Gained weight????

riley_kinnett
riley_kinnett Posts: 60 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
I started back on dieting and working out last week and I've been pretty good for the most part. About 4 months ago I stopped and I ended up gaining back 13 of the 21 pounds I had lost. So I decided to get back to it. But I'm just confused... last time when I started I lost weight pretty quickly in the beginning.. This time I've actually gained 3 pounds???

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  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    edited January 2017
    If you are just starting to workout you probably have gained due to DOMS. What about TOM? If you are close that could cause water retention. Make sure you are in a calorie deficit. Weigh and log everything you eat and drink using grams or oz. Drink at least 64oz water. It will pass. Doubt it's fat gain.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    Are you using a food scale to accurately weigh and log your food?
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Probably water retention. You started exercising = water retention for muscle repair.
  • riley_kinnett
    riley_kinnett Posts: 60 Member
    serindipte wrote: »
    Are you using a food scale to accurately weigh and log your food?

    Yes always!! That is how I lost the 21lbs before
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    are you due to get your period?
  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    People aren't being creepy what they're trying to get at is that your body can load upwards of 10lbs in water before/ during your menstrual cycle.

    I wouldn't compare my progress form a year ago to today, you might not be putting in the same effort? you could have more stress? you could be less active? you might feel like you're doing everything the same but you're not.... also as you get older and older the harder it gets. (in my opinion)
  • DebSozo
    DebSozo Posts: 2,578 Member
    edited January 2017
    riley_kinnett wrote: »
    I started back on dieting and working out last week and I've been pretty good for the most part. About 4 months ago I stopped and I ended up gaining back 13 of the 21 pounds I had lost. So I decided to get back to it. But I'm just confused...last time when I started I lost weight pretty quickly in the beginning.. This time I've actually gained 3 pounds???

    You only have 13 pounds to lose, so you need less calories and will lose slower this go round. Sometimes people do all the right things and water retention masks the fat loss. Hang in there to see-- It hasn't been long enough to tell yet. You might only lose an average of 0.5 pound a week. Be patient and recalculate your TDEE at your current weight. That will be what you eat to maintain. Then figure out your deficit from there (subtract 500 calories daily to lose 1 pound a week for example---> -500 × 7 = -3,500 calories.
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