On 1,200 kcal diet and gaining weight!

chawkatly
chawkatly Posts: 2 Member
edited November 30 in Motivation and Support
Been a week Abiding to 1,200 kcal and sometimes 100 -200 kgs less but i gained 0.5 kgs. I weight myself every day, same time and with same routine. Trying to be as accurate as i cant with calorie recoding. Any idea why could that be? Thanks in advance.

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  • easyabz
    easyabz Posts: 41 Member
    Your weight fluctuates everyday. You should weigh yourself once a week in the morning when ur most depleted. Rememver if your putting food in during the day your adding weight to your body. Chances are you are in fact losing weight.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    If it's only been a week, you've got to give it time. A week is not nearly long enough to identify a trend. You could have had a little extra sodium yesterday, which would cause a retention in water weight. It could be a time in your cycle that you are naturally heavier. It could be that you're not actually in a deficit.

    Would you mind opening your food diary? You might get more specific feedback if you do so.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Have patience. Weight loss is not a straight line downward. Most likely you have some water retention, especially if you recently started exercising, increased your exercise, had alot of sodium, are ovulating or ToM is coming up.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Possible reasons why:

    1) You are ovulating, which can cause water retention.
    2) You are soon going to be starting your period, which can cause water retention.
    3) You've eaten more sodium or carbs than usual.
    4) You need to go to the bathroom (bm.) Sometimes when you don't eat much, you go longer between "going" and that's extra weight on the scale.
    5) You've started a new exercise program that has caused you to retain water.

    Those are a few possibilities. If you are truly eating at 1200 calories, it isn't fat. Keep in mind that your weight is ever-changing. Drink 8 oz of water? You'll weigh a half pound more. Keep weighing yourself but look at the overall trend in the longer term, which means over several weeks. It's hard now because you don't have many data points but that's really the way to look at it.
  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
    It has only been a week. If you are indeed eating only 1200 calories/ day then you will lose fat and muscle at such an intense caloric deficit).

    It could be the change in your diet resulting in you carrying more water. IDK anything about this but menstrual cycles supposedly can effect the scale as well. Either way, you're going to drop weight at 1200/cal a day. stick with it. Maybe even eat more.
  • Pathmonkey
    Pathmonkey Posts: 108 Member
    Record EVERY morsel.... and hang in, still too early to judge the loss. Stay true to your goal and results WILL happen.
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