3 months and 14lbs heavier wtf?
Dukesjourney
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I don't understand my body...in 3 months I have gained 14lbs...this is the person that goes to the gym at least sometimes 4 times a week...and tries to eat as healthy as possible.
I'm starting to think my body has a problem.
I stopped weight daily as the results were really upsetting. I've started weighing once every couple of weeks...everytime the scale goes up...today I get on the scale and have put on another 4 or 5 lbs. I figured I might see something good as a result of the hard work im putting in but it's not happening.
I feel so demotivated!!!
I'm starting to think my body has a problem.
I stopped weight daily as the results were really upsetting. I've started weighing once every couple of weeks...everytime the scale goes up...today I get on the scale and have put on another 4 or 5 lbs. I figured I might see something good as a result of the hard work im putting in but it's not happening.
I feel so demotivated!!!
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Sorry to hear! Mostly, this happens when we're eating more than we think we're eating.
If you're progressively increasing your workload, you're getting more fit, and that's excellent! As you probably know, progress on the scale is almost entirely be dictated by diet. Let's take a look at that!this is the person that goes to the gym at least sometimes 4 times a week
If your weight is going up, you're eating too many calories. From a weight gain/loss perspective, it doesn't matter whether those foods were healthy or unhealthy, or whether it was easy or a monumental effort. Unfortunately, your food diary is empty. The simple act of keeping a food diary has been demonstrated to have a big impact on successful weight loss. Not directly, of course! But when we're accountable for everything we put in our mouth, we eat less. I would encourage you to begin logging your foods for a couple weeks and see what happens. It may be just what you need for a turn-around!and tries to eat as healthy as possible.
Best of luck to you on your journey.
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Are you weight training? Doing cardio at the gym? Participating in classes? If you would like help and support from the community, you have to let us know what your doing....0
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Yeah I gave up logging my food when I started to get demotivated...I am going to start logging again though.
Gophil - I don't do weight training apart from a body pump class...bit I imagine that's not really the kind of weight training you mean. Otherwise I do at least an hr to an hr and half of cardio.
I participate in body pump, body combat, and spinning on a regular basis and I've just introduced yoga into the mix as well.0 -
Yeah I gave up logging my food when I started to get demotivated...I am going to start logging again though.
Hate to say it, but if you're not logging your food then you're eating more than you think - you're not in a calorie deficit and that's why you're gaining weight0 -
You're not logging your food. Eating healthy is all well and good, but if you're not eating the right number of calories you won't lose weight.
Also exercise makes many people (myself included) hungry. It's easy to increase your intake without realizing it.0 -
Yeah I gave up logging my food when I started to get demotivated...I am going to start logging again though.
Problem identified.
You need to accurately and consistently log your food. You gain weight when you're taking in more calories than you're expending. End of story.
Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think0 -
I would start over, after I read this. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0
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Yeah I gave up logging my food when I started to get demotivated...I am going to start logging again though.
Gophil - I don't do weight training apart from a body pump class...bit I imagine that's not really the kind of weight training you mean. Otherwise I do at least an hr to an hr and half of cardio.
I participate in body pump, body combat, and spinning on a regular basis and I've just introduced yoga into the mix as well.
^ in bold.
both the culprit (not logging) and the solution (logging) in one sentence.
good luck. 0 -
Yeah I gave up logging my food when I started to get demotivated...I am going to start logging again though.
This is why you are gaining weight.0 -
As everyone has said, start logging again. However, I creeped your diary entries back from January. Do not eat so little. You don't need to eat 1200 calories to lose weight. Set it to something more sustainable - if you are miserable and hungry you won't be able to stick to it.0
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Sorry to hear! Mostly, this happens when we're eating more than we think we're eating.
If you're progressively increasing your workload, you're getting more fit, and that's excellent! As you probably know, progress on the scale is almost entirely be dictated by diet. Let's take a look at that!this is the person that goes to the gym at least sometimes 4 times a week
If your weight is going up, you're eating too many calories. From a weight gain/loss perspective, it doesn't matter whether those foods were healthy or unhealthy, or whether it was easy or a monumental effort. Unfortunately, your food diary is empty. The simple act of keeping a food diary has been demonstrated to have a big impact on successful weight loss. Not directly, of course! But when we're accountable for everything we put in our mouth, we eat less. I would encourage you to begin logging your foods for a couple weeks and see what happens. It may be just what you need for a turn-around!and tries to eat as healthy as possible.
Best of luck to you on your journey.
I really have nothing more helpful to add except to say that this individual made a very gracious and respectful answer. I hope that you can get past your gains (we all can understand how you feel!) and good luck to you.0 -
As everyone has said, start logging again. However, I creeped your diary entries back from January. Do not eat so little. You don't need to eat 1200 calories to lose weight. Set it to something more sustainable - if you are miserable and hungry you won't be able to stick to it.
