Gaining weight in spite of counting calories!!

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

Are you using a food scale to weigh all of your food?
Are you honestly and accurately logging everything you eat and drink?

If you have stalled or put on weight than the most likely reason is that you're eating more than you think.

Give it more time

Double check your food and exercise logging for accuracy

Give it more time

for our visual learners:) Don't give up OP, just make sure your logging is tight and this will result in weight loss.............over time.

You know I started at 176, logged (poorly) for near two months before I saw any real losses (because logging is easy to do, but hard to do WELL) 9-1-15 to 10-15-15 I lost all of 2 lbs, which I attribute to water weight. As soon as I tightened up my logging, BOOM. Real, calculable loss. I know it's hard to keep going at first when you feel like you're doing all this work and not getting anywhere, but if you give it time, and get good at logging, you will for sure see losses (barring one of the few and RARE medical conditions that might inhibit someone, you almost certainly are not in this group, RARE.)

juliamittler46 wrote: »

Thank you all so much !! This absolutely helped to give me more motivation! I'm very strictly logging but I do drink much more than I used to. Also it is true that yoga is not a sport to burn calories - but it definitely builds muscles..... I can feel the pain while doing it and after ! Thanks again and I'll keep you updated

If you want your yoga efforts calculated, consider getting a fitbit or similar device. It can help estimate caloric burn (yes, yoga burns calories) for activities not listed in the database, or non-cardio activities.

ZombieLauren wrote: »

CoffeeNCardio wrote: »

juliamittler46 wrote: »

Thank you all so much !! This absolutely helped to give me more motivation! I'm very strictly logging but I do drink much more than I used to. Also it is true that yoga is not a sport to burn calories - but it definitely builds muscles..... I can feel the pain while doing it and after ! Thanks again and I'll keep you updated

If you want your yoga efforts calculated, consider getting a fitbit or similar device. It can help estimate caloric burn (yes, yoga burns calories) for activities not listed in the database, or non-cardio activities.

A fitbit will not help calculate the calories burnt during yoga. The movement is too smooth, and counts a yoga movement as a step, which it is not.
In my opinion, the fitbit is just a glorified pedometer. I had one, and returned it after a few weeks because my phone did a better job than the Fitbit did.
Since then, I've bought a heart-rate monitor, which will accurately count the calories burnt during exercise. However, remember, not all burnt calories are equal.

If you log in the app or the website, you can add it as an activity for time, and it will indeed, spit out a calorie burn for that time based on an algorithm. Whether it's accurate, who can say... but it will track yoga as well as many other non step-based activities this way.

Was your sushi night the night before you weighed yourself? And how much did you eat at that meal? I find that my weight will often jump up temporarily the day or two after a splurge meal. Which is why I like to weigh myself everyday. Who knows? Maybe the day before your sushi meal, you were down two pounds or more?

I don't think the Fitbit does a very good job at calculating Yoga calories. I wear a Fitbit surge which has a Heart rate monitor. Even the most intense yoga doesn't do much to increase my heart rate.

On to the OP's question. Take a look at look at your overall activity level. Doing chores, walking, shopping, working, dog walking, cooking. You may be very sedentry and burning little more than 1200 calories a day.