Help ! Gained after a week?
avilancaster871
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Hey everyone I have been on here a week now weighed this morning and gained 9lb??? I weigh everything properly and never go over my calories allowence other then eating i tony burnt cals by around half. First time I got weighed was at the doctors and this morning was at home so I guess that could be a part of it? Just feeling a bit down as been so good at sticking to cals also cut out all fuzzy and changed to water! Also been working out everyday for a min of 30mins so 400 cals ish.... I just don't get it? Thanks x
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Different scales can give very different readings. It could also be the fact that you are exercising. It can make you hold on to water for a while.
Keep weighing/logging and it will come off. Use the same scale at the same time of day.
And enjoy fizzy pop if you want to and if it is in your calories
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This is the most important thing to remember when trying to lose weight. It. Fluctuates. A lot. You're looking at a week's worth of effort. Give it at least a month before panicking.0
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Thanks guys will weigh every Sunday morning with same scales from now on! I cut out the fuzzy as was pretty addicted and can't have just 1 glass lol so try stay away completely water is a bit bland tho haha 0
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So switch to diet then?0
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I'd just rather cut it out completly to be honest not good for u anyway is it so lol mite invest in some flavoured water tho for sometimes0
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Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.0
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Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I burn a min of 400 cals a day yes but I don't normally eat all them back I only eat half so around 200 plus my 1200 cals a day so 1400 cals? That's a lot less then before I started dieting. Maybe just the fact it's a diff set of scales then and a diff area? Il wait until next week and weigh again and see what it says lol just a bit disheartening0 -
you can't compare numbers from two completely different scales. i'm always 5 Lbs heavier on my trainer's scale than mine...always...the number doesn't matter, just the trend.0
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Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »you can't compare numbers from two completely different scales. i'm always 5 Lbs heavier on my trainer's scale than mine...always...the number doesn't matter, just the trend.
Ok thank u will weigh on the same scales each week from now on lol 0 -
MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
This is how many cals it tells me on here and on my cross trainer im burning? I no people burn more when they are heavier don't they? I assumed it was correct as this is what it's telling me?
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avilancaster871 wrote: »MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
This is how many cals it tells me on here and on my cross trainer im burning? I no people burn more when they are heavier don't they? I assumed it was correct as this is what it's telling me?
You assumed wrong...0 -
When I first, FIRST, started I weighed myself on my old scale and I was 206. I was so upset. Well, I was so supset until I weighed myself the next week on a newly purchased scale and I weighed 219. 13 pounds more!!!!!
Different scales can show differences, in my case the old scale was broken - obviously.
I'm down just shy of 65 pounds. You can do this. The scale can lie. It shows weird fluctuations with water weight, muscle repair effects, different clothing, if you're constipated, etc. I weigh myself every day so I see the weird jumps (I love popcorn, guaranteed to spike 2 pounds the next day because of sodium)
My point: if you are logging food accurately, and using caution eating back exercise calories (50-75% until you see the impact), you will lose weight over time. You will. But you will also see "false" gains which are temporary. Ride them out.0 -
I don't even factor in my exercise BECAUSE of the idea of eating back calories burned. You need to overestimate calories eaten and underestimate calories burned, as a rule of thumb.0
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
Depending on what she weighs and how hard she's pushing it in those 30 min. I know the machines are not always accurate but when I do the elliptical and put in my age and weight it says I burn on average about 450 calories in about 35 min.0 -
MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
Depending on what she weighs and how hard she's pushing it in those 30 min. I know the machines are not always accurate but when I do the elliptical and put in my age and weight it says I burn on average about 450 calories in about 35 min.
Doesn't make it any more accurate.
They don't account for your height.0 -
So what is a more accurate way of working out my calories burnt then if this and the cross trainer are wrong!? Also I was told to eat back half as 1200 cals alone is very low and to be honest I don't think I could function without those extra 200 cals a day...? So many different posts of here tell u so many different things I have no idea what to do anymore lol0
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
Depending on what she weighs and how hard she's pushing it in those 30 min. I know the machines are not always accurate but when I do the elliptical and put in my age and weight it says I burn on average about 450 calories in about 35 min.
400 calories in 30 minutes is extremely high regardless of weight.
Ellipticals are notoriously high estimates.
For a 150 lb person, that 400 calories would be 4 miles of running in 30 minutes. That's a 7:30 m/m which is a hard pace. It's only slightly less for a 200 lb person.
Ellipticals are about half the METS of running.0 -
avilancaster871 wrote: »So what is a more accurate way of working out my calories burnt then if this and the cross trainer are wrong!? Also I was told to eat back half as 1200 cals alone is very low and to be honest I don't think I could function without those extra 200 cals a day...? So many different posts of here tell u so many different things I have no idea what to do anymore lol
Half is fine. 200 is reasonable. And you are at a low calorie intake.0 -
Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
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So even tho it says I burn 400 on here I should only put in 200? My current weight is 219 pounds and im 5ft1......0
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IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?0 -
Hey,
I will talk about post experience when I lost my 25 pounds last year I had 1700 cal to eat per days. Yes I was having allot of trouble. What I did was when I was going over my calories I would go and exercise.
