Gained 10 lbs in a month

lacerxc
lacerxc Posts: 2 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys,
Recently, I entered back into the realm of trying to be healthier after a couple months of slacking off.
So last month I weighed in at 122lbs and 5'7.
Despite eating on average 1500-1800 calories per day and (according to my fitbit) burning about 2200-2500 calories a day, I currently weigh in at 130lbs.
The goal wasn't really to lose weight but to partake in a healthier lifestyle but I surely wasn't expecting this result!
Is this common to have gained 10 lbs so quickly ?
(Note: calories are rather accurate as I weigh everything and make everything myself, admittingly having a cheat meal every second Saturday likely pulling my daily for that day into the 2500-3000 calories range)

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  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    well...if you've just weighed yourself once...you could be retaining some water just on that single day. maybe you can open up your dairy so we can see what you've been eating. 10lbs in a couple months would be possible but doesn't make sense if what you are saying it factual.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    edited June 2017
    Why would you weigh yourself only once a month? I'm curious not criticizing. I weigh myself daily.
  • lacerxc
    lacerxc Posts: 2 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    Why would you weigh yourself only once a month? I'm curious not criticizing. I weigh myself daily.

    Because weight loss wasn't my goal
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    What is your goal? I weigh everyday or so to make sure I am maintaining my weight.
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    My FitBit is inaccurate for me giving me a daily burn of 2100-2500 cals...my TDEE is 1800. And was proven to be true based on 3 weeks of daily data.

    I have since calculated TDEE- set that # less 20% as my daily goal and unsync'd my Fitbit.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    If youve started, increased, or changed your workout, you could be retaining water for muscle repair. Weight normally fluctuates a few pounds every 1-2 days. If you weighed on a "low" day before, and then on a "high" day, that could easily account for 5 pounds.
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 610 Member
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Did you happen to weigh yourself after (on the Monday-Wednesday) your cheat meal when you saw the 10lb gain? If time of month or ovulation is also pending, the gain could be mostly water weight.

    This...

    And two data points is really not enough to see what's actually going on.

    Also, if you actually put on 10 Lbs I would imagine your clothes would be fitting much more uncomfortably...I put on about 10 Lbs every winter and my pants go from being a little lose and on the cusp of needing to go down a size to a, "yup...time to start cutting this winter weight because if I eat anything I need to undo my buttons."
  • Dr__Girlfriend
    Dr__Girlfriend Posts: 100 Member
    Could be muscle, water weight, hormonal. How are your clothes fitting now? Weight is really unreliable, I suggest measuring your progress through measurements and pictures. Especially since you said Weight Loss isn't your goal.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    My fitbit overestimates my burns currently by about 350cal/day. If I didn't weigh for a month and ate according to it I would gain 3lbs in a month.
    I weigh daily so I managed to catch that it overestimates before I gained anything substantial.

    It might not be fitbit in your case. But weighing daily would've helped you.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited June 2017
    You're tall and quite thin, so I'm not going to assume you want to lose.
    I'll ask: when did you weigh yourself. Are you ovulating, are you menstruating. Have you started a new birth control approach, did you fly, did you eat sushi or chinese food, how long were you at 122....??
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Dr__Girlfriend wrote: »
    Could be muscle water weight, hormonal. How are your clothes fitting now? Weight is really unreliable, I suggest measuring your progress through measurements and pictures. Especially since you said Weight Loss isn't your goal.

    Fixed it. It's not 8 pounds of muscle in a few weeks. Maybe in a year, if you were lifting heavy with a Progressive program.

    The rest is on point, though. And two times weighing yourself isn't going to tell you much. Unless you ate 30,000 calories over your maintenance, you didn't gain 8 pounds of fat.
  • Jdismybug1
    Jdismybug1 Posts: 443 Member
    Could it have been lady time? I have a regular cycle and have gained up to 10 lbs. it's sad but true. Give it a few days or maybe a week.
    Also check sodium intake, or if you had a brutal day out and about in the elements maybe your body is trying to rest and repair.
    After going to the county fair I held onto some water weight from my guess is too much sodium from fair foods and drinking a ton of water, being in the sun.
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    If you are doing any kind of weight lifting, you might have gained muscle. The scale can lie with muscle mass. Just go by how your clothes fit - they never lie. If your clothes are fitting the same, ignore the scale. If they are looser, you probably gained muscle mass. If they are tighter, you probably gained fat.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Isn't 122 at 5ft 7 borderline underweight?

    What are your goals?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    If you are doing any kind of weight lifting, you might have gained muscle. The scale can lie with muscle mass. Just go by how your clothes fit - they never lie. If your clothes are fitting the same, ignore the scale. If they are looser, you probably gained muscle mass. If they are tighter, you probably gained fat.

    OP hasn't gained 8lb of muscle in a month
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    If you are doing any kind of weight lifting, you might have gained muscle. The scale can lie with muscle mass. Just go by how your clothes fit - they never lie. If your clothes are fitting the same, ignore the scale. If they are looser, you probably gained muscle mass. If they are tighter, you probably gained fat.
    No.

    Definitely not 10lbs of muscle in a month in a deficit. Muscle building takes a lot of time, a progressive heavy lifting program and a surplus (or newbie gains if one is new to lifting/overweight).

    My money is in fluid retention.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Maan if i could gain 10lbs of muscle in a month I would be joining a gym yesterday and pumping that iron! Only in my dreams...
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