Going by weekly calories is making me gain weight
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idk319
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I have a weekly calorie allowance and ever since I started counting calories that way by weighing and measuring, I've been gaining weight. Is this a bad way to maintain?
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Your weekly maintenance calorie amount sounds like its too high causing weight gain.
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I have a weekly calorie allowance and ever since I started counting calories that way by weighing and measuring, I've been gaining weight. Is this a bad way to maintain?
No, that should be okay. Ultimately, the most important thing is to have a Calorie Deficit.
Are you sure you're counting the calories accurately? Do you have a deficit at the end of the week, or at the end of most days?1 -
I count calories daily and it has been working for me. I am amazed that it has worked so well.6
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What are your daily and weekly calorie goals?
How much have you gained over how many weeks?1 -
You haven't said how long you have been in maintenance. Increasing calories can often lead to a scale weight gain from additional mass in your gut and additional fluid retention. It settles out after a week or two. If you continue to notice that you are gaining weight, then you have set your maintenance level too high for you (and how you are calculating calories-in and -out).1
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I have a weekly calorie allowance and ever since I started counting calories that way by weighing and measuring, I've been gaining weight. Is this a bad way to maintain?
No, that should be okay. Ultimately, the most important thing is to have a Calorie Deficit.
Are you sure you're counting the calories accurately? Do you have a deficit at the end of the week, or at the end of most days?
The what now?!3 -
If one is truly eating at "weekly" maintenance calories, then this distinction does not matter.Do you have a deficit at the end of the week, or at the end of most days?
It is simple, if one is not "maintaining" then they are eating more than necessary.
Track more carefully. You may just suck at the "weekly" thing because you are getting lazy with your tracking.
Most undisciplined people have the same problem.
It only takes an extra 250 calories a day to put on a pound of fat in 2 weeks or so.
Go back to tracking daily or lower your "weekly number" until you are getting the results you want.
Either way, you need to fix your logging / tracking.
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I have a weekly calorie allowance and ever since I started counting calories that way by weighing and measuring, I've been gaining weight. Is this a bad way to maintain?
Then reduce your allowance.
No it's not a bad way to maintain but if you haven't found your calorie balance then you aren't going to maintain.
Apart from "eat less or move more" not sure what advice you are hoping for?
(I'm assuming this is over a significant timescale not just one or two weeks but you haven't mentioned how long or how much and if this is a real trend or a fluctuation.....)0 -
weekly logging is fine, as long as you are in deficit.3
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I'm 5'8" and 126 lbs,
I am gaining a lot of fat on my hips and thighs.
I maintain on 1700 calories a day, sometimes I eat 1800-1900 and exercise for one hour.3 -
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It takes 3500 burned calories to lose 1lb of fat, don't eat back the calories you burn in a day5
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It takes 3500 burned calories to lose 1lb of fat, don't eat back the calories you burn in a day
@TNoire
Why would you advise people not to eat back exercise calories? In any forum but especially in the Maintaining Weight forum.
My cycling alone this year has burned roughly 127,000 calories, I would be dreadfully underweight if I didn't eat them back.
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I don't know why you would choose weekly over daily calorie counts. The smaller the time increments, the better, for me. I think it is easy to see how many calories a day I've spent, but if I look at a big number, I might be inclined to eat more, thinking, Hey, I have a lot of calories left. As we say, one day at a time.5
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This is the maintaining weight forum. Advising people to eat at a caloric deficit to maintain weight seems a bit weird, don't you guys think so?
OP's calories seem low for a "generic aged" female who is 5ft 8" and 128lbs; certainly not enough, if accurately logged, to justify weight gain.
To wit, she is logging an activity factor of ~1.35x BMR. Which approximately translates to LESS THAN 60 minutes of NON SITTING activity per day inclusive of all exercise.
OP used to be 5ft 9" and 135lbs back in July and wanting to lose 7lbs. She was advised to go slow and to maybe look at goals other than weight manipulation since her BMI was already at the low end of normal.
I am, personally, wondering about the perception of weight gain (that only affects a specific area of the body, one that is commonly considered a problem area) after losing 7lbs and an inch in height in less than 3 months.
OP, the obvious question is: are you trying to attain perfection?6 -
I don't know why you would choose weekly over daily calorie counts. The smaller the time increments, the better, for me. I think it is easy to see how many calories a day I've spent, but if I look at a big number, I might be inclined to eat more, thinking, Hey, I have a lot of calories left. As we say, one day at a time.
To have a life.
I save 100-200 calories a day during the week to enjoy a meal out with drinks at the weekend.5
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