how do you gain if you never eat over maitence?

Robbnva
Robbnva Posts: 590 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Gained 1.5lbs and sure I had a few bad days but I always exercised and never went over my maitence calories, so why did I gain? Its my first gain in 9 months.
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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    sodium, change in water weight, hormonal flux, more food in your stomach and digestive tract

    it's a fluctuation - don't worry about it - weigh again in a week or so
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  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    1.5 lbs? I would chalk it up to water retention. I can 'gain' that much from one day to the next.
  • Robbnva
    Robbnva Posts: 590 Member
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Inaccuracy.

    Definitely not that, I'm a Nazi when it comes to measuring. My wife makes fun of me cause I use the scale weight for everything and not just trust the scoop size.

    Could be water weight I guess but its just annoying to have never gained until now when I'm so close.
  • Charliegottheruns
    Charliegottheruns Posts: 286 Member
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  • SilverRose89
    SilverRose89 Posts: 447 Member
    edited March 2015
    Robbnva wrote: »

    Could be water weight I guess but its just annoying to have never gained until now when I'm so close.

    That's quite impressive really, I fluctuate so much that sometimes I can see a 5lb gain when I know full well I've eaten well under maintenance. Then of course it disappears, until next time.

    Sounds like it's definitely water weight for you :)
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    You are one of the lucky ones up until now apparently. I have lots of mini gains throughout my loss. I was pretty militant about calories and knew I hadn't gone over.
    Worry if in a month you are still gaining.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Robbnva wrote: »
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Inaccuracy.

    Definitely not that, I'm a Nazi when it comes to measuring. My wife makes fun of me cause I use the scale weight for everything and not just trust the scoop size.

    Could be water weight I guess but its just annoying to have never gained until now when I'm so close.

    While I agree that it could be water weight, being "a Nazi when it comes to measuring" doesn't prevent inaccuracy. (Not sure why someone would want to use such a despicable term.) The calorie counts on the labels are the calories in the food sent to the lab, not the food you are actually eating. There can be large variations in the number of calories in food per ounce, just because of differences in what stage the food was harvested. Calories burned are another source of inaccuracy, because no two days are alike.
  • ripcurlrana
    ripcurlrana Posts: 31 Member
    edited March 2015
    I try not to weigh daily but I do! My weight fluctuates every few days by a pound or two. It can frustrating! But I know I'm losing inches, so I accept it and take it out on my kettlebells! ☺️

  • Robbnva
    Robbnva Posts: 590 Member
    ripcurlrana wrote: »
    I try not to weigh daily but I do! My weight fluctuates every few days by a pound or two. It can frustrating! But I know I'm losing inches, so I accept it and take it out on my kettlebells! ☺️

    I weigh once a week
  • Robbnva
    Robbnva Posts: 590 Member
    edited March 2015
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Robbnva wrote: »
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Inaccuracy.

    Definitely not that, I'm a Nazi when it comes to measuring. My wife makes fun of me cause I use the scale weight for everything and not just trust the scoop size.

    Could be water weight I guess but its just annoying to have never gained until now when I'm so close.

    While I agree that it could be water weight, being "a Nazi when it comes to measuring" doesn't prevent inaccuracy. (Not sure why someone would want to use such a despicable term.) The calorie counts on the labels are the calories in the food sent to the lab, not the food you are actually eating. There can be large variations in the number of calories in food per ounce, just because of differences in what stage the food was harvested. Calories burned are another source of inaccuracy, because no two days are alike.

    Sorry for using that term, but the soup Nazi from Seinfeld was my inspiration. Very strict.
  • scottacular
    scottacular Posts: 597 Member
    The human body is a d**k that bitterly resents you for denying it stuff it's told you it wants. This is its attempt at payback. Ride it out, if you're definitely not eating more than you think you are - it'll balance out soon enough.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    Robbnva wrote: »
    ripcurlrana wrote: »
    I try not to weigh daily but I do! My weight fluctuates every few days by a pound or two. It can frustrating! But I know I'm losing inches, so I accept it and take it out on my kettlebells! ☺️

    I weigh once a week

    This may be why it hasn't happened before then. You almost definitely have weighed more one day than the previous day, or the previous week, you've just been lucky enough all this time to happen to weigh on a day when you're lower. Weight loss isn't linear, some weeks you'll stay the same, some you'll gain.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Either it's water weight fluctuations and it will be gone the next time you weigh in, or else you're overestimating your calorie burns (or both!). I just looked at your full dairy report because you have sodium hidden in your diary. Unhide it! You're consuming 4,000-5,000 mg of sodium most days. The RDI for sodium is half of that and even less if you're in a risk group.

