What the heck!!!

sadiqajamilla
sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I have no idea what's going on here! So since Saturday I have been gaining 1lb-2lbs a day. I weighed in on Friday at 352.2 and this morning at 359.1. I don't have any issues with being a daily weigher since I know weight fluctuates. But that's just it, this isn't fluctuating. It's a steady increase. Just a side note, I am also breastfeeding and I don't even figure that into my daily calories. Period is also due next week but didn't see any issues like this last month. Could I be retaining water from that and the huge amount of carbs I have been injesting? Still doesn't make sense, on Friday and Saturday, I walked for like 10 hours at Disneyland. I'm stumped! My diary is open.

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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    I looked at your diary

    you are not weighing all your food on a food scale
    so you eat much more calories than you think

    Thighten up your logging and step away from cup entrees serving sizes and spoons

    Weigh everything!!!
  • sadiqajamilla
    sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    I looked at your diary

    you are not weighing all your food on a food scale
    so you eat much more calories than you think

    Thighten up your logging and step away from cup entrees serving sizes and spoons

    Weigh everything!!!
    Roger that!

  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    :)

    here a short shocking video how inaccurate we can be without knowing.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

    Its scary lol
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    Without looking at your diary, I am going to guess it's a combination of TOM weight, extra carbs, extra sodium from Disney food, and (since you probably don't normally walk so much) fluid retention in your muscles from exercise. Maybe stop weighing until after your period.
  • sadiqajamilla
    sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
    That's insane! Thanks will start today!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    sadiqajamilla wrote: »
    Period is also due next week but didn't see any issues like this last month. Could I be retaining water from that and the huge amount of carbs I have been injesting? Still doesn't make sense, on Friday and Saturday, I walked for like 10 hours at Disneyland. I'm stumped! My diary is open.

    This is likely the cause. Not weighing your food is HIGHLY unlikely to cause you to overeat by 23800 calories (the amount needed to gain 6.8 lbs of fat).

    It's mostly or all water weight, which is common when you expect your period, and sometimes when you eat a lot of carbs. Especially if it's a lot more carbs than usual.
  • sadiqajamilla
    sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
    The peanut butter!!!!
  • paris458
    paris458 Posts: 229 Member
    me too, what I try is eating everything earlier in the day and I start losing weight. try moving your dinner up an hour.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    yeps i know
    And because you eat some high dense calorie food and all in serving sizes and cups i would tighten it up to weighing everything!!
    And what need2exercise says is true.

    water fluctuations happen also
    But i am sure you eat much much more than you log and that is a shame of all your affords.

    Those bunes and 8 slices of meat etc that are calorie hogs and when you weigh them it is never what the label said. Tortillas...never the same weight what the label says sometimes less..most of the time more lol
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited May 2015
    paris458 wrote: »
    me too, what I try is eating everything earlier in the day and I start losing weight. try moving your dinner up an hour.

    time of eating is irrelevant

    its all about calories vs calories out...not how late you eat.

    Only water fluctuations which she has also btw

  • sadiqajamilla
    sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    yeps i know
    And because you eat some high dense calorie food and all in serving sizes and cups i would tighten it up to weighing everything!!
    And what need2exercise says is true.

    water fluctuations happen also
    But i am sure you eat much much more than you log and that is a shame of all your affords.

    Those bunes and 8 slices of meat etc that are calorie hogs and when you weigh them it is never what the label said. Tortillas...never the same weight what the label says sometimes less..most of the time more lol

    Good point because I often noticed a discrepancy in calories from the label and then what comes up on the log. I don't eat any more than what I log. I'm generally not hungry and often increase my portion sizes to hit my daily calories.
  • doktorglass
    doktorglass Posts: 91 Member
    edited May 2015
    What I would consider after looking through your diary:
    1. As already mentioned, you must weigh your food. For example, what exactly is 0.13 servings of pie? ~100kcal of mayo is around 15g, do you think that is what you scoop up in 1tbsp?
    2. Secondly, I see that you eat a lot of ready-made foods. Consider looking at this short video on the realities of nutrition labelling. While discrepancies in food labelling may not matter when eating ready-made once in a while, it may be a source of concern if it is eaten regularly.

  • sadiqajamilla
    sadiqajamilla Posts: 34 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    sadiqajamilla wrote: »
    Period is also due next week but didn't see any issues like this last month. Could I be retaining water from that and the huge amount of carbs I have been injesting? Still doesn't make sense, on Friday and Saturday, I walked for like 10 hours at Disneyland. I'm stumped! My diary is open.

    This is likely the cause. Not weighing your food is HIGHLY unlikely to cause you to overeat by 23800 calories (the amount needed to gain 6.8 lbs of fat).

    It's mostly or all water weight, which is common when you expect your period, and sometimes when you eat a lot of carbs. Especially if it's a lot more carbs than usual.

    I have been carb crazy the past 5 days.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    sadiqajamilla wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    sadiqajamilla wrote: »
    Period is also due next week but didn't see any issues like this last month. Could I be retaining water from that and the huge amount of carbs I have been injesting? Still doesn't make sense, on Friday and Saturday, I walked for like 10 hours at Disneyland. I'm stumped! My diary is open.

    This is likely the cause. Not weighing your food is HIGHLY unlikely to cause you to overeat by 23800 calories (the amount needed to gain 6.8 lbs of fat).

    It's mostly or all water weight, which is common when you expect your period, and sometimes when you eat a lot of carbs. Especially if it's a lot more carbs than usual.

    I have been carb crazy the past 5 days.

    Yeah, expecting your period can cause that too. :/
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