Gaining weight after weight loss?

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ZeetaFit wrote: »

I would focus on the look and feel, not the scale. If your clothes are getting looser, it would seem that you are becoming more healthy and losing excess fat - no matter what the scale says.
Also, lifting heavy for 90-100 minutes a day burns at least 500 calories. If you are only eating 1200-1300 you might have but your body into starvation mode. Is there an expert that you can ask about that? (I am in no way qualified to give advice)

shes not in starvation mode.starvation is a thing starvation mode where you "retain fat and weight" is not.

Is it just the one weigh in that is up? My guess is that there is either something wonky with the scale, or it's water retention. There is no way that you overate by enough to gain 10+ pounds in a week, either of fat or of muscle. That would be 35,000 calories above your maintenance - I can't imagine your logging being off by that much after successfully losing 70 pounds!

I'd reckon it's your scale, hidden salt in food, or binge-eating.

My scale bounces around 5 lbs or so in both directions every 12-18 months when it needs new batteries. Pretty disappointing to think I lost five lbs and then it was a total lie, haha.

Another time, I was eating healthy choice soup twice a day and I gained several lbs (despite being under maintenance) from all the salt.

Lastly, a 10 lb weight gain is not uncommon for those of us who binge-eat. And especially for people who typically follow a restricted calorie, "clean", low sodium diet and then eat a bunch of salty, high-carb, high-fat junk food. When I relapse and binge 2-4 thousand calories over my daily limit, Im guaranteed to gain 4-5 lbs overnight. With multiple smaller binges over the course of the week, 10 lbs is not out of the question (though my max was only 8 lbs lol). It always ends up being about half water retention that will go away in a few days and half actually fat gain that you have to slowly diet away. If you do have a problem with binge eating, welcome to the club and do some research on the psychological causes and how to avoid further binges.

northwoodsducky wrote: »

When I lost a lot of weight, I plateaud for a little while as my BMI went down and I gained muscle. As I gained muscle, the scale said I was heavier but I was more toned and my pants sized dropped. I agree with the above that you should focus on the measurements and clothes rather than the scale. If you keep gaining and aren't dropping in size or getting muscle definition, then it's probably diet modifications are necessary. The body can have a homeostasis weight point that is possible to hurdle, but that's a more challenging time in weight loss and toning. Patience and consistency always works for me!

she isnt gaining muscle on 1200-1300 calories.its very hard for a female to build muscle even in a surplus of calories. if she sees definition its usually because you are losing fat over any existing muscle she already has. she isnt going to gain enough muscle either to where the scale stays the same.and it would probably be a lot harder on keto with only moderate amounts of protein as well.

OP, you are tall, young and active, why would you only eat 1200-1300 calories? Also, have you been eating a lot of carbs recently?

joeybrid wrote: »

You'll naturally gain weight when lifting heavy. Also weight isn't a very accurate, glycogen and water retention will make it fluctuate.

the only thing you should gain while lifting heavy is water, if you arent eating in a surplus. you shouldnt gain fat or actual weight

I agree with the above. You can't weigh once and go off of that number. It could be your scale, water, sodium, that time of the month, etc.

Are you in maintenance? You should slowly move up your calories to maintenance plus exercise. If you go slow you should be able to minimize gain. You lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time so give your body some time to adjust as well.

muscle is heavier than fat