    Your exercise diary is way off. 400 + calories for 3 miles seems high. Your entries say you're doing 40 mins @ 5 mph. Most people give about 100 calories / mile. 400 calories burned for 40 minutes of snow shoveling? Seems high. "cardio home" burned 576 calories in 48 minutes? 12 calories per minute for an hour? I doubt it. Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, 35 minutes, 385 calories? Too high. When I was an obese BMI using a heart rate monitor walking 3.5 mph for 20-25 minutes doing lots of hills, I burned around 200 calories. How could you be burning almost twice that while walking slower? Saturday, Febuary 14th, Exercise: its my birthday. 60 minutes, 1,500 calories burned. 0.o?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Water retention. Normal daily fluctuations. Poop build-up.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    Either it's water weight fluctuations and it will be gone the next time you weigh in, or else you're overestimating your calorie burns (or both!). I just looked at your full dairy report because you have sodium hidden in your diary. Unhide it! You're consuming 4,000-5,000 mg of sodium most days. The RDI for sodium is half of that and even less if you're in a risk group.

    Your exercise diary is way off. 400 + calories for 3 miles seems high. Your entries say you're doing 40 mins @ 5 mph. Most people give about 100 calories / mile. 400 calories burned for 40 minutes of snow shoveling? Seems high. "cardio home" burned 576 calories in 48 minutes? 12 calories per minute for an hour? I doubt it. Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, 35 minutes, 385 calories? Too high. When I was an obese BMI using a heart rate monitor walking 3.5 mph for 20-25 minutes doing lots of hills, I burned around 200 calories. How could you be burning almost twice that while walking slower? Saturday, Febuary 14th, Exercise: its my birthday. 60 minutes, 1,500 calories burned. 0.o?

    So inaccuracy leads to eating too much.
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  • cbri02
    cbri02 Posts: 13 Member
    maybe you gained muscle.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Robbnva wrote: »
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Inaccuracy.

    Definitely not that, I'm a Nazi when it comes to measuring. My wife makes fun of me cause I use the scale weight for everything and not just trust the scoop size.

    Could be water weight I guess but its just annoying to have never gained until now when I'm so close.

    While I agree that it could be water weight, being "a Nazi when it comes to measuring" doesn't prevent inaccuracy. (Not sure why someone would want to use such a despicable term.) The calorie counts on the labels are the calories in the food sent to the lab, not the food you are actually eating. There can be large variations in the number of calories in food per ounce, just because of differences in what stage the food was harvested. Calories burned are another source of inaccuracy, because no two days are alike.

    This is his first gain in 9 months. How come it's only suddenly now he's been inaccurate?

    Weight fluctuates. Have you been ill at all? Started a new weights routine?
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    edited March 2015
    cbri02 wrote: »
    maybe you gained muscle.

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  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Weight normally fluctuates, don't worry about it.

    I am curious why you say that you are eating at maintenance if you are still trying to lose weight? Your diary doesn't look like you are at maintenance. Your calorie goal is wayyy lower than mine.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited March 2015
    cbri02 wrote: »
    maybe you gained muscle.

    1.5 lbs of muscle in one week eating primarily in a deficit; maintenance at worst?

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  • esjones12
    esjones12 Posts: 1,363 Member
    Your body fluctuates pounds every day. I wouldn't be worried about 1.5 pounds. Give it some time and see if it goes up or down.

    However, the way you gain on maintenance = You measured your food wrong, or calculated your exercise burn wrong, or calculated your maintenance wrong.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    cbri02 wrote: »
    maybe you gained muscle.

    in a calorie deficit?
  • benjaminhk
    benjaminhk Posts: 353 Member
    Everyone is a little different. We all retain some amount of waste, some hold more water, some have thyroid issues. I magically lost a whole pound in one day. Did I really burn 3,500 calories yesterday in addition to my RMR? No. My body is just weird.
  • jessupbrady
    jessupbrady Posts: 508 Member
    cbri02 wrote: »
    maybe you gained muscle.

    1.5 lbs of muscle gain in a week's time?

    If that is muscle gain, I so want in on that secret!
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Have you started that lifting program yet? If yes, that'd be the reason.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    sodium, change in water weight, hormonal flux, more food in your stomach and digestive tract

    it's a fluctuation - don't worry about it - weigh again in a week or so

    ^^ this
  • SilverRose89
    SilverRose89 Posts: 447 Member
    cbri02 wrote: »
    maybe you gained muscle.

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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    beemerphile1 wrote: »
    I am curious why you say that you are eating at maintenance if you are still trying to lose weight? Your diary doesn't look like you are at maintenance. Your calorie goal is wayyy lower than mine.

    He didn't say he's eating at maintenance. He said he never went over maintenance.
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