I gain weight so easily! He,p! I don't get it!
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accidentalpancake wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »accidentalpancake wrote: »francescabeaverhousen wrote: »strong_curves wrote: »Eating "healthy" doesn't mean you won't gain weight or that it's not loaded with calories. If you weren't weighing everything with a scale you could have eaten more than you realize. That said, it could be water weight.
This. Granola has tons of calories. Eating with with fruit and yogurt adds even more. Did you eat that crab with melted butter? Tons of calories. Did the crab roll have mayo? Calories. Also, hiking for three miles only burns around 250 calories, depending on how fast you were going and if you were going uphill or not. You were simply eating more than you were burning, most likely combined with water weight. My guess is that at least 2-3 pounds will come off in the next few days from water and that you're only really up by 2-3 pounds.
Of course I wasn't perfect, and I didn't expect to lose weight on vacation, was just surprised it was so much! As I said, I know there are hidden calories everywhere, and I'm not new to this. A quarter cup of granola has 115 calories and with half a cup of Greek yogurt at 85 calories and half a cup of blueberries at 45 calories, this is a perfectly acceptable breakfast. Combine that with a 500 calorie dinner, and a plum (40 calories) for a snack. I'm at 785 calories. Hiking, cross country not even uphill, for just an hour at my weight burns 749 calories, so we'll just cancel those out. My BMR is 2025. One pound is equal to 3500 calories which averages out to about 2542.8 calories EXTRA I would have needed to eat per day to gain 5 pounds in 1 week. Combined with my BMR, this means I would have had to eat 5317 calories a day. A typical lobster roll with mayo has around 600 calories so I would have had to eat almost NINE lobster rolls a day (on top of my granola breakfast and 500 calorie dinner) to have gained that much weight. Yes, water weight does make sense, and I really do appreciate all the positive comments sent my way
ah actually granola has probably a lot more calories than that...you would have to weigh it to be sure.
100 grams of my greek yogurt has 100...which is about 1/2cup...depends on MF%
blueberries...again weight not volume
plum how big?
Hiking for an hour does not burn that almost 800 calories esp no hills....I have to run 3/4hour to get that burn. MFP over estimates a lot.
and your BMR is not 2025...no way no how. I think you have that confused with TDEE.
Just curious why that BMR can't be right.
IIFYM has me around there on all the calc versions. TDEE around 2800.
You're a guy who's presumably pretty tall and heavy considering your BMR is 300 higher than mine. She ain't either of those.
Fair enough. I didnt see any specifics posted regarding size, so I was wondering if I missed something about the calc.
I know I'm outside the norm at 6'3" and 215, but I assume that a heavier, shorter person could easily have a similar BMR.
actually now that her weight is in the equation it could be that high...275lbs I think I read, and average height yah...2025 is doable...
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Rest assured that you are not abnormal. I think your idea to practice compassion with yourself is not a bad idea.
You likely consumed more salt (water retention), as well as differences in the mineralization of the local water supply (water retention and perhaps changes in bowel habits), and flying (air pressure changes -- water retention). Even changes in the macronutrient composition of your diet (protein, fat, carb) will affect your fluid balance somewhat....depending on how different it was from your 'normal' pattern.
Give it a week, get back to your normal routine, and things will be back to normal.
