I Need Help...

Katfrost94
Katfrost94 Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm really really having a hard time right now. I've been very diligently been eating under 1200 (no cheating either!!!) calories every day. I've been doing yoga, walking, biking, AND been doing low weight/high rep lifting EVERY DAY!!!!! I'm freaking out because I started at 128 lbs, and I was think, 'oh, I want to get down to 120! I'll start counting calories and working out and I'll be perfectly healthy!' BUT I've been steadily gaining weight instead! I'm at the gym for like 2 or 3 hours a day and I'm literally not eating very much. I'm even adding things I don't eat to my fitness diary as a buffer just in case! It's so frustrating because today I climbed on the scale and measured as 150 lbs!!!! I'VE GAINED 22 LBS!!!!!!!! What is wrong with me?!? I'm so frustrated and upset and the only advice I've gotten from anyone is 'don't be so anorexic.' It really didn't help....

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Open your diary to the "public" setting, if you want people to give you advice.

    Also, change your scale's batteries

    (or possibly troll, not sure)
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    If you are working out that much you might have gained muscle which is heavier than fat. Did you take measurements of your body? Did your pants get tighter? It is very difficult to tell without more information! Health wise, all is O.K. with you? Thyroid checked?
    I hope you will find the problem, best of luck
    Stef.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    first off, if you're eating 1200 cals, you need to be eat back exercise cals as well... there is also no reason to be in the gym for 2-3 hours - its quality not quantity...

    do you weigh and measure everything you eat with scales?
  • darvin1023
    darvin1023 Posts: 52 Member
    What's your body fat percentage before and after you gained weight?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    If you are working out that much you might have gained muscle which is heavier than fat. Did you take measurements of your body? Did your pants get tighter? It is very difficult to tell without more information! Health wise, all is O.K. with you? Thyroid checked?
    I hope you will find the problem, best of luck
    Stef.

    no muscle has been gained eating under 1200 calories a day...
  • Abscominsoon
    Abscominsoon Posts: 13 Member
    This has to be one of the most absurd posts I've seen yet.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    This has to be one of the most absurd posts I've seen yet.

    agreed, absurd troll is absurd.

    ETA: in another post this person says they started at 142 pounds, so gee, yeah, I smell troll
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    If you've gained 22 lbs you aren't eating under 1200 calories. My guess is you aren't measuring what you eat. Either way, if you're eating less than 1200 calories a day, you aren't eating enough.

    Read this and fix your diet because that's your biggest problem.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/952996-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy
  • leadiax3
    leadiax3 Posts: 534 Member
    Under 1200 calories probably means ur metabolism is at a snail's pace. U might increase high quality, nutrious foods into your day. Lil meals, 5 to 6 times a day.

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