I really think you need to focus on the lifestyle. I did change it allot usually my breakfast I was eating almost nothing and now I do eat good breakfast doest happen like this morning I ate more than usually but it normal. But I always try to have better breakfast and it better to eat more often but little portion instead of one big meals.
PS: my biggest change was my coffee now I drink it with only one milk oh boy big big !!!! difference with what I use to drink double-double I takes allot of time to changes habit but after it does makes a big diffence.
Hopefully it helps.
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avilancaster871 wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?
Yes. Stick with the 200. I wouldn't change it yet since we've already established that your initial post is likely a different scale with possibly some initial water weight gains.
A HRM is a Heart Rate Monitor. They are vastly overrated here for estimating calories. Personally, I wouldn't recommend one for calorie estimates alone.0 -
medic19516 wrote: »Hey,
I will talk about post experience when I lost my 25 pounds last year I had 1700 cal to eat per days. Yes I was having allot of trouble. What I did was when I was going over my calories I would go and exercise.
I really think you need to focus on the lifestyle. I did change it allot usually my breakfast I was eating almost nothing and now I do eat good breakfast doest happen like this morning I ate more than usually but it normal. But I always try to have better breakfast and it better to eat more often but little portion instead of one big meals.
PS: my biggest change was my coffee now I drink it with only one milk oh boy big big !!!! difference with what I use to drink double-double I takes allot of time to changes habit but after it does makes a big diffence.
Hopefully it helps.
Carl
I have made a lot of changes.. I never used to eat breakfast and I always try have something now... I used to drink fizzy all day iv cut that completely and sticking to water! I used to have 3 sugars in my tea now I have 1 and I used to eat ALOT of cheese and crisps and I mean like constantly everyday and iv cut that rite back 1200 cals a day is a hell of a lot less then what I was consuming before starting this lol 0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »avilancaster871 wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?
Yes. Stick with the 200. I wouldn't change it yet since we've already established that your initial post is likely a different scale with possibly some initial water weight gains.
A HRM is a Heart Rate Monitor. They are vastly overrated here for estimating calories. Personally, I wouldn't recommend one for calorie estimates alone.
So I should carry on the way I am and see if I have a loss next weight in with the same scales? If no loss change it to 200 cals?0 -
avilancaster871 wrote: »MarziPanda95 wrote: »Are you saying you're burning 400cals a day during workouts? If so and you're eating back those cals, you could be overeating a bit. That's if your cals burnt isn't accurate...... Still, there's no way you gained 9lbs in a week. It could be any number of things that threw that off so I wouldn't stress too much over it.
I was thinking this too. 400 calories for a 30 minute workout? I'd be dubious about that.
This is how many cals it tells me on here and on my cross trainer im burning? I no people burn more when they are heavier don't they? I assumed it was correct as this is what it's telling me?
you have to be careful with estimating calorie burns...machines, databases, calculators, etc...these are all just estimates. you want to make some allowance for error...most people just use a %, as arbitrary as that is. you can also compare your burns with other formulas and whatnot that you can research and find online...just keep in mind it's all estimation.0 -
avilancaster871 wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?
HRM = Heart Rate Monitor.
Amazon.
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avilancaster871 wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »avilancaster871 wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?
Yes. Stick with the 200. I wouldn't change it yet since we've already established that your initial post is likely a different scale with possibly some initial water weight gains.
A HRM is a Heart Rate Monitor. They are vastly overrated here for estimating calories. Personally, I wouldn't recommend one for calorie estimates alone.
So I should carry on the way I am and see if I have a loss next weight in with the same scales? If no loss change it to 200 cals?
I would always encourage giving it more than 2-3 weeks to evaluate if something is working or not working. And make smaller changes, then re-evaluate.0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »avilancaster871 wrote: »3dogsrunning wrote: »avilancaster871 wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Get a HRM. They're relatively more accurate for steady rate cardio compared to a machine or MFP. If you can't get one, just eat back 50-75% of your calories burnt through the machine or MFP to compensate for any inaccuracies.
1200 calories is already fairly low.
Eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories.
I only eat back half my burnt cals anyway so if it says 400 burnt I only eat back 200 of those... And whats a hrm? And where do I get 1?
Yes. Stick with the 200. I wouldn't change it yet since we've already established that your initial post is likely a different scale with possibly some initial water weight gains.
A HRM is a Heart Rate Monitor. They are vastly overrated here for estimating calories. Personally, I wouldn't recommend one for calorie estimates alone.
So I should carry on the way I am and see if I have a loss next weight in with the same scales? If no loss change it to 200 cals?
I would always encourage giving it more than 2-3 weeks to evaluate if something is working or not working. And make smaller changes, then re-evaluate.
Ok thank you will stick with it for a bit longer then and see how it works out 0
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