Why am I gaining weight with reverse dieiting??
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@livingcleanlivingclean yes I used to measure everything and count the carbs from packages. So unhealthy as I was on the verge of an eating disorder. Worse thing I broke down in the gym as I was hungry but I couldn't figure what to eat and for once I'm eating and enjoying it.
I think because I've been on reverse dieting for a week it may just be water retention.
so if you are not weighing or measuring anything you eat - you really have no idea how many calories per day you are consuming.14 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »@livingcleanlivingclean yes I used to measure everything and count the carbs from packages. So unhealthy as I was on the verge of an eating disorder. Worse thing I broke down in the gym as I was hungry but I couldn't figure what to eat and for once I'm eating and enjoying it.
I think because I've been on reverse dieting for a week it may just be water retention.
so if you are not weighing or measuring anything you eat - you really have no idea how many calories per day you are consuming.
And if only 17kgs was lost in 2 years, it's likely you weren't eating 900-1100 calories then either...or you have some sort of medical condition lowering your calories out, in which case you need to see a Dr for some tests to determine what's going on ....
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@deannalfisher I don't want to cut back on carbs otherwise I'm back in the same place do I just stay consistent with how much I'm eating now?
I'm not telling you to cut carbs...at all...I'm saying that when you increase your carbs, there will be an increase in weight because they add additional water weight...that will go away as your body readjusts (FWIW, I do 300+g of carbs most days of the week)3 -
I need some help fitnesspal fam, I'm gaining weight with reverse dieting!
I don't know what you mean by "reverse dieting," but with IF you still have to eat only an amount that creates a deficit. I assume you're eating too much for your needs. You should measure and log everything you eat.1 -
@livingcleanlivingclean I don't have any medical conditions when I went to the Dr I was referred to the weight loss clinic who put me on meds that made me ill and just said I have a broken metabolism and to cut carbs. I do weigh everything lol that's what I said tracked and weighed every item that why I was on the verge of an eating disorder. That 17kg took me two years to lose it was a very slow weight loss and apparently I should have shed more in two years.
@deannalfisher I'm going to be consistent and see what happens0 -
@livingcleanlivingclean yes I used to measure everything and count the carbs from packages. So unhealthy as I was on the verge of an eating disorder. Worse thing I broke down in the gym as I was hungry but I couldn't figure what to eat and for once I'm eating and enjoying it.
I think because I've been on reverse dieting for a week it may just be water retention.
If you don't like measuring and logging you should figure out four to eight simple meals whose calorie content is known and eat only those.5 -
I need some help fitnesspal fam, I'm gaining weight with reverse dieting!
I don't know what you mean by "reverse dieting," but with IF you still have to eat only an amount that creates a deficit. I assume you're eating too much for your needs. You should measure and log everything you eat.
"Reverse dieting" is a big thing in the body building community... sort of bro science that you can slowly increase the calories you eat and get your body to burn more in response. So you might be at maintenance at 1,500 calories but want to eat more. Reverse dieting says you can increase calories very slowly (increase CI) and force/encourage/trick your body into increasing your CO so that you keep maintaining... so the goal is to in the end be at maintenance at >1,500 calories.
You have to be super anal on calories in since the increase in calories is so tiny. Like if you eat 1,500 a day at maintenance start eating 1,545 a day (3% increase) for several weeks, then 1,590 a day for several weeks, etc.
I'm not saying it works or doesn't work, that's just my understanding of it. Sounds like bro science to me but some people swear by it. I've never tried.3 -
@Verdenal reverse dieting is when you up your calories bringing your metabolism out of the low calorie set point it was at. IF is so good I'm hardly hungry and I'm more accountable however I feel eating 3 meals and a snack is too much. I'm still at a calorie deficit as my TDEE is 2129 and I'm meant to be eating 1,500 I'm eating 1,300 max now.2
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@Verdenal thank you I can't eat 8 meals that's quite a lot I'm struggling with 3 meals and a snack but I just wanted to know is my weight gain due to me adding carbs into my die again with reverse dieting. Majority have said yes
I think they meant for you to rotate between those meals over the course of the week, not to try and eat them all in the same day.6 -
I can't eat more than what I am anyways3
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Oh I understand now. Yeah that's actually a good point. Thank you!1
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more than likely she is not ..
it would take 3-6 months of spot on training and a calorie surplus to gain muscle. And even when one recomps you are going to lose existing body fat and the gain a small amount of new muscle..
you don't replace fat with muscle..10 -
@Verdenal thank you I can't eat 8 meals that's quite a lot I'm struggling with 3 meals and a snack but I just wanted to know is my weight gain due to me adding carbs into my die again with reverse dieting. Majority have said yes
They didn't mean to eat all 8 meals in one day. They meant to have 4-8 meals that you can switch back and forth between.3 -
@livingcleanlivingclean I don't have any medical conditions when I went to the Dr I was referred to the weight loss clinic who put me on meds that made me ill and just said I have a broken metabolism and to cut carbs. I do weigh everything lol that's what I said tracked and weighed every item that why I was on the verge of an eating disorder. That 17kg took me two years to lose it was a very slow weight loss and apparently I should have shed more in two years.
@deannalfisher I'm going to be consistent and see what happens
You said you measured and used carbs off packages. That is not the same as weighing.
Measuring cups are not accurate for solid food, and just using numbers off packages will likely add further discrepancies to your logging.
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Guys I know why I gained!1
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mburgess458 wrote: »I need some help fitnesspal fam, I'm gaining weight with reverse dieting!
I don't know what you mean by "reverse dieting," but with IF you still have to eat only an amount that creates a deficit. I assume you're eating too much for your needs. You should measure and log everything you eat.
"Reverse dieting" is a big thing in the body building community... sort of bro science that you can slowly increase the calories you eat and get your body to burn more in response. So you might be at maintenance at 1,500 calories but want to eat more. Reverse dieting says you can increase calories very slowly (increase CI) and force/encourage/trick your body into increasing your CO so that you keep maintaining... so the goal is to in the end be at maintenance at >1,500 calories.
You have to be super anal on calories in since the increase in calories is so tiny. Like if you eat 1,500 a day at maintenance start eating 1,545 a day (3% increase) for several weeks, then 1,590 a day for several weeks, etc.
I'm not saying it works or doesn't work, that's just my understanding of it. Sounds like bro science to me but some people swear by it. I've never tried.
Thanks for explaining this,I've never heard that term before and it was bugging me haha1 -
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@Verdenal thank you I can't eat 8 meals that's quite a lot I'm struggling with 3 meals and a snack but I just wanted to know is my weight gain due to me adding carbs into my die again with reverse dieting. Majority have said yes
They didn't mean to eat all 8 meals in one day. They meant to have 4-8 meals that you can switch back and forth between.
Yes, that is what I meant.0
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