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francescabeaverhousen wrote: »Hi everyone! So I just returned from a week long trip to Maine and was surprised when I got on the scale: I had gained 5 pounds! In one week! Now before you start thinking, it was vacation and it happens, I watched what I ate the whole time and exercised daily. My first day gone, I chose steel-cut oatmeal at the airport instead of the yummy breakfast sandwich with avocado. When I got to my destination, I went by the health food store and stocked up on good-for-me foods like fruit and vegetables. Every morning I started with a healthy breakfast of fresh blueberries, granola, and yogurt, and cooked most of my dinners (which I aimed to keep under 500 calories) as well. For lunch I let myself splurge a little it was vacation after all) and ate lobster, or crab rolls, or clams, but I was also exercising every day: hiking up to 3 miles or yoga. I wasn't able to track my meals on MFP, because I didn't have service on my phone, but I don't think it would have added up to the shocking weight gain I experienced. I know weights fluctuate, but this doesn't make any sense. I'm frustrated and really disappointed. I'm angry at my body for "not being like other peoples' " As part of my weight loss, I'm trying to practice compassion for myself and balance in everything I do, although that can be hard at times like this. I honestly wonder if there is an imbalance in my body that needs to be addressed medically. I know that with a hypo-thyroid you can gain weight, but I've been checked for that, and don't have any of the other symptoms that go along with it. Any other ideas? (Thanks for reading my rambling post! I really needed to get it out
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Did you eat 17500 kcals in surplus? It's water weight. Even this unexplained weight gain due to hypothyroidism it's water weight due to increased cellular absorption.
Biological systems don't like big changes and over react to maintain stasis. More than likely this is due to increased salt intake or altitude adjustment. Give it a few days and check again.0 -
francescabeaverhousen wrote: »Hi everyone! So I just returned from a week long trip to Maine and was surprised when I got on the scale: I had gained 5 pounds! In one week! Now before you start thinking, it was vacation and it happens, I watched what I ate the whole time and exercised daily. My first day gone, I chose steel-cut oatmeal at the airport instead of the yummy breakfast sandwich with avocado. When I got to my destination, I went by the health food store and stocked up on good-for-me foods like fruit and vegetables. Every morning I started with a healthy breakfast of fresh blueberries, granola, and yogurt, and cooked most of my dinners (which I aimed to keep under 500 calories) as well. For lunch I let myself splurge a little it was vacation after all) and ate lobster, or crab rolls, or clams, but I was also exercising every day: hiking up to 3 miles or yoga. I wasn't able to track my meals on MFP, because I didn't have service on my phone, but I don't think it would have added up to the shocking weight gain I experienced. I know weights fluctuate, but this doesn't make any sense. I'm frustrated and really disappointed. I'm angry at my body for "not being like other peoples' " As part of my weight loss, I'm trying to practice compassion for myself and balance in everything I do, although that can be hard at times like this. I honestly wonder if there is an imbalance in my body that needs to be addressed medically. I know that with a hypo-thyroid you can gain weight, but I've been checked for that, and don't have any of the other symptoms that go along with it. Any other ideas? (Thanks for reading my rambling post! I really needed to get it out )
This happens to all of us! It never seems fair! But once we reach our goal we realize that this happens. We no longer have the "fat loss debt" but we have the daily balance to deal with, and it can creep up.
It always feels like something is wrong. But if you take emotion out of it and look at the rolling daily average of food intake - it is completely logical. Of course, you do have to log your food accurately to look at this.
Whenever this happens I like to go to the "report" in the web browser version of MFP, change it to "calories" and look at the 30 and 90 day report. It gives you a pretty good picture (if you've been logging accurately), and it shows you how quickly those peak eating days can negate the days of slight deficit.
Nothing is wrong. This is what happens when we kinda lose track of what we are consuming.
Roberta
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a tiny bit might be due to inaccuracy of calorie estimates, but as others have said, flying causes water retention and can take a day or two to come back off. Also your lunches sound like they were probably higher in sodium than you might normally have (seafood in general is higher in sodium than other meats and pretty much everything in a restaurant is going to be higher in sodium than you'd make at home) so that, in conjunction with flying, has probably contributed to some of that increase on the scale.0
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5 lbs of fat over 7 days would be something like 17,500 calories over maintenance. I'm not sure of your TDEE, but unless you ate 2,500 extra calories each day above your maintenance calories (which honestly I _CAN_ do if there's good food around to eat!) that 5 lbs isn't fat. Probably half of it is water. Wait a week, see where you're at.
