Explain please before I spontaneously combust!!!

Have you been losing inches instead?

Your diary is closed. Impossible to speculate.

What are your goals? You posted this in the gaining section but it sounds like you're trying to lose.

Are you tracking your calories as accurately as you can? Would you be comfortable opening your diary?

Sonyafats wrote: »

Yes I can tell the difference in my clothes but surely I haven't gained over 14lbs in muscle ??

What?

The most common problems we see come from underestimating calories eaten and overestimating calories burned.

Opening your diary might help to get you more specific advice if you're comfortable doing so.

You're logging everything you eat? Including condiments, cooking oils, veggies, cheat days, etc? I only ask because some people forget about the little things or think they aren't worth tracking. Are you using a food scale, measuring cups, or eyeballing your portion sizes? Most people can be off in their estimates by several hundred calories when they eyeball portions. Measuring cups are better, but a food scale is going to be the most accurate.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1290491-how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale

And make sure that you've calculated your calorie goals appropriately. Remember that these are just estimates. You may need to play around a little to find what works best for you.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

If you're exercising and eating back your earned exercise calories, be sure that you're using accurate estimates of your burn. MFP and gym machines have a tendency to overestimate certain activities, which can cause you to eat back more calories than you need to. Even a heart rate monitor isn't 100% accurate. If you're eating those extra earned calories it might be a good idea to eat only 50-75% of those.

And there's something to be said for the fact that some people just burn fewer calories than the generic equations predict. If that's the case for you, you may need to adjust your calories a little lower until you start losing again.

You're eating too many calories. Period.

I suggest you check out the links provided by Dianne above and then take a chance to really evaluate what you're eating.

Ah, the daily "What am I doing wrong?!" post.

Here are the major questions you need to answer:

1. Have you calculated your TDEE?
2. How much weight per week do you want to lose?
3. Are you eating the appropriate number of calories?
4. Are you accurately weighing and logging your food?

This is the first time I have ever seen this in this forum and I'm glad to see that someone recognizes that not every person burns the same amount of calories even if they are the same weight, height, sex, and age. Those TDEE's are way off for me, even if I put in sedentary the calorie counts are way too high.

[/quote] And there's something to be said for the fact that some people just burn fewer calories than the generic equations predict. If that's the case for you, you may need to adjust your calories a little lower until you start losing again. [/quote]

Sonyafats wrote: »

Thank you! Will try it x

It would be really helpful if you used the quote button at the bottom of the post that you're replying to so the rest of us can see who you're talking to.

Best of luck on your journey. I hope you're getting whatever information you need. If not, answering some of the questions you're being asked really would help you get more specific answers.