Weight not dropping but going up!

OysterWarden · January 2016

I have been following a strict diet now since the Monday after Christmas. The first week I lost about 2 1/2 pounds making good choices and staying within a 1500 cal a day limit although it's Justine up to about 2300 cal depending on exercise. Using apps to adjust and advise.

I have continued with my good choices and keeping a strict calorie count and consuming a lot of water anywhere between a half gallon to a gallon a day depending on exercise.

Altogether I have lost about 3 pounds however in the last week I appear to have gained all of that back. My workouts include a high intensity interval training exercise whether that be on a treadmill and elliptical were in the swimming pool I try to do that in the morning and then in the afternoon evening I do a weight workout similar to the P 90 X program.

I have not noticed any significant drop in inches more clothing size or the way my clothing fits. Could this weight gain be actual muscle gain and if so how would be the best way to track and see if that's the case.

I would very appreciative for any help or insight.

callsitlikeiseeit · January 2016

it would not be muscle.

weight fluctuates. if you're a woman, your period will make you retain water. adding a new workout type can make you retain water. a high sodium meal can make you retain water.

you also could be eating more than you realize, if you are not weighing your food on a scale. be careful and only eat back around half of your exercise calories.

Ninkyou · January 2016

You'd have to be eating a calorie surplus and doing some progressive loads/heavy lifting/etc to be gaining muscle. So it's not that.

Most likely what you're seeing is a normal weight fluctuation, most likely from water retention either from exercise, glycogen replenishment or sodium, or a combination of them.

It's been 2 weeks. You can't gauge success or failure from that. Give it more time and have patience. Understand that weight loss isn't not a straight path down, it's more of squiggly loopdydoos.

stephchadz · January 2016

Weight fluctuates daily, especially if your workouts are new. You could be retaining water. I wouldn't worry about it unless your weight stays the same for more than 6 weeks. Just keep doing what you are doing and if you aren't already, start using a food scale to measure all solid foods in grams! This ensures that your logging is accurate and that you are not eating more than you think.

Keep it up! You got this!

lorrpb · January 2016

3 pounds is a great start, but it's not a huge loss, so it's not a huge gain either. I easily fluctuate that much within a week at my morning weigh-ins. This is normal for many people. I always fluctuate that much during the day. For example, when I weigh in with my trainer it is after breakfast, drinking, getting dressed, etc. I always weigh 2-5 pounds more on his scale. I know that, and it's just not a big deal.

level3tjg · January 2016

Make sure you're not eating a lot of sodium and keep at it. It'll come off.

tara_means_star · January 2016

When did you start the HIIT and P90X? New exercise programs can lead to temporary water retention...also, did you just start dieting after Christmas? If it's only been a week of this, it may very well be just a normal weight fluctuation ie weight loss is not linear. There's a cool article on that somewhere around here...

Also, if you've been at this since Christmas you are not going to see a significant drop in inches...that takes time

rileysowner · January 2016

3 pounds of water weight is not out of the question. Drink lots of water, make sure on how carefully you are measuring your calories and it will come off again.

Colorscheme · January 2016

OysterWarden wrote: »

I have been following a strict diet now since the Monday after Christmas. The first week I lost about 2 1/2 pounds making good choices and staying within a 1500 cal a day limit although it's Justine up to about 2300 cal depending on exercise. Using apps to adjust and advise.

I have continued with my good choices and keeping a strict calorie count and consuming a lot of water anywhere between a half gallon to a gallon a day depending on exercise.

Altogether I have lost about 3 pounds however in the last week I appear to have gained all of that back. My workouts include a high intensity interval training exercise whether that be on a treadmill and elliptical were in the swimming pool I try to do that in the morning and then in the afternoon evening I do a weight workout similar to the P 90 X program.

I have not noticed any significant drop in inches more clothing size or the way my clothing fits. Could this weight gain be actual muscle gain and if so how would be the best way to track and see if that's the case.

I would very appreciative for any help or insight.

Are you weighing your food to make sure you're staying within that limit?

OysterWarden · January 2016

Thanks everyone. I take the weight of everything, and micro manage everything that goes in. December 28th is when I started. Like I said HIIT in the morning and the heavy lifting in the evening, and drinking a ton of water.

It feels like it's been weeks but it's only been 2 so I guess I am jumping the gun to complain.

I did go back and look. Looks like Thursday was a very high sodium day, so that could have been what cause some water retention.

I will keep it moving in the right direction and keep giving it time. Thanks for the boost.

Colorscheme · January 2016

It can also be water retension from a more intensive workout, so give it a week or two and see what happens.

tara_means_star · January 2016

OysterWarden wrote: »

Thanks everyone. I take the weight of everything, and micro manage everything that goes in. December 28th is when I started. Like I said HIIT in the morning and the heavy lifting in the evening, and drinking a ton of water.

It feels like it's been weeks but it's only been 2 so I guess I am jumping the gun to complain.

I did go back and look. Looks like Thursday was a very high sodium day, so that could have been what cause some water retention.

I will keep it moving in the right direction and keep giving it time. Thanks for the boost.

I do that too. I am such a hypocrite when it comes to weight loss. When it's your problem, I can tell you all day that you are jumping the gun and need to have patience, it's probably water weight. But when *I* stall out....I panic, then post a bunch of questions all over the boards, then eventually have to come to the same conclusion you have. No worries.

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