Been strict and put on 1/2 pound

studio360
studio360 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Been sticking to under 1600 calories religiously and put on half a pound! How's that work? Also I have a lot to loose so should be falling off me

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  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    What are your stats and goals? How long have you been at your current deficit? Have you added any new exercises?

    If you make your diary public, folks can take a better look.

    Right now, without any more information, there's not much anyone can speculate on.
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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    Are you logging correctly? By that I mean are you weighing your food (not using cups/spoons/guestimates/eyeballing) and avoiding using homemade or generic entries?
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    edited September 2016
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    studio360 wrote: »
    Been sticking to under 1600 calories religiously and put on half a pound! How's that work? Also I have a lot to loose so should be falling off me

    How tall are you?

    There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
  • mikevfr
    mikevfr Posts: 47 Member
    Don't sweat it. It's long term trends you should monitor, not trends over a week or two.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    How are you verifying the 1600 calories you are eating? Do you use a food scale? Are you eating back exercise calories? If so, how are you verifying those?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    1/2 Lb...*kitten*, the scale might have had a little more humidity on it or it could be colder/warmer...or you might have some more waste in your system, etc....1/2 Lb is nothing. Weight loss and weight management is about trends over time, not the weigh in to weigh in.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    Looking at your food diary there are days where you have missed entering food and say logged a bacon sandwich not weighed it. You need to weigh and log everything you eat to make sure you are actually eating under 1600.
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    Waaateeerrrr

    It always amazes me when people are even surprised by random weight fluctuations, like they've never seen it before. I must conclude that other people's weight does not swing up and down by like 5lb every day like mine does.

    OP, watch the trend over 3 or 4 weeks. If you're still gaining or not losing then, try changing something. But don't skip logging, otherwise you have no idea what your intake is and it is highly unlikely to end up at 1600 just by wishful thinking.

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