It's been a month, why?

mariamwhatandwhy
mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I started dieting/exercising about a month ago, and I was exactly 55.6 kg now I'm about 56.2 or so, I am pushing myself so hard, while eating clean and having a cheat day every week, why am I gaining weight? Is it muscle? Is it fat? I really don't know but I'm honestly trying so hard!

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    How many calories a day do you eat and how big is this "cheat" meal ?
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    Eating clean and pushing yourself is all well and good, but if you aren't in a calorie deficit, you aren't going to lose weight.

    A new (or increased intensity) workout routine can cause some additional water weight which is temporary. We need to know more stats, height, weight, calorie deficit per day, method of determining that deficit etc.
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    1200 is my goal, and I'm always under my goal with about 600-500 calories, sometimes more.
    The occasional pizza, or icecream, once a week though, nothing huge.
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    edited December 2015
    I hate to break it to you, but if you're netting 600 calories a day and the weight isn't melting off you, then you aren't netting 600 calories a day. If you open your diary to the public, we could give more detailed feedback.

    600 calories net per day is super crazy low. According to your profile, you've only got 8 lbs to go, so your deficit should be pretty small, and your margin for error very low.
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    I workout too, I burn about 400-800, cardio + weight lifting
    My diary is open.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    1200 is my goal, and I'm always under my goal with about 600-500 calories, sometimes more.
    The occasional pizza, or icecream, once a week though, nothing huge.

    You are eating 600-700 a day ?
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    edited December 2015
    You're in a binge starve cycle. I was in that kind of cycle too. I hit 130 pounds then my weight wouldn't budge. I was eating between 500 and 700 cals during the week then a 2000 - 3000 cal "cheat" meal on Saturday. It's not hard to hit 2000 calories, especially if you're telling yourself "hell, it's cheat day, go for it".

    Try doing TDEE instead of eating back excercise cals. It'll even out your week and help with cravings. If your goal is 1200 then try to hit 1200. Stop having cheat meals, just eat "cheat" food once a week and work it into your daily macros.

    Today is the only day that I eat "cheat" food, I'm going to have a slice of pizza, two rice krispie squares and some chocolates later. Still 1375 calories and meeting macros.
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    I workout too, I burn about 400-800, cardio + weight lifting
    My diary is open.

    Your diary does not show as open on this end.
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    Ah sorry, open now.
    So you guys are saying I'm gaining weight? This is truly awful, ugh.
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    edited December 2015
    Your apparent gain could be anything. It could be that the last time you weighed you had a low sodium day the day before and this time you ate a lot of sodium the day before so you've retained water. Weigh every day and average them over a week, it will give you a better picture of what your weight is doing.

    You're pretty light already so weight is more sensitive to that sort of thing when you're lighter (at least that's what I've observed). What's your goal?
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Your diary isn't open.

    With so little to lose, set your goal to a half pound per week.
    Use a food scale.
    Log everything you eat and drink honesty and accurately every day.

    I weigh 130 lbs and I'm eating @ 1700 calories a day to maintain that weight, and I'm not all that active. If you are eyeballing portions, or think that because you are eating "clean" you don't have to worry about calories, using a food scale will be a big eye opener - it was for me!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    1200 is my goal, and I'm always under my goal with about 600-500 calories, sometimes more.
    The occasional pizza, or icecream, once a week though, nothing huge.

    Gaining .6 of a kilo over a month isn't too bad, could just be normal weight fluctuations, water weight etc.

    I think you biggest issue is eating 1200 but being under by 500 calories. Does mfp let you complete your log each day or does it come up with a warning saying your eating too little?

    Are you weighing your food? Logging accurately? How much pizza and ice cream? Sounds like your eating more than you think. With out knowing your height or weight, you should have lost fat and muscles if your eating that little.


    My rambling post aside.

    Log accurately, weigh your food, eat 1200 calories, slow and steady wins the race.


  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    Ah sorry, open now.
    So you guys are saying I'm gaining weight? This is truly awful, ugh.

    We can't be sure, but what I can be sure of is that your calorie amounts are not accurate.

    I just took a quick peek at your diary, With only 8lbs to go your margin for error is very small, so you need to stop measuring stuff in cups and cubes and start going by grams, then also stop using generic entries and use the specific brands of those items that you buy. That should tighten things up considerably.

    I am also not seeing any cheat meals on there, and many blank days, so it's basically impossible for anyone (including you) to get a truly good sense of your calorie intake.
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    What they said. Food scale.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    @kimny72 I can see her diary, I'm using a PC, are you on your phone?

    OP if you were eating such low calories the weight would be falling off of you. Something is amiss somewhere..
  • pollypocket1021
    pollypocket1021 Posts: 533 Member
    You're not logging accurately. You aren't weighing foods. How do you know one fried chicken leg is 75 calories? Did you use the recipe builder, or just a random entry from the database?

    MFP notoriously overestimate calorie burns from exercise. Some people have better success cutting exercise calories in half when logging.

    Get a food scale and try to tighten up your logging. Try and meet your calorie goal with better logging, not meet half of your calorie goal. Try that for a month and see where you are.
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    I don't own a food scale actually, yeah well I'll get one if it's that important, thank you guys.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You're not measuring your food accurately
  • Lovee_Dove7
    Lovee_Dove7 Posts: 742 Member
    Your calorie goal is to low.
    You should measure your food with a food scale.

  • toe1226
    toe1226 Posts: 249 Member
    Just checked in your diary.

    1) I see you didn't log last thursday, even if it's your "cheat day" you still should log it.

    2) I saw an entry for 2 aladdin grilled chicken breasts..I don't know what these Aladdin things are that I see all the time but I have weighed out a chicken breast (single) that comes in at 350 cal's all by itself, and it didn't even look that big!

    So, big pieces of advice : log every day. get a food scale. don't trust MFP's exercise cal recommendations.
  • crb426
    crb426 Posts: 661 Member
    You've also logged things like "papa john's pizza, crust only" Did you really eat 2.5 pieces of crust? Or 2.5 slices of pizza? Because that would be a big difference in calories.

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