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Gaining weight!

tiffparis
tiffparis Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am getting really discouraged. For two weeks now I have been eating very clean with lots of fruits and vegetables and proteins- between 1200 and 1400 calories a day.. Also have been working out 5 days a weeks with weights and cardio. And yet the scale keeps going up!??? What am I doing wrong :(

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Is working out new to you or at a higher intensity? Did you recently eat a meal that is high in sodium? Are you nearing/experiencing TOM? These will all cause water retention, which will mask weight loss.
  • greeneyedfitness
    greeneyedfitness Posts: 124 Member
    You do know you can over eat on fruits and veggies?? Want to learn more send me a message!!
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    Weigh your food and log everything.
    Use correct entries.
    Have a reasonable goal (0.5-1 pound loss per week).
    Drink your water (minimum 8 cups daily).
    Have patience (2 weeks isn't enough time).
  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
    It's most likely water weight, especially if you're weighing the day after a lifting day. Try weighing after either a non-workout day or after a cardio day to see if the pounds come down.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

    2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

    3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

    4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

    5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

    6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

    7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

    8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

    9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.
  • tiffparis
    tiffparis Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you so much for all this good advice!!!!!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    You do know you can over eat on fruits and veggies?? Want to learn more send me a message!!

    Can you please share with the rest of us @greeneyedfitness :smile:

  • greeneyedfitness
    greeneyedfitness Posts: 124 Member
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....
  • medic2038
    medic2038 Posts: 434 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....

    Uhm what? How are fruits and vegetables not natural?
    Protein has nothing at all to do with sugar metabolism either.

    While your original statement was absolutely true (that someone can overeat their calories on plants), not sure where you got the rest from.
  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....

    I'm sorry, what?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....

    Having sugar makes something unnatural?


  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....

    Nah. Setting aside any medical conditions prohibiting certain foods via diagnosis, all food is fine in moderation. Sugar is not the devil.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    greeneyedfitness wrote: »
    @Christine_72 fruits and veggies aren't all natural.. Most have sugars... You can eat veggies and fruit all day long and most likely not loose any weight.. Your body can't breakdown and process sugars without protein.. Granted fruits and veggies are better then candy and take out and junk food but if you want to eat healthy you need to learn what is healthy and how much you need of fruits, veggies, proteins, healthy fats, ect....

    I do believe this is the first time I have ever heard someone suggest NOT to eat fruit and veggies. How ridiculous.
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