Something isn’t right here.

K_V2018
K_V2018 Posts: 4 Member
edited December 23 in Introduce Yourself
Been doing this App for a few days now and something isn’t right.
I came into this program weighing 210 pounds, standing 6’ 5” and looking slim and trim despite what medical BMI charts claimed I was “Over Weight”. I am just a few months away from being 49 years old.
My caloric intake is right at 3k a day with a protein intake of around 250g a day. I have put on 6 pounds in the last 2 weeks with a regular diet and a weight routine that is beginning to show that yes, I do work out.
I am not complaining about the results I am getting at all, in fact I love the results to a degree where “Results” are becoming an addiction; an obsession if you will. What I am complaining about is this app, MyFitnessPal, has me pegged at being 198.6 lbs in a month, something of which I find hard to believe due to the last 2 weeks results.
Am I not doing something right? Ha anyone else having this problem or has had this problem? If so, please instruct me as to what I am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely, Victor

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    If you are talking about the pop up box you get when you complete your diary, it's just a gimmick and you can ignore it. It's an overly simplistic formula that assumes you will eat and do the exact same things every single day.

    If you continue to gain weight and that's not what you are trying to do, it probably comes down to food logging errors. Logging is a skill that requires practice, and most of us took a while to actually get it right :smile:

    These threads are great if you're looking to understand how you can reach your goals using MFP:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    If you are talking about the pop up box you get when you complete your diary, it's just a gimmick and you can ignore it. It's an overly simplistic formula that assumes you will eat and do the exact same things every single day.

    If you continue to gain weight and that's not what you are trying to do, it probably comes down to food logging errors. Logging is a skill that requires practice, and most of us took a while to actually get it right :smile:

    These threads are great if you're looking to understand how you can reach your goals using MFP:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

    To add to this, since you just started weight lifting, you're also going to retain water. New and/or higher intensity exercise causes water retention and that shows up on the scale.
  • ElizabethKalmbach
    ElizabethKalmbach Posts: 1,415 Member
    Working out reduces glycogen stores and your body uses a lot of water to make more. I'm a foot shorter than you and a good weight lifting session will predictably put 3 lbs of water weight on me that takes about 48 hours to flush. Keep logging and working out and ignore the 5 week predictor. As others have said, it's overly simplified and doesn't account for water weight.
  • K_V2018
    K_V2018 Posts: 4 Member
    Copy that on everyone’s input. I am logging like it is my new religion even down to all my supplements and water intake; juices and teas also!
    Another factor I am a little concerned with is that I live at almost 10 feet in the Colorado Rockies. Does altitude have a factor in weight training? I cant seem to find any valuable and reliable info on the subject. There are a few ppl in my gym and from what I have seen most are lean and trim where as I want significant mass. I will keep looking but any info that the community may have on the subject would be greatly appreciated and welcomed.
    Thanks again!!
  • K_V2018
    K_V2018 Posts: 4 Member
    10 thousand feet that is.
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    K_V2018 wrote: »
    Copy that on everyone’s input. I am logging like it is my new religion even down to all my supplements and water intake; juices and teas also!
    Another factor I am a little concerned with is that I live at almost 10 feet in the Colorado Rockies. Does altitude have a factor in weight training? I cant seem to find any valuable and reliable info on the subject. There are a few ppl in my gym and from what I have seen most are lean and trim where as I want significant mass. I will keep looking but any info that the community may have on the subject would be greatly appreciated and welcomed.
    Thanks again!!

    "Significant mass" comes from a calorie surplus coupled with long-term strength training and progressive overload. This is not accounting for aesthetics. If your goal is to get big and strong (like a powerlifter), lift heavy and eat like you lift heavy.

    If you want to have visibly appreciable muscle definition, you will need to lose the fat covering them, which comes from a calorie deficit while still strength training with progressive overload.

    Last I checked, weight training, so far as aerobic activity and performance, is affected by altitude (https://barbend.com/explain-like-im-5-working-high-altitude-suck/), but for the general population using a proper strength training program, it shouldn't be much different. Basically, you are already living at an altitude of 10k feet. New stimulus is going to feel difficult, no matter what. Unless you plan to move, you do what you can with what you've got.
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