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    i gain weight

    Posts: 12 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Dang I weigh myself it said I was 263 but I weigh 255 I gain 8 not good I was doing so well :(

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    • Posts: 248 Member
      What time frame are you talking about? One day to the next? The same day? A week later?
    • Posts: 12 Member
      Well I just weigh this morning and I weigh 263
    • Posts: 767 Member
      It could be water retention from salty foods, weighing yourself later in the day will cause you to weigh more than in the morning, that time of your month can cause significant weight gain, if you have recently started exercising and weight training your body will appear heavier because of water and other nutrients needed for muscle repair, or if you had to take a new or different medicine will cause your weight to grossly fluctuate.

      I wouldn't stress over it too much because if it is any one of those things or a combination, it will be gone in a manner of a few days. I had a week were on Monday I was at a low and by Friday I had gained almost 9 pounds with normal eating and exercising and lost it by Sunday, but I think it is due to hormones and medicines given to me for bronchitis.

      Good luck and keep working on losing weight because you can do this!
    • Posts: 248 Member
      When did you weigh 255?
    • Posts: 4,131 Member
      Do you weigh yourself every day? Every week? Did you drink alcohol or really salty and/or carby food yesterday? I know I can pretty easily see the scale go up by 4 lbs overnight if I eat a salty meal the day before. Or if I go overboard with my exercise, I can "gain" 2 lbs or so overnight. Unless you ate 28,000 calories more than MFP said to, you didn't actually "gain" weight.
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    • Posts: 12 Member
      I weigh myself every week
    • Posts: 4,131 Member
      Did you eat 4000 extra calories every day in the past week?
    • Posts: 12 Member
      WBB55 no I eat less

    • Posts: 4,131 Member
      Then you didn't "gain" weight. Does your scale need batteries?
    • Posts: 12 Member
      No it don't use batteries
    • Posts: 818 Member
      kathrynbeals57 wrote: »
      WBB55 no I eat less

      How do you know? You've not been logging your food
    • Posts: 12 Member
      Can stress can make I gain weight
    • Posts: 12 Member
      Well I Will keep trying to lose the wieght
    • Posts: 3,077 Member
      If you want real advice, you need to post with actual details and start logging your food and weighing it. If you just want validation, you're not going to get it because it doesn't seem like you're trying all that strictly.
    • Posts: 2,229 Member
      kathrynbeals57 wrote: »
      Can stress can make I gain weight

      Eating too much makes you gain weight.

    • Posts: 12 Member
      Kkenseth I am trying my best I only weigh once a week
    • Posts: 12 Member
      Ik eating to much gain that Weight but I haven't been eating that much
    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      kathrynbeals57 wrote: »
      Ik eating to much gain that Weight but I haven't been eating that much

      You are eating more than you think. /thread.

      Buy a food scale, weigh your food.
    • Posts: 3,077 Member
      kathrynbeals57 wrote: »
      Kkenseth I am trying my best I only weigh once a week

      Weighing once a week has nothing to do with your logging and food weighing accuracy.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      I am gaining but from exercise?! Which is such a bummer, but I can see results in my shape (definition is appearing!!) so I am keep on at it!!!
    • Posts: 229 Member
      trust you are eating more than you think. I always thought I wasnt eating very much and when I started logging I realize I was so wrong.
    • Posts: 982 Member
      edited July 2015
      amazingmomager wrote: »
      I am gaining but from exercise?! Which is such a bummer, but I can see results in my shape (definition is appearing!!) so I am keep on at it!!!

      You don't gain from exercise unless you are still eating too much. Eat at a modest calorie deficit and continue to exercise and you will see even more amazing results!!! :)

    • Posts: 2,836 Member
      What does "trying hard" mean? Really wanting to lose weight and thinking about it a lot is not the same as planning nutritious food choices and weighing/logging everything accurately. I'd try that for a few weeks and come back and check in.
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    • Posts: 131 Member
      I would agree with the advice of shell1005. Log consistently. I don't worry if I go over your 'calorie budget'. It is there as a guideline. It is there to see what foods are 'calorie expensive'. You need more than one sample of weight to see progress. Keep on going, keep on recording. Review the results in a few months. Give it time to work.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      - Talk to your doctor, I'm just a nobody

      Hello Kathryn :smile:

      I'm barely 178 pounds and I have the same problems... Believe it or not, I was 186 pounds two days ago... So frustrating. I think I just can't eat processed junk or salty things.. or too much sugar. I came back on myfitnesspal and lost almost 10 pounds in 2-3 days. That's not fat, it's water retention, and undigested food.

      Try to drink more water and try to cut down processed food. And maybe sweat a little every day. I always recommend walking. I was a fat kid and I lost more than 60 pounds over a decade ago just by walking a lot everyday.

      Don't give up, you're worth it.
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