Good-bye MyFitnessPal

Well when you are ready to lose weight we will see you again. this is a great free program. maybe yo u just need a nutritionist and a trainer to guide you for a bit. Dont give up! It only gets worse..

Boy you really know how to get yourself ripped apart here. I'm not going to do that. I think your post is the equivalent to what so many people on a weight loss journey have done. Except they've cried alone in their bathroom when they stepped or the scale or vented to someone in their family that it's not even worth it because they're not getting results. I think you've just done that in a spectacularly public fashion. So, I for one will let you have your hissy fit and then encourage you to do two things. 1. go to a doctor and have yourself checked out for a thyroid or other issue. 2. drop the twinkie and jump back on the wagon. You may also choose to change your username (kidding)

So you quit after a week? You're just looking for an excuse to stay fat. Period. We've all had ups and downs here, but stuck with it. In all likelihood, you are dehydrated and your body is storing water to make up for it. Working like that CAN cause weight gain, and to run away so quickly is just cowardly....

I agree.

You do what you want.... what you are going through is what we all go through..... it is part of control.... "mind over matter" ... It is not called dieting.... it is called a "LIFE" change.... you have to commit to it and stay with it forever.... through all the ups and downs.... you quit now....well you probably never committed to it as a life change.... it you call it a "DIET" thinking after you lose you can go back to your old ways.... then you really didnt get it :noway: .... look at all the time you have spent so far..... why throw it away by quiting... Stay with it.... it will turn around.... you just got to commit to it for the rest of your life............. Carolyn :blushing:

I know it's been said before, it is probably water weight. And I don't want to butcher this theory or body process, but there is something about muscles retaining water to help them repair themselves after a hard workout. I'd say building a brick wall would be a hard workout for anybody.

^^^^^^^ This.

I would lay money on his joints hurting at this precise moment in time and possibly being quite hot to the touch (hint: inflammation.)

It's clear what has happened. He got dehydrated whilst doing all that manual labour. Most men hold water weight around their abdomen /stomach region. That's why he felt like his pants were "falling down" as he lost a fair amount of fluid, particularly round his waist during that session. Then his body swung the other way and began retaining water like crazy to assist with muscle repair and the original dehydration.

8lbs of fat? Unlikely unless he has been on a massive binge for days which he is not telling us about. That equates to eating 28,000 calories over maintenance levels let along deficit level. It could be a little muscle but not a huge amount I think. Studies have shown that even walking is enough to trigger muscular hypertrophy in obese individuals (not saying the OP is obese though).

When the going gets tough, the tough get smart.

Dude, come on!! You've been at it for little over a week. That's hardly any reason to quit! Muscle will certainly cause weight gain, as will salt intake. I gained 4 lbs this past week because I went over my sodium by almost three times the amount! Today, I'm down almost a pound and a half PLUS the weight I had put on because of the water retention.

If your pants are getting looser, you're doing something right. You CAN lose inches instead of seeing a loss on the scale. Trust me, I can vouch for that....and so can a ton of other people on here. I'm not going to coddle you, I'm going to be real with you. DON'T.QUIT. You will resent yourself if you do. You will feel awful and unhealthy. Ultimately, you will see yourself a failure. Do you want to feel like a failure? No, you don't.

Hard work and determination. That's the only way you're gonna achieve it. MyFitnessPal is not going to do it for you. It's here as a motivational tool, a way to keep yourself in line. Please reconsider.

I just want to point out that at 280lb a 10lb fluctuation over a day has got to be normal. I gain 2 to 4 lbs everyday form morning to night. Weight yourself once a week and in the morning after going to the washroom.

:mad: I'm actuallyl appauled at some of the responses to this. The Quitter stuff is the kind of stuff I used to get from my Dad, and it only made me want to go to the kitchen and gorge myself!! Sometimes tough love isn't what's needed, it's a kind heart and compassion that we need to succeed!!!!:mad:

I think this topic sparks alot of emotions for people because so many have worked so hard to get to where they are and they did so by staying committed. I know when I responded I did have that tough love approach, so to speak, but my intention was strictly trying to point out reasons for staying. I also sent a private message and friend request as well, to offer my support in the hopes that he stays. Having said that though, I agree that kindness does go further but sometimes wake up calls are necessary when kindness alone doesn't work.