I came here to make the same point. OP, you didn't eat that much over maintenance!
In addition to water retention from flying, sodium, etc., another possible factor is that you're retaining more solid waste. At the risk of offering TMI, my BMs are irregular for a few days after traveling, especially flying, and I can see the effects when I step on the scale.0 -
I guess eventually you will lose weight. My bad on my statement about not eating as much as you burn. Otherwise naked and afraid participants wouldnt lose weight. Sorry.0
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crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode. I didn't know about resting calorie burn until about two months ago. I didn't realize how much calories i burned just while sleeping, etc. figure out your BMR, then determine your activity level and how much your active burn calories are. Total those up and then subtract 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss or 1000 calories for 2 pound weight less. Whatever is left is what you eat per day to lose weight. Has worked for me the last month i started tracking through MFP. I weighed 210 when i started 5 weeks ago, as of Monday i weighed 199.2. I put my goal in MFP to lose 1.5 to 2pounds per week. It gives me my daily calorie intake to lose that weight. Ive done it and it has worked. Whatever calories i burn through exercise, i can just add to my daily calorie amount. Check it out. Here is a link to the resting calorie burn (BMR) calculator. My UP band also shows me my BMR, which is very close to what the calculator shows for my ht/wt/age. http://www.quitehealthy.com/bmr-calorie-calculator/index.php#results
so much wrong with the bolded...seriously dude...
RMR+regular activity+exercise = TDEE
You're right. My statement was not accurate. You will lose weight if you dont eat enoughcalories. But ive been able to eat and still lose weight using my BMR plus what i burn throughout the day plus what i burn through exercise.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
Wrong.crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode.
You're right. Not an accurate statement. Not sure what i was thinking. I thought about it and meant to correct myself but got distracted and forgot to reply.
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Vacation is vacation. Make it up!0
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Yes, no, no.
A little extra water can help dilute your sodium, but a gallon a day will do nothing but make you pee 24 hrs a day.
To be fair, I drink about a gallon a day and I don't pee all day long and I also don't have to get up in the middle of the night to pee.
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No way. Hiking without going uphill is just walking on uneven terrain!francescabeaverhousen wrote: »strong_curves wrote: »Eating "healthy" doesn't mean you won't gain weight or that it's not loaded with calories. If you weren't weighing everything with a scale you could have eaten more than you realize. That said, it could be water weight.
This. Granola has tons of calories. Eating with with fruit and yogurt adds even more. Did you eat that crab with melted butter? Tons of calories. Did the crab roll have mayo? Calories. Also, hiking for three miles only burns around 250 calories, depending on how fast you were going and if you were going uphill or not. You were simply eating more than you were burning, most likely combined with water weight. My guess is that at least 2-3 pounds will come off in the next few days from water and that you're only really up by 2-3 pounds.
Of course I wasn't perfect, and I didn't expect to lose weight on vacation, was just surprised it was so much! As I said, I know there are hidden calories everywhere, and I'm not new to this. A quarter cup of granola has 115 calories and with half a cup of Greek yogurt at 85 calories and half a cup of blueberries at 45 calories, this is a perfectly acceptable breakfast. Combine that with a 500 calorie dinner, and a plum (40 calories) for a snack. I'm at 785 calories. Hiking, cross country not even uphill, for just an hour at my weight burns 749 calories, so we'll just cancel those out. My BMR is 2025. One pound is equal to 3500 calories which averages out to about 2542.8 calories EXTRA I would have needed to eat per day to gain 5 pounds in 1 week. Combined with my BMR, this means I would have had to eat 5317 calories a day. A typical lobster roll with mayo has around 600 calories so I would have had to eat almost NINE lobster rolls a day (on top of my granola breakfast and 500 calorie dinner) to have gained that much weight. Yes, water weight does make sense, and I really do appreciate all the positive comments sent my way
Just to be clear, I was hiking uphill, I just used the cross-country, no hills to provide a conservative estimate
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Rest assured that you are not abnormal. I think your idea to practice compassion with yourself is not a bad idea.