True-- it also leads to binging in many many people. Which could explain the gains once you stopped logging.0 -
Yep, start logging and log accurately, mostly so you can see at what calorie intake works for you with the amount of exercise you get. You're just fooling yourself if you don't log accurately. I know from experience. I kept saying, I'm doing everything right, why can't I lose weight, but really it came down to the fact that I didn't want to admit or I forgot how much I was really still eating. Once I started logging and log everything as accurately as humanly possible for me, the weight is coming off.0
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After a 14-pound gain... It's time to reevaluate, my friend. Just go back to the drawing board, start logging carefully like everyone said, and make it happen. Commit to two weeks... You'll see.0
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Hmm seems the generally consensus is to get back to the logging.
I will take a your comments on board. I will start again tomorrow and keep track of what I eat and hopefully I will see a significant difference.
Barneygood - I don't mean to eat so little. I try not to snack and as standard eat 3 low cal meals a day.
Any tips for increasing it would be great.
Thank you for all the comments0 -
After a 14-pound gain... It's time to reevaluate, my friend. Just go back to the drawing board, start logging carefully like everyone said, and make it happen. Commit to two weeks... You'll see.
Yes you are right...I need to reevaluate..start again!!0 -
Have you taken a pregnancy test?0
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ALIENS!0
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Hmm seems the generally consensus is to get back to the logging.
I will take a your comments on board. I will start again tomorrow and keep track of what I eat and hopefully I will see a significant difference.
Barneygood - I don't mean to eat so little. I try not to snack and as standard eat 3 low cal meals a day.
Any tips for increasing it would be great.
Thank you for all the comments
Calculate your caloric needs to maintain at your current activity then eat 500 calories less than that daily for a one pound per week projected loss ... then accurately measure and log everything (solid and liquid) you consume along with your exercise. Take care not to overestimate your exercise burns and underestimate your intake.
It isn't rocket science. Do the math, figure out what your body NEEDS, go from there.0 -
Hmm seems the generally consensus is to get back to the logging.
I will take a your comments on board. I will start again tomorrow and keep track of what I eat and hopefully I will see a significant difference.
Barneygood - I don't mean to eat so little. I try not to snack and as standard eat 3 low cal meals a day.
Any tips for increasing it would be great.
Thank you for all the comments
I don't know your height or your current weight, but I was put on a 1500-cal diet by my doctor, and it's providing a very reasonable rate of weight loss, and it's feeling totally sustainable for me at this point. I'm 5'4" on a good day and hovering around 200lbs right now. I do not eat back exercise calories, but I don't burn a ton.
Don't focus so much on eating low-cal options - in January you were eating about half as many calories as you could be to still lose at a good rate. I usually have about 300 for breakfast (for me, this is oatmeal with fruit, a sausage, and some espresso usually), around 300-450 for lunch depending on what my breakfast is, about 400-600 for dinner (again, depending on how much I've eaten earlier), and the rest I leave for snacks. If you prefer not to snack you can have larger meals, this is just what works for me. There is usually room for me to have a treat about 1-2 times per week (e.g. some frozen yogurt).
I struggled a bit at first, thinking I had to give up everything I used to eat and completely revamp my whole diet. That wasn't necessary for me, since I actually was eating pretty well, just too much of it. It took some time to figure out how to make breakfast keep me full until lunch (I added the sausage or eat some eggs for protein), and I try to avoid things that are going to use up a lot of calories without making me feel full. I gave up eating pasta for the most part - I find I always want to eat again after having pasta, so it just didn't work for me.
Feel free to friend me if you want to talk.0 -
Instead of focusing on being demotivated, focus on what you already have achieved: you already have lost 33lbs (that's pretty good!).
You actually look pretty good on the profile pictures, but I'm sure that if you took another 33lbs down, you would be able to pick and choose Mr. Right.
MY TIPS:
- NO SNACKING!
- Set a realistic MyFitnessPal goal, that one you have now on the 1200 kcal is quite ambitious especially if you have a demanding fulltime job.
- Take a walk/jog every evening, it stimulates your metabolism to run in a higher gear through the night.
- Eat early - that's no reason to eat 2 - 3 hours before going to bed, you will just get kcals you don't need, and you know where they go if they’re not being burned right away.
- Log your food, even after you have reached your weight goal - your body WANTS to gain efter you have lost weight, especially after a fast weight loss, continue until your weight have been stable for 3 - 4 mounths.
All the best :-)0 -
Instead of focusing on being demotivated, focus on what you already have achieved: you already have lost 33lbs (that's pretty good!).
You actually look pretty good on the profile pictures, but I'm sure that if you took another 33lbs down, you would be able to pick and choose Mr. Right.
MY TIPS:
- NO SNACKING!
- Set a realistic MyFitnessPal goal, that one you have now on the 1200 kcal is quite ambitious especially if you have a demanding fulltime job.
- Take a walk/jog every evening, it stimulates your metabolism to run in a higher gear through the night.