Wow. Quitter. MyFitnessPal isn't supposed to do it FOR you. Only you can take charge of your life and make the necessary changes needed to get healthy. You didn't gain all that weight over night, or even in a year, it takes lots of time and effort to lose it again. Good luck to you!

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I tell you what man, you got a lot of responses, but I really hope you read the ones that matter. You obviously posted this for a reason other than to just tell people your giving up. I have a desk job, but I do a lot of physical labor on weekends and I will gain weight sometimes no matter how hard I worked. Most of the time I can attribute it to the fact that I drank a lot more water, especially if I had a lot of sodium. Usually by Monday that addtional weight is gone and I'll lose more than usual by that weekend. It took me like 9 months to get to the weight you are now. DO NOT GIVE UP! You owe it to YOURSELF to tough it out. I had gotten over 400 lbs because I gave up on caring about my physical health because of many reasons, but I decided to start caring again July of last year and now I'm about 260 lbs and CONSISTENTLY losing 2-3lbs a week. I eat great tasting meals, I'm rarely hungry, I have a lot more energy, and MFP makes it SIMPLE to keep track of the calorie counting instead of dozens of scrap paper and speadsheets I used to use. Let the temporary set backs motivate you more man, not bring you down. If you keep to your calories and simply build on getting more active then THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF!!! Educate yourself as much as you can about nutrition and metabolism and you'll begin to understand how easy it really is to control yourself and your body.

GOOD LUCK! HOPE YOU STICK TO IT!

It's probably water retention, dude. I always weigh more the day after I hit the gym. Just keep trucking and the weight will come off. I've been on a plateau for over a year & I'm still here.
You can't succeed unless you fail a little first.

I agree, working out your muscles hard like that takes water to repair muscle. When I started weights and toning I lost half as much and slowed considerably, but inches drew in by a lot. Stopped toning and lost easier. It's a temporary water weight thing. It's all good, though. It's making you a fat burning machine when you have more muscle on you. You want only fat off just do cardio, but you will want those buff muscles, so I'd keep it up.

You can't even try for that beautiful baby. What kind of role model are you? Food means more then your child? Yea, you think she'll be better off without you? Go ahead and quit.

Come on Rebel, don't give up now! You just started, you've got this, kick fat in the face!!!:bigsmile:

You don't want to quit. You want people to give you reasons to stay. If you really wanted to quit, you would just stop coming to this site without making an announcement.

You have lots of reason not to give up.

I tell you what man, you got a lot of responses, but I really hope you read the ones that matter. You obviously posted this for a reason other than to just tell people your giving up. I have a desk job, but I do a lot of physical labor on weekends and I will gain weight sometimes no matter how hard I worked. Most of the time I can attribute it to the fact that I drank a lot more water, especially if I had a lot of sodium. Usually by Monday that addtional weight is gone and I'll lose more than usual by that weekend. It took me like 9 months to get to the weight you are now. DO NOT GIVE UP! You owe it to YOURSELF to tough it out. I had gotten over 400 lbs because I gave up on caring about my physical health because of many reasons, but I decided to start caring again July of last year and now I'm about 260 lbs and CONSISTENTLY losing 2-3lbs a week. I eat great tasting meals, I'm rarely hungry, I have a lot more energy, and MFP makes it SIMPLE to keep track of the calorie counting instead of dozens of scrap paper and speadsheets I used to use. Let the temporary set backs motivate you more man, not bring you down. If you keep to your calories and simply build on getting more active then THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF!!! Educate yourself as much as you can about nutrition and metabolism and you'll begin to understand how easy it really is to control yourself and your body.

GOOD LUCK! HOPE YOU STICK TO IT!

Good post.

This guy needs to tune out all the background noise and focus on the information that will take him forwards, not backwards. There's a big difference between constructive and destructive criticism.

Educating yourself is a key point. Objective knowledge slays emotion, fear and uncertainty.