HELLLLLLLLLLLLLP!

susangilbert
susangilbert Posts: 30
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Last week, I upped my weights, cardio, AND was under my calorie intake EVERY DAY. I weighed in and GAINED a pound!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!
ANyone? ANything?
Discouraged...

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  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Last week, I upped my weights, cardio, AND was under my calorie intake EVERY DAY. I weighed in and GAINED a pound!
    AHHHHHHHHHHH!
    ANyone? ANything?
    Discouraged...
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  • Alisha1201
    Alisha1201 Posts: 3 Member
    I know the feeling! I have been working out like a crazy woman and the pounds stay the same. However, my clothes are fitting so much better so I treat that as my success.

    I don't know about you but when I eat under what I should I gain weight. Your body goes in to a "starvation" and your metabolism slows down.

    Don't give up it will happen!
  • dkell
    dkell Posts: 408 Member
    Your building and toning.:smile:
  • Fab140
    Fab140 Posts: 1,976 Member
    Have you been taking your measurements and drinking lots of fluids?

    Bet you lost some inches!:flowerforyou:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    The chances of that lb being muscle are about as great as winning the lottery, unfortunately. It's not you personally--anyone in a caloric deficit has the same chance of building one lb of muscle in just a week. Even a male in a caloric excess would have difficulty doing that. However, it's just as difficult to gain a pound of fat in a caloric deficit in just a week. Caloric deficits do not allow for anything to build--it's not physiologically possible. You don't have the excess energy required to do so.

    It's either water weight, waste, or glycogen (the form of blood sugar that is stored in the liver and muscles).

    Don't get discouraged by a 1 lb gain after just a week. If you let the scale dictate how you feel about yourself each week, this will be a long, uphill struggle, rather than interesting journey in learning how your body functions.
  • superduperbandnerd
    superduperbandnerd Posts: 80
    Don't go under your cals. You need them or your body will want to keep them (starvation mode). Are you eatting your exercise cals?
  • deamarie
    deamarie Posts: 90
    The chances of that lb being muscle are about as great as winning the lottery, unfortunately. It's not you personally--anyone in a caloric deficit has the same chance of building one lb of muscle in just a week. Even a male in a caloric excess would have difficulty doing that. However, it's just as difficult to gain a pound of fat in a caloric deficit in just a week. Caloric deficits do not allow for anything to build--it's not physiologically possible. You don't have the excess energy required to do so.

    It's either water weight, waste, or glycogen (the form of blood sugar that is stored in the liver and muscles).

    Don't get discouraged by a 1 lb gain after just a week. If you let the scale dictate how you feel about yourself each week, this will be a long, uphill struggle, rather than interesting journey in learning how your body functions.
  • deamarie
    deamarie Posts: 90
    Sorry about above...still learning how to work this thing!

    I am glad someone else is telling the truth about that "You are just gaining muscle" myth! That drives me insane. I hate it when someone tells me that knowing good and well my body is not so physiologically perfect that it can replace a pound of fat with a pound of muscle. The body does not work that way. There has to be some other explanation for it....and I wish I knew what it is!!

    I am feeling your pain. I have been at this for 3 weeks and have only lost 3lbs in the first week. However, I did realize I was not eating my workout calories and had a HUGE deficit going on. Hopefully that will fix the problem.

    I hate to get personal but is it "that time"??
  • kellch
    kellch Posts: 7,849 Member
    Could be water, muscle....weight varies daily. Just keep it up :flowerforyou:
  • ChubbyBunny
    ChubbyBunny Posts: 3,523 Member
    Um, you aren't supposed to eat LESS then MFP suggests, they are already creating a deficiet to lose weight. Also, don't forget to eat ALL the additional exercise calories MFP gives you, it does it for a reason.
  • kellch
    kellch Posts: 7,849 Member
    The chances of that lb being muscle are about as great as winning the lottery, unfortunately. It's not you personally--anyone in a caloric deficit has the same chance of building one lb of muscle in just a week. Even a male in a caloric excess would have difficulty doing that. However, it's just as difficult to gain a pound of fat in a caloric deficit in just a week. Caloric deficits do not allow for anything to build--it's not physiologically possible. You don't have the excess energy required to do so.

