Disappointed with temporary weight gain after losing 9 pounds.

sunandmoons
sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been down this road with counting calories. Ive lost weight fasting... Ive lost weight starving days on end (younger) it seems to be the easy way for me to lose then I dont have to be accountable for any food.. Well I KNOW now that not the way to lose weight for so many reasons..

I have lost 9 pounds in 5 weeks.. with the first two weeks not losing an ounce .. then all of a sudden I was losing half a pound a day. So thrilled!!!!! Today when I scaled I gained 2.8 pounds!! I count every calorie... every spice and stayed within my goal given and once a week or so...a bit over..100 calories.. I also IF for 12-16 hours a day.

We had chili last night and Im wondering if the sodium in chili could be the culprit? I ate within the 1200 calories aloted. I only have 21 pounds to go... well.... 23 now. ugh!!!!!!!!

When I weigh in on Friday, and if there is another gain.. im going to feel like giving up. I already do today.

Discouraged.

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  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    Nobody has an actual weight. You have a weight range, and you will fluctuate within that range on a daily basis. Ain't nothing you can do about it -- that's just how bodies work. You need to look at the overall trend, not just a single data point, or you'll drive yourself insane.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Where are you in your menstrual cycle? I spike at ovulation and again right before it starts.
  • vapeanut28
    vapeanut28 Posts: 16 Member
    I understand where you are coming from. I went out for Mexican food Friday night and had Chinese yesterday. The sodium is killing me. Drinking lots of water and eating very low sodium for the next couple of days and things will be back on track.

  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    I was up 3 pounds this weekend due to the pizza I ate two days in a row. I didn't gain 3 pounds because I ate too much pizza, it's that the pizza was heavy on the sodium and I held onto some water. Now, my monthly annoyance has come along, and I'm up yet another 2, appearing as if I have gained 5 pounds in 3 days.

    I have eaten under my calories, even with the pizza, so it's not weight, it's water. It will go away. Giving up would be silly!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Eh. Give it a few days. You're doing great. I on the other hand have been a deficit for 5 weeks and have lost nothing.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,303 Member
    Use www.weightgrapher.com/www.trendweight.com/happy scale for iphone/libra for android.

    Stop relying on single data points. Even a week apart. Even a month apart. SINGLE DATA POINTS ARE BAD.

    Look at your TREND, not a single number.

    You pee. You poo. Your floor is uneven. Your scale's battery is off. You retain water because of exercise, menstrual cycle, glycogen replenishment, and because the stars decree that you do so.

    Or you can continue to drive yourself insane every time a number do not conform to your expectations.

    Your choice!
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Where are you in your menstrual cycle? I spike at ovulation and again right before it starts.

    Lol...I don't anymore. But I remember the dreaded the fluctuations.
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    I was up 3 pounds this weekend due to the pizza I ate two days in a row. I didn't gain 3 pounds because I ate too much pizza, it's that the pizza was heavy on the sodium and I held onto some water. Now, my monthly annoyance has come along, and I'm up yet another 2, appearing as if I have gained 5 pounds in 3 days.

    I have eaten under my calories, even with the pizza, so it's not weight, it's water. It will go away. Giving up would be silly!

    Your right. Thank you.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,026 Member
    It's water weight and/or possible higher glycogen storage if your carb level was lower than last night.

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  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Eh. Give it a few days. You're doing great. I on the other hand have been a deficit for 5 weeks and have lost nothing.

    Thank you for your reply. Its so frustrating.
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    vapeanut28 wrote: »
    I understand where you are coming from. I went out for Mexican food Friday night and had Chinese yesterday. The sodium is killing me. Drinking lots of water and eating very low sodium for the next couple of days and things will be back on track.

    Thank you. I will do just that! Lots of water and lower the sodium for a few days.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Your weight will fluctuate as all have mentioned above.
    With only 20-23lb to lose look for a trend of .5-1 lb loss a week.

    Cheers, h.
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    Thank you all.
  • RMCottonRPh
    RMCottonRPh Posts: 41 Member
    I so needed to read this right now. :)
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    As mentioned above, your weight will fluctuate (especially if you are weighing daily)!
    You stayed within your calorie range and what you ate to get to that doesn't really make a difference! If you generally don't have a good relationship with the scale, I'd say weigh weekly. Sometimes those fluctuations can be hard to swallow if you aren't used to them. You're doing great :)
  • OsricTheKnight
    OsricTheKnight Posts: 340 Member
    As I explain in detail in my philosophy of weight loss post, you really need to use a trending graph if you're going to freak out about ups and downs in your weight. It'll really show you a much better approximation of your progress than what's coming out of your scale.

    Osric

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  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    As mentioned above, your weight will fluctuate (especially if you are weighing daily)!
    You stayed within your calorie range and what you ate to get to that doesn't really make a difference! If you generally don't have a good relationship with the scale, I'd say weigh weekly. Sometimes those fluctuations can be hard to swallow if you aren't used to them. You're doing great :)

    Thank you for this.
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    OsricTheKnight wrote: »
    As I explain in detail in my philosophy of weight loss post, you really need to use a trending graph if you're going to freak out about ups and downs in your weight. It'll really show you a much better approximation of your progress than what's coming out of your scale.

    Osric

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    Thanks. I am going to look at your philosophy of weight loss. Thank you.
  • must_deflate
    must_deflate Posts: 183 Member
    Yeah it's probably the sodium. We had Chinese food Sunday night and even though I didn't overeat, I gained 2 lbs overnight. But it was gone the next day.
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    must_deflate wrote: »
    Yeah it's probably the sodium. We had Chinese food Sunday night and even though I didn't overeat, I gained 2 lbs overnight. But it was gone the next day.

    Yep. Thats what Im thinking. I am weighing tomorrow and hopefully it will have gone down. Thank you!
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