Some Clarity on My Weight Gain

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

Just in case you arent sure why i mentioned that fact. You have at minimum a potential 11lb variance in your weight per day plus food weight. So timing is going to matter on when you weigh yourself for consistency as well as comparing week to week is pointless. You need a much longer term to see the weight trend.

try2again wrote: »

scollins751 wrote: »

try2again wrote: »

scollins751 wrote: »

try2again wrote: »

That's a lot of water. Does your cardiologist (mentioned in your other thread) know how much water you're drinking?

I don’t believe I mentioned that to him. I do have to take a water pill in the morning to prevent possible swelling occurring from my calcium channel blocker I take at night

You need to talk to your Dr. Is there some reason you are drinking so much?

I drinking that much by choice. I was looking for the right amount of water to drink a day. I can go all day not really drinking that much.

What you are doing is unsafe... please call your Dr and get specific guidelines as to how much you should be drinking.

steveko89 wrote: »

Whenever you stress muscles, especially to the point of prolonged soreness they're going to retain excess fluids as part of the repair process (water, glycogen, lactic acid, etc.). Between that variable, the amount of water you're drinking, and what effect your medications are having, you're going to see a wide variation in scale weight.

If you're diligently and accurately tracking your intake to ensure you're on a caloric deficit, you will lose fat over time but it may be masked by the fluid/waste fluctuations. At 2200 calories what are you thinking that equates to for a deficit? Given you size and described activity compared to my observed TDEE, I'd estimate yours to be in the 2700 cal/day range. At that rate of 1lb/week loss, that could easily be covered up by fluctuations. I ate at maintenance yesterday and "gained" 2.8 lbs since yesterday morning per my morning weigh-in just because I had more sodium than usual yesterday, that's without the added complicating effects of your medications. In short, I'd stick to what you're doing for another few data points and see where that leaves you. If you're sure your logging is accurate and you're still not losing than you need to increase your deficit more.

I'm also a little confused about how you got to 2200 calories. I logged generic entries using your described quantities and only got to 1400 calories:
Quaker Oatmeal - Old Fashioned Oatmeal, 0.33 cup dry 100 18 2 3 0 1
Baked - Chicken Breast, 8 ounces 240 0 3 52 150 0
Egg - Egg - Jumbo, 3 egg 270 0 18 24 273 0
Natural Honey - Honey, 1 Tablespoon 25 4 1 1 1 3
Almond Milk - Almond Milk - Vanilla - Unsweetened, 16 oz 60 2 5 2 360 0
Vegetables, mixed, frozen, unprepared, 24 ounce 491 92 4 23 320 0
Morrison - Brown Rice, 0.25 cup 62 13 1 1 20 0
Apples - Apples, 2 medium apple 160 44 0 0 0 32

TOTALS: 1,408cal 173g Carbs 34 g fat 106 g protein 1,124mg Sodium 36g Sugar

As a general observation, I suggest upping your protein to at least 0.8g/lb body weight and switch to a different strength training program where you're hitting each muscle group 2-3 times per week, instead of just once.

steveko89 wrote: »

Whenever you stress muscles, especially to the point of prolonged soreness they're going to retain excess fluids as part of the repair process (water, glycogen, lactic acid, etc.). Between that variable, the amount of water you're drinking, and what effect your medications are having, you're going to see a wide variation in scale weight.

If you're diligently and accurately tracking your intake to ensure you're on a caloric deficit, you will lose fat over time but it may be masked by the fluid/waste fluctuations. At 2200 calories what are you thinking that equates to for a deficit? Given you size and described activity compared to my observed TDEE, I'd estimate yours to be in the 2700 cal/day range. At that rate of 1lb/week loss, that could easily be covered up by fluctuations. I ate at maintenance yesterday and "gained" 2.8 lbs since yesterday morning per my morning weigh-in just because I had more sodium than usual yesterday, that's without the added complicating effects of your medications. In short, I'd stick to what you're doing for another few data points and see where that leaves you. If you're sure your logging is accurate and you're still not losing than you need to increase your deficit more.

I'm also a little confused about how you got to 2200 calories. I logged generic entries using your described quantities and only got to 1400 calories:
Quaker Oatmeal - Old Fashioned Oatmeal, 0.33 cup dry 100 18 2 3 0 1
Baked - Chicken Breast, 8 ounces 240 0 3 52 150 0
Egg - Egg - Jumbo, 3 egg 270 0 18 24 273 0
Natural Honey - Honey, 1 Tablespoon 25 4 1 1 1 3
Almond Milk - Almond Milk - Vanilla - Unsweetened, 16 oz 60 2 5 2 360 0
Vegetables, mixed, frozen, unprepared, 24 ounce 491 92 4 23 320 0
Morrison - Brown Rice, 0.25 cup 62 13 1 1 20 0
Apples - Apples, 2 medium apple 160 44 0 0 0 32

TOTALS: 1,408cal 173g Carbs 34 g fat 106 g protein 1,124mg Sodium 36g Sugar

As a general observation, I suggest upping your protein to at least 0.8g/lb body weight and switch to a different strength training program where you're hitting each muscle group 2-3 times per week, instead of just once.