- Eat early - that's no reason to eat 2 - 3 hours before going to bed, you will just get kcals you don't need, and you know where they go if they’re not being burned right away.
- Log your food, even after you have reached your weight goal - your body WANTS to gain efter you have lost weight, especially after a fast weight loss, continue until your weight have been stable for 3 - 4 mounths.
All the best :-)
I don't agree that no snacking is a must. As long as you log them accurately, are not mindlessly snacking, and you meet your calorie goal, it doesn't matter. The timing of meals also does not matter for weight loss purposes.0 -
Instead of focusing on being demotivated, focus on what you already have achieved: you already have lost 33lbs (that's pretty good!).
You actually look pretty good on the profile pictures, but I'm sure that if you took another 33lbs down, you would be able to pick and choose Mr. Right.
MY TIPS:
- NO SNACKING!
- Set a realistic MyFitnessPal goal, that one you have now on the 1200 kcal is quite ambitious especially if you have a demanding fulltime job.
- Take a walk/jog every evening, it stimulates your metabolism to run in a higher gear through the night.
- Eat early - that's no reason to eat 2 - 3 hours before going to bed, you will just get kcals you don't need, and you know where they go if they’re not being burned right away.
- Log your food, even after you have reached your weight goal - your body WANTS to gain efter you have lost weight, especially after a fast weight loss, continue until your weight have been stable for 3 - 4 mounths.
All the best :-)
This doesn't even rise to the level of broscience.0 -
Have you had your thyroid levels checked recently?
Though I agree with everyone else that logging your food is the most likely culprit, I just recently found out that my thyroid was under active thus leading to a pound per month increase in weight for the last 6 months. I've always had a small frame and have eaten healthy for years, so this was a shocker - however I just chocked the weight gain up to holiday/work stress, and plain old getting older. Wish I had my blood tested sooner!
Anyway, keep your food diary and if you see no improvement or have any ah-ha moments with your food (which I admittedly did - even with my healthy eating), check that thyroid. It's a very common condition.0 -
Snacking has nothing to do with weight loss if you stay within your macros.Instead of focusing on being demotivated, focus on what you already have achieved: you already have lost 33lbs (that's pretty good!).
You actually look pretty good on the profile pictures, but I'm sure that if you took another 33lbs down, you would be able to pick and choose Mr. Right.
MY TIPS:
- NO SNACKING!
- Set a realistic MyFitnessPal goal, that one you have now on the 1200 kcal is quite ambitious especially if you have a demanding fulltime job.
- Take a walk/jog every evening, it stimulates your metabolism to run in a higher gear through the night.
- Eat early - that's no reason to eat 2 - 3 hours before going to bed, you will just get kcals you don't need, and you know where they go if they’re not being burned right away.
- Log your food, even after you have reached your weight goal - your body WANTS to gain efter you have lost weight, especially after a fast weight loss, continue until your weight have been stable for 3 - 4 mounths.
All the best :-)
What time you eat has nothing to do with weight loss or gain. I literally eat 1500-3000 calories right before bed and don't gain weight when on a cut. Again eat within your macros set and you will lose weight if you weigh your food & you know your true TDEE.0 -
I noticed that you are not logging food in your food diary that is probably part of the problem right there. If your weight is going up you are eatting to many calories as simple as that. I was surprised at just how many calories I was eatting compared to my allotted in take when I started logging my food. 1 6" sub from subway is more than half my daily calories :0 That puts things into perspective0
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That was a very good read. Thanks.I would start over, after I read this. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
Have you taken a pregnancy test?
I'm definitely not pregnant.0 -
Hmm seems the generally consensus is to get back to the logging.
I will take a your comments on board. I will start again tomorrow and keep track of what I eat and hopefully I will see a significant difference.
Barneygood - I don't mean to eat so little. I try not to snack and as standard eat 3 low cal meals a day.
Any tips for increasing it would be great.
Thank you for all the comments
Calculate your caloric needs to maintain at your current activity then eat 500 calories less than that daily for a one pound per week projected loss ... then accurately measure and log everything (solid and liquid) you consume along with your exercise. Take care not to overestimate your exercise burns and underestimate your intake.
It isn't rocket science. Do the math, figure out what your body NEEDS, go from there.
How would you suggest I calculate this...I'm considering purchasing a fitbit...would you recommend?0 -
Have you had your thyroid levels checked recently?
Though I agree with everyone else that logging your food is the most likely culprit, I just recently found out that my thyroid was under active thus leading to a pound per month increase in weight for the last 6 months. I've always had a small frame and have eaten healthy for years, so this was a shocker - however I just chocked the weight gain up to holiday/work stress, and plain old getting older. Wish I had my blood tested sooner!
Anyway, keep your food diary and if you see no improvement or have any ah-ha moments with your food (which I admittedly did - even with my healthy eating), check that thyroid. It's a very common condition.
I've actually never had my thyroid tested...if after I start this journey again and I see no progress I will get checked.0
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