I'm slowly gaining again??
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mariesofi4108
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Hi everyone! I've lost 26 pound in total in about half a year. I'm a 5'6 female. I run about 30 miles a week, and try to eat clean with 1400-1600 calories a day. I used to be around 127, but over the past month I gained a half pound of fat. No big deal, I was stress eating over finals and maybe didn't track as precisely as I thought. However, this week it fluctuated between 128 and 129, and after a binge of 2,000 ish yesterday (we bought groceries for a BBQ today) I weighed in at 130! I know it's probably water weight but I can't help feeling concerned that my weight is going to keep ballooning.... any advice? I don't want to keep slipping
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Go back to 1400-1600.
You have to make adjustments when things are going in a direction you don't want.5 -
I think you are overthinking it. All of us have off days. And if you had BBQ stuff, you probably ate a lot of sodium. Just make sure you are getting all your water in and it will flush out. I definitely don't freak out about daily weights personally, because my body fluctuates day to day. I use it as a guide to know what my body likes or doesn't like.8
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Set a 5 lb maintenance range for yourself to allow for fluctuations, such as 127-132. When you get to the top of the range, start eating at a 250 cal deficit until you're back to mid range. Do this even if you think the top of the range is water weight. You might only need to do the deficit for a few days if it is water weight, but it's one way to help keep things in check.17
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So from 127-130 is ballooning now?15
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So from 127-130 is ballooning now?
And 2000 calories is a binge.....
OP - your weight will only continue to edge up slowly if you consistently eat over maintenance calories.
So much unnecessary anxiety in your post, you really need to resolve that for long term HAPPY maintenance.18 -
At your height and with that much running you should easily be able to eat more than 1600 cals to maintain.
And echoing what everyone else has said.6 -
When you get outside your target range, set a calorie goal that will bring you back down within a week or two.3
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2,000 calories isn't a binge, that's going over your target a little bit and causing you to worry too much. Up your workouts a little and get back to your target and you should get back to where you want to be pretty quickly.4
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Meah, just adjust. It's probably just a couple bags of chips with high sodium caused your body to retain a shwack of water, it will go away.0
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I'm 5'6", 133, 40 year old and I walk 10-12k steps a day, maybe run 10-15 miles per week (included in my steps), and my maintenance is 1800-2100 calories per day. I know it doesn't answer your question but your calories seem really low. It could be water weight if your exercising more. I know it's been more humid this last week and I'm up 2lbs.3
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6 reasons you gained weight:
Maybe it is number 6
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jaimeolive wrote: »6 reasons you gained weight:
Maybe it is number 6
Or #7 you ate too much.6 -
given your stats and the fact you run 30 miles a week makes me very doubtful that you maintain on 1400-1600 cals? especially if that figure is gross.5
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I eat 2500 a day and I am smaller than you and exercise about the same amount. I think your maintenance seems VERY low. It is probably just normal fluctuations. You weigh all your food correctly right? 1400-1600 just seems so low. I lost all my weight on that amount.6
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You are over thinking things, weight fluctuates. It should settle down again in a few days, if it keeps moving up over the next number of weeks that is when you would take action. I think you'll find its just a fluctuation though.0
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You have very similar height/weight/maintenance numbers as me... Try not to get too worked up. Our weight fluctuates for many reasons. Having a realistic maintenance range can help. Mine is 128-132.0
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jaimeolive wrote: »6 reasons you gained weight:
Maybe it is number 6
Or #7 you ate too much.
This infographic is trying to address the quick gains that make everyone flip out.4 -
Nony_Mouse wrote: »At your height and with that much running you should easily be able to eat more than 1600 cals to maintain.
And echoing what everyone else has said.
yea, but she is eating clean, I thought it was impossible to eat clean and gain weight?4 -
Nony_Mouse wrote: »At your height and with that much running you should easily be able to eat more than 1600 cals to maintain.
And echoing what everyone else has said.
yea, but she is eating clean, I thought it was impossible to eat clean and gain weight?
Well then she should be able to eat twice what she is and not gain!!
But in all seriousness, adding my voice to the others who are the same height and maintain on more than that, and I'm much older than you, OP.1 -
Thank everyone, it went down to 128 and up to 130 again lol! And I meet with a nutritionist on a monthly basis and she told me to eat between 1400-1600 to maintain... but I wish I could eat more and not worry about gaining. I'm told my basic metabolic rate is 1310 calories, and I'm at 26% body fat, and my goal is 23%.0
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