Gaining weight over the past week and it's depressing me!

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

I get that sometimes it would stay the same but it's gone up! I'm really worried... I've always failed to lose weight in the past because I never stick it out long enough if I feel restricted. This is why myfitnesspal is perfect but if I'm not going to lose weight then what's the point? It's only my 3rd week of being on it again which is why it is hard to understand

Weight loss is NOT linear. Weight fluctuates. You have to get that through your head if you're going to stick this out for the long haul. Start using a weight trending app or only weigh once a week.

My suggestion would be to cut down on bread. Also I find that running helps with weight loss.

You are never truly one weight, you are a weight range of a few pounds.

So today I am up 1.3lbs, I didn't gain any fat over night it just is the time of month I ovulate. In a weeks time it will sort it's self out. Your weight is effected by so many things. Sleep, salt content of foods, the temperature, hormones, I could go on and on. Learn to plot your trends as in the great example given above.
Keep at it and don't sweat the small stuff.

There is nothing wrong, weight goes up and down daily, even hourly.

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

I have another 10 days until my period is due. Is there any chance there could be something medically wrong like hypothyroidism or anything like that? Or is that rare? It's like I've just looked at other people's diaries and seeing 1700-1800 calories per day. I would definitely gain ( and have gained) if I eat so many calories. But I don't exercise much because of my knee so maybe that's the difference?

With 10 days to go you are highly likely to be ovulating (14-10 days is the average) . Keep a track of your weight and you'll find over 6 months or so you can plot your hormonal weight gains.

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

Thanks everyone... you are right I just need to sit tight and keep going. I have a knee problem as well which prevents me from exercising much. I try to walk as much as a I can but I can't jog or run which is annoying. But I know 80 percent of weight loss is how many calories you consume so I just need to stick at it. It's just depressing because I started feeling like I might actually do this for once and now I feel like a failure because the scale is just going up. I can take two or three days of that but it has been going up for a week now...

If you are recovering from an injury you may be retaining water that used for healing. Every time I injure something (which seems to be frequently) my weight will go up a pound or two - recovery, taking ibuprofen, etc. Goes back down in a few days.

Tashlovesfood wrote: »

I just don't get it. I've always had under 1600 calories per day. I started losing weight ( 3 pounds since restarting myfitnesspal) and was feeling really happy about it. To be fair I only lost if I was eating around 1300 calories so maybe my body needs less calories than most people. But for the past week the scale has kept creeping up day by day and I've gained 2 pounds even though I've not overraten or gone over 1600 calories. Could it just be that I need to eat less still? 1200 calories is nothing! Could it be the foods I am eating? I'm just eating whatever I want as long as it fits into my calories for the day. I never thought it made a difference weight loss wise. I'm very confused and it's getting me down as I have a lot of weight to lose. I'm 29 years old, female and 212.4 pounds

I see a lot of people who say they are eating so much and should be losing but they do lose if they eat some less number. I tend to think that it isn't that they need fewer calories than most people but that they are actually eating more calories than they think. Many come back with, "I weigh everything I stick in my mouth," but still they aren't losing. It seems to me that the best thing to do is for people to quit worrying about why they aren't losing with the number of calories they are eating at and just keep reducing what they eat until they reach a point at which they are losing between 1 and 2 lbs per week.

There's 2 different reasons for this.

1. Weight loss is simple math. Calories in vs calories out. If your eating more calories then your burning then you will gain weight. Try tweaking your diet. Subscribe carbs and all that with more veggie rather then high sugar fruits.

2. You're gaining muscle. Muscle weights more then fat so if you are working out and starting to obtain muscle then you will go thru what a lot of people do. Gain 2 loss 4, gain one lose 2. It's a slow process but effective. The more muscle you gain during weight loss the better your body will look. Instead of dropping drastic weight with little muscle gain in which your stuck with a lot of excess skin.

Good luck with your continual journey!

Technically it's calories in calories out you should be ok in the long run. But I find I get better results if I manage my macros. For example I need to maintain my muscle mass so I can't go under a certain amount of protein so I have to eat eggs, meats, nuts. I don't want to trigger an insulin spike so I don't go over a certain amount of carbs so I limit my carbs to green leafy veggies. Whatever I have left over is for "healthy" fats like coconut/olive oil, avocados, nuts etc. You don't have to go that extreme but every time you have too many carbs you trigger an insulin spike. The insulin grabs the exesss glucose from your blood stream and stores it as fat. It has to do that because too much glucose could kill you or put you in a coma. So my approach is avoid that spike and you avoid storing fat. Try cutting down on the sugar/bread and try eating more veggies and chicken. Fats and protein don't cause spikes.