    It's either water weight, waste, or glycogen (the form of blood sugar that is stored in the liver and muscles).

    Don't get discouraged by a 1 lb gain after just a week. If you let the scale dictate how you feel about yourself each week, this will be a long, uphill struggle, rather than interesting journey in learning how your body functions.

    Banks? Is that you? He's haunting us :laugh:
  • DETERMINED2Drop
    DETERMINED2Drop Posts: 285 Member
    I'm an exercise and wellness major. It can take a year for even a male to gain 10-15 pounds of muscle. It's not easy and it doesn't develop over night, BUT your weight is probably water weight... the muscle will come with time and the fat will come off.
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    I appreciate this. No, not "that time" as that ship sailed a LOOOOONG time ago! :)
    So, you are saying that I must eat my work-out calories?
    Sus
  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
    I am more concerned about your profile picture. What the hell kind of feet are you kissing? :noway: :laugh:
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Not feet, salmon at Pikes in Seattle!
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    True, , my clothes are fitting better and I am feeling good (tired at end of week), I was just discouraged.
    Susan
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Wow! That is exactly what happened to me...3 lbs the first week, and this week zip, nada, neicht!
    I appreciate the breakdown! Any other tips for me? You seem to know your stuff!
    SUsan
  • ChubbyBunny
    ChubbyBunny Posts: 3,523 Member
    Yes, you need to eat your exercise calories.
    Typically if you don't you dip too low and your body holds onto weight.

    First major weightloss is typically water weight.

    Keep up the good work, but make sure your eating what you need to.
  • deamarie
    deamarie Posts: 90
    EAT YOUR CALORIES!!! It seems like a lot of food to consume because I get lots of extra calories from working out. I feel your pain!
  • cassangelidy
    cassangelidy Posts: 304
    Not feet, salmon at Pikes in Seattle!

    I live in Seattle....I LOVE PIKE PLACE MARKET!!!!

    Woot Woot!!!!
  • cassangelidy
    cassangelidy Posts: 304
    I'm an exercise and wellness major. It can take a year for even a male to gain 10-15 pounds of muscle. It's not easy and it doesn't develop over night, BUT your weight is probably water weight... the muscle will come with time and the fat will come off.

    I just wanted to say I completely agree with this...it drives me crazy when people always suggest weight increase is muscle. Ronnie Coleman...a world famous bodybuilder...this is his JOB...and he only gained 33 pounds of muscle in one year....and I am talking CRAZY protein and CRAZY lifting weights....

    The only time I gained lean body mass VERY quickly (former bodybuilder myself) was when I did a phase of Creatin and I gained 2.5 pounds of muscle in a week. And I was working out 3 times a day.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I am more concerned about your profile picture. What the hell kind of feet are you kissing? :noway: :laugh:


    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That's fish.
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Thanks, y'all, I really do feel a lot better. I was NOT eating my workout calories all the while secretly feeling quite righteous.. Turns out, I HAVE to eat them in order to loose weight.
    I have been working out 6 days a week since June 1 and before I joined you all two weeks ago, I had not, since June 1, lost ONE POUND!
    Now, I was well aware it was becasue of my food portions. Now that I am maintaining my 6X a week work-out and watching my food, and I have to admit, I had an expectation, fueled by my 3lb.loss last week, that I was going to loose like this every week.
    AH, pride sucks, don't it?
    Is there something different I could do with my work-out schedule?
    Current Work-out Sched:
    Fit Camp Mon
    Weight Tues
    Fit Camp Wed
    Weight Thur
    Spin Fri
    Yoga Sat

    Susan
  • deamarie
    deamarie Posts: 90
    What is fit camp?
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Fit camp is a hard-core 60 minute aerobic workout designed by the fitness trainer at my club. He is a Marine and a former college f'ball player. It is HARD and very aerobic.
    Hurts like ^%$#!
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    a twice a week 60 minute aerobic workout by former college f'baller and Marine at our club.
    Hard as %$#!
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    Wow, must be a workout! But yeah, this whole kissing dead fish fetish of yours... :huh: :wink: :laugh:
  • susangilbert
    susangilbert Posts: 30
    Not kissing, just holding hands...I promise!
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