Gaining weight

Weight loss isn't linear - you won't lose weight every week. Some you'll stay the same, some you'll gain. Weight fluctuates naturally. And if you're weighing weekly and not daily you may well have been down yesterday then just fluctuated today. Lots of things cause fluctuations: salty foods, periods, new exercise regimes (especially if you're doing weights), extra food that hasn't been digested, and sometimes they just happen for seemingly no reason.

To demonstrate, this is my weight loss graph weighing daily over a few months:

At three weeks you are just getting started. Give yourself time to adapt.

Also, what did you mean exactly by " Last week I lost 2lb and this week I've out in 2lb"? Did you gain 4 pounds in one week or just gain back the two pounds you previously lost?

My own weight can fluctuate a few pounds in either direction during a week no matter what I'm doing. When I look back 3 months, it becomes more clear that I'm losing weight.

When I have trouble, I focus on how well I'm tracking my calories in/out. I've found that every set back was caused to my not tracking my calories accurately.

Difficulties with tracking calories or overeating is all part of the process at the beginning. If you stick with it and slowly build better habits, the weight will come under your control.

Whatever negative thoughts you are having at this time, just right them down and consider them carefully. How accurate are those negative thoughts? Try to consider a more reasonable and realistic way of looking at your situation and write that down next to the negative thought.

For example the thought:

"I've lost 2 pounds last week and gained it back this week. Is there something wrong with me that prevent me from losing weight?"

May have a more realistic outlook:

"The two pounds I lost appeared to have come back. There could be many reasons it came back. I may need to give myself more time and maybe pay better attention to what I'm eating and how much exercise I'm getting. I'm still on the right track and deserve credit for committing to getting healthier."

People are much, much stronger than they give themselves credit for. I have learned not to doubt what anybody says they can accomplish. The only thing that stands in your way is failing to believe that you can do this. Trust in yourself and trust in the process and keep at it.

Diets are a temporary fix to a deeper problem.

kkenseth wrote: »

MrFitness225 wrote: »

Diets are a temporary fix to a deeper problem.

How is this helpful? Caloric restriction is a part of MFP that many users chose to utilize and I don't understand how restricting my calories and losing weight to improve my health indicates that I have a deeper problem.

If, by "diet," he means eating only particular kinds of food or in particular ways, yeah, I think that's a temporary fix to a deeper problem.

If, by "diet," he means calorie restriction, in general, I think the statement is overly broad. By far.

kkenseth wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

kkenseth wrote: »

MrFitness225 wrote: »

Diets are a temporary fix to a deeper problem.

How is this helpful? Caloric restriction is a part of MFP that many users chose to utilize and I don't understand how restricting my calories and losing weight to improve my health indicates that I have a deeper problem.

If, by "diet," he means eating only particular kinds of food or in particular ways, yeah, I think that's a temporary fix to a deeper problem.

If, by "diet," he means calorie restriction, in general, I think the statement is overly broad. By far.

Touché. Hopefully he means the former - Id agree with that.

I don't know. I kind of took it the way you did, but it's vague. Maybe he'll clarify.

alicer461 wrote: »

I do agree with the deeper problem part, confidence wise that's why I'm doing it but I dont see it as I problem I see it as a goal, a goal to feel confident in clothes and in myself calling something a problem demonises it

If you don't mind me asking, what's your Stats?

The term "diet" where I come from has always had a denial connotation. "You can't have this, you can't have that ...."

Long term, that doesn't tend to work for the majority.

I never use that term for what I/we are doing here on MFP. I ( and I hope we all ) am/are developing and following a nutrition lifestyle plan. Moderation, IIFYM and CICO.

To answer the OP, its non linear, and all kinds of factors will influence it. Your hormonal cycle, sodium and carb intake, new exercise/activity water retention ( for repair ), etc. Every extra 100 mg of sodium results in a cup of additional water retention, which is half a lb.

Stick to your plan, give it more time, and pay attention to the trend line, not the individual up/down readings.