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orgreenp
orgreenp Posts: 6 Member
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How is it possible that I have gain weight even though I managed to stay under my calorie goal?

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  • OAS5
    OAS5 Posts: 376 Member
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    Gained weight? How do you know you gained weight as in fat?
    On Saturday I was 200 exactly even, Sunday I was 201.8, Monday 202.4 and that 202.6. I'm not worried about it. It's just normal fluctuations. Happens all the time.
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
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    If you want reasonable advice you’ll have to give us more information to work with.

    What is your calorie goal?
    How did you arrive at that number?
    How old are you?
    How long have you been eating at this calorie level?
    What’s your current weight?
    What’s your goal weight?
    What weight did you start at?
    How much weight do you think you’ve gained and over what time span?
    Do you weigh your food and make sure the entries you use are accurate?

    That information should do as a starting point. If we can get that from you, I’m sure we can be more insightful 😊
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
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    • not enough time/patience
    • not actually under your goal
    • your goal is not actually a deficit
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,985 Member
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    You've been on this site for three days? You didn't gain weight in three days.

    Here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

    ...and:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    cmriverside wrote: »
    You've been on this site for three days? You didn't gain weight in three days.

    Here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

    ...and:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1

    Read those links.
  • jhanleybrown
    jhanleybrown Posts: 240 Member
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    If exercise is part of your program, dont use MFP estimates of calorie burn. 90% of them are gross calorie burn and you need net burn. Just a heads up. It over estimates calorie burn considerably.
  • jhanleybrown
    jhanleybrown Posts: 240 Member
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    My average workout is off by 900 calories. Just walking is off by 40-50 calories per mile.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,467 Member
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    If you started exercising 3 days ago, it may be water
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    Are you using a food scale? Weigh everything you eat and log into the food diary. Use the common sense approach when using the database.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    jhanleybrown wrote: »
    My average workout is off by 900 calories. Just walking is off by 40-50 calories per mile.

    How do you know this?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,922 Member
    edited September 2019
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    corinasue1143 wrote: »
    If you started exercising 3 days ago, it may be water

    Yes, my own scale went up 7 pounds when I started weight lifting again. Took a few weeks to come back off.

    I also have water weight fluctuations from high sodium meals like Chinese, and hormonal water retention twice a month from being a female with a menstrual cycle.

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