Gained 3 lbs. Did Not Gone Off Diet.

By any chance, are you coming up on your TOM?

And/or have you eaten extra carbs and/or sodium in the past couple of days?

And/or have you changed or increased your exercise in the past few days?

Create a deficit to lose fat. Weight and fat are not the same thing. Weight is affected by calories eaten, food in your intestinal tract, carb/sodium levels, hormones, etc. Unless you ate 10,500 calories over maintenance you did not gain 3 lbs of fat.

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

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ponyvillalobos wrote: »

@diannethegeek It's so frustrating and doesn't make sense if in fact, it's a science- create a deficit and you will lose weight.

Create a deficit and your weight will go down, sure. But your body isn't one static weight that goes down in a linear manner. You exist within a range of weights that fluctuate up and down depending on the time of day, hormones, water retention, waste, etc. You weighed in on a day when you're at the higher end of your weight range but that doesn't mean you've gained fat.

Did you even glance at the link posted above?

ponyvillalobos wrote: »

@singingflutelady a little over a week away.

Do you mean to tell me that in your 46 years of life you didn't know that women retain water (and bloat) prior to their period? It is very likely that the 3lb gain is due to water weight. I realize this sounds harsh, it is always surprising to me that women either don't know/never learned about this stuff.

...and then there's that water weight gain right after your period from all the high carb foods you binged on during your period.

It's very frustrating, I know. You're working hard and you want to see that reflected at every single weigh in. But it's very normal for your body to fluctuate, especially for woman, and you can't let that derail you. The progress you see is going to be over time. I tend to have two week, short little plateaus, and then 'swish' down the scale goes... then another short stall... then swish... During the little stalls, my weight my fluctuate a bit. But over the long run, it's going steadily down. So I try not to get frustrated. If you're sure your logging accurately and honestly (weigh and measure), and you're eating within your calories goals, it will come off! You got this.