You likely consumed more salt (water retention), as well as differences in the mineralization of the local water supply (water retention and perhaps changes in bowel habits), and flying (air pressure changes -- water retention). Even changes in the macronutrient composition of your diet (protein, fat, carb) will affect your fluid balance somewhat....depending on how different it was from your 'normal' pattern.
Give it a week, get back to your normal routine, and things will be back to normal.
This! This is the kind of information I was looking for. THANK YOU!!0 -
It's normal water weight fluctuation. 5lbs of fat weight is a 17,500 calorie surplus that exceeded your TDEE intake. So unless you consumed that much, it's water weight.
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francescabeaverhousen wrote: »Hi everyone! So I just returned from a week long trip to Maine and was surprised when I got on the scale: I had gained 5 pounds! In one week! Now before you start thinking, it was vacation and it happens, I watched what I ate the whole time and exercised daily. My first day gone, I chose steel-cut oatmeal at the airport instead of the yummy breakfast sandwich with avocado. When I got to my destination, I went by the health food store and stocked up on good-for-me foods like fruit and vegetables. Every morning I started with a healthy breakfast of fresh blueberries, granola, and yogurt, and cooked most of my dinners (which I aimed to keep under 500 calories) as well. For lunch I let myself splurge a little it was vacation after all) and ate lobster, or crab rolls, or clams, but I was also exercising every day: hiking up to 3 miles or yoga. I wasn't able to track my meals on MFP, because I didn't have service on my phone, but I don't think it would have added up to the shocking weight gain I experienced. I know weights fluctuate, but this doesn't make any sense. I'm frustrated and really disappointed. I'm angry at my body for "not being like other peoples' " As part of my weight loss, I'm trying to practice compassion for myself and balance in everything I do, although that can be hard at times like this. I honestly wonder if there is an imbalance in my body that needs to be addressed medically. I know that with a hypo-thyroid you can gain weight, but I've been checked for that, and don't have any of the other symptoms that go along with it. Any other ideas? (Thanks for reading my rambling post! I really needed to get it out )
It's not about food type, it's about calories in/calories out.
Mabye you ate enough calories over your TDEE to gain that much weight. Mabye you are having some water retention. Perhpas you gained some weight and the rest is water retention.
Anybody gains weight easily if they overeight enough to gain weight.
My point is that today is a new day, start over, and work to stay within your calorie goals, and stop beating yourself up.0 -
I think this is not accurate. You get fat from eating too many calories, not too few (assuming that's what you are opining).crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode. I didn't know about resting calorie burn until about two months ago. I didn't realize how much calories i burned just while sleeping, etc. figure out your BMR, then determine your activity level and how much your active burn calories are. Total those up and then subtract 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss or 1000 calories for 2 pound weight less. Whatever is left is what you eat per day to lose weight. Has worked for me the last month i started tracking through MFP. I weighed 210 when i started 5 weeks ago, as of Monday i weighed 199.2. I put my goal in MFP to lose 1.5 to 2pounds per week. It gives me my daily calorie intake to lose that weight. Ive done it and it has worked. Whatever calories i burn through exercise, i can just add to my daily calorie amount. Check it out. Here is a link to the resting calorie burn (BMR) calculator. My UP band also shows me my BMR, which is very close to what the calculator shows for my ht/wt/age. http://www.quitehealthy.com/bmr-calorie-calculator/index.php#results0 -
I think this is not accurate. You get fat from eating too many calories, not too few (assuming that's what you are opining).crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode. I didn't know about resting calorie burn until about two months ago. I didn't realize how much calories i burned just while sleeping, etc. figure out your BMR, then determine your activity level and how much your active burn calories are. Total those up and then subtract 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss or 1000 calories for 2 pound weight less. Whatever is left is what you eat per day to lose weight. Has worked for me the last month i started tracking through MFP. I weighed 210 when i started 5 weeks ago, as of Monday i weighed 199.2. I put my goal in MFP to lose 1.5 to 2pounds per week. It gives me my daily calorie intake to lose that weight. Ive done it and it has worked. Whatever calories i burn through exercise, i can just add to my daily calorie amount. Check it out. Here is a link to the resting calorie burn (BMR) calculator. My UP band also shows me my BMR, which is very close to what the calculator shows for my ht/wt/age. http://www.quitehealthy.com/bmr-calorie-calculator/index.php#results
