low-calorie diet (1300) for over a year and a half?

Ugh. I need to get over this fear of eating more. I just....don't know how. Help.....

It takes time .. don't expect to see a loss for upwards of a month unless you're extremely obese

Again: Sorry, I probably sounded a little melodramatic. I don't mean that I have an actual *fear* of it; it's more of a serious doubt that's set itself in my mind, after a prolonged period of eating only 1,300 calories a day (I did Weight Watchers for a year and a half.)

I know what you mean here. And many people will jump in and attack me for this but idc. TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS SITE are too quick to throw out that someone has issues or a mental illness or need to seek help. how about DUHHHHHHH!!! Besides the fitness pros helping us chunkies, most of the people here need help and support because being overweight/obese is an ISSUE. and that usually stems from FOOD ISSUES. Obviously many of us probably do need a professional, but realistically not all have the time or resources for that. Enter, MFP. We are here for help and support to our individual abilities. And support is what we should do. Posting on a topic and not at all answering the wues he/she is asking doesn't help or support the person at all. As far as gaining back that pound, every trainer or wellness coach, or fitness person Ive ever spoken to has told me, don't obsess over 1 or 2 lbs in a week. That's almost always gaining and losing water. ANd you will Im sure hear this many more times, but its helpful in the fight with the scale and numbers. But don't focus on the weight. Focus on the way your clothes fit, and measure yourself. Go get a cheap tape measure and do it that way. I promise you it is sooooo much more gratifying. Your diet and workout regime may not allow for a lot of scale change but your body could be changing. The problem so many of us have is that damn scale. We see it sit still and we tend to give up. Ive only lost about 16 lbs since july, but Ive lost 4 jeans sizes and an excess of 20 inches. Good luck and remember not to let that stupid scale defeat you!!!!

Don't sweat the fluctuations - it's the overall trend you're looking for.

I have charted my weight for a few months now and I realize fluctuations of the sort you speak of are normal. Yet, I still get all cranky when the scale goes up for no apparent reason.

You are not a rock that will weigh the same everyday, we are living, breathing organisms with complex systems. We ingest, we expel, we have hormones at play. different foods have different weights and sodium content, etc... and then yes, there is the fact that scales are not perfect instruments.

I have gained 5 lbs in one weekend on a bing! a lbs is nothing to worry about that could be what you are wearing when you step on the scale for that matter or your period.

A week or two is not enough time to see or feel real weight loss or body re-composition progress.

Give it a month or more making minor adjustments that you feel you need to make said progress.

Best of luck!

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Weight loss isn't a linear function, it is a general trend over a much longer period of time. You don't lose exactly X Lbs in a week...you lose on average X Lbs per week on average over a period of months. You're going to have natural body weight fluctuations due to water retention (sodium, workout, hormones, TOM, etc) as well as waste in your system, timing of food in/out, etc.

also why are you afraid of food? food is fuel, nothing more, nothing less...you need to properly fuel your body which means that you only need a modest deficit from a maintenance level of calories to lose weight...and some patience.