Not quite sure i am saying it correctly. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks it's starving and it goes into fat storing mode or something like that, and you might not lose any weight initially. Eventually you will lose weight though. But who wants to starve.0 -
I think this is not accurate. You get fat from eating too many calories, not too few (assuming that's what you are opining).crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode. I didn't know about resting calorie burn until about two months ago. I didn't realize how much calories i burned just while sleeping, etc. figure out your BMR, then determine your activity level and how much your active burn calories are. Total those up and then subtract 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss or 1000 calories for 2 pound weight less. Whatever is left is what you eat per day to lose weight. Has worked for me the last month i started tracking through MFP. I weighed 210 when i started 5 weeks ago, as of Monday i weighed 199.2. I put my goal in MFP to lose 1.5 to 2pounds per week. It gives me my daily calorie intake to lose that weight. Ive done it and it has worked. Whatever calories i burn through exercise, i can just add to my daily calorie amount. Check it out. Here is a link to the resting calorie burn (BMR) calculator. My UP band also shows me my BMR, which is very close to what the calculator shows for my ht/wt/age. http://www.quitehealthy.com/bmr-calorie-calculator/index.php#results
Not quite sure i am saying it correctly. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks it's starving and it goes into fat storing mode or something like that, and you might not lose any weight initially. Eventually you will lose weight though. But who wants to starve.
Nah that's not a thing.0 -
Not quite sure i am saying it correctly. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks it's starving and it goes into fat storing mode or something like that, and you might not lose any weight initially. Eventually you will lose weight though. But who wants to starve.
We got what you were saying. What you were saying is false. Incorrect.0 -
I think this is not accurate. You get fat from eating too many calories, not too few (assuming that's what you are opining).crazyjerseygirl wrote: »schandler1011 wrote: »If you eat too many calories, you'll gain weight. If you eat too few calories, you can also gain weight. Are you drinking enough water? About a gallon a day is good for most people trying to lose weight.
Whaaaaaat? You can gain weight eating too few kcal? What magic is this?!?
Not sure if you can gain weight, but you won't lose any weight if you don't eat as much calories as you burn throughout the day. Your body will go into fat storing mode. I didn't know about resting calorie burn until about two months ago. I didn't realize how much calories i burned just while sleeping, etc. figure out your BMR, then determine your activity level and how much your active burn calories are. Total those up and then subtract 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss or 1000 calories for 2 pound weight less. Whatever is left is what you eat per day to lose weight. Has worked for me the last month i started tracking through MFP. I weighed 210 when i started 5 weeks ago, as of Monday i weighed 199.2. I put my goal in MFP to lose 1.5 to 2pounds per week. It gives me my daily calorie intake to lose that weight. Ive done it and it has worked. Whatever calories i burn through exercise, i can just add to my daily calorie amount. Check it out. Here is a link to the resting calorie burn (BMR) calculator. My UP band also shows me my BMR, which is very close to what the calculator shows for my ht/wt/age. http://www.quitehealthy.com/bmr-calorie-calculator/index.php#results
Not quite sure i am saying it correctly. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks it's starving and it goes into fat storing mode or something like that, and you might not lose any weight initially. Eventually you will lose weight though. But who wants to starve.
There is no such thing as starvation mode. Unless, of course, if you are starving. As in less than 500 calories a day for six months.
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