Getting discouraged

p90arn
p90arn Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
I’m meeting or staying under my calorie deficit, exercise 4 times a week with proper rest days and I gained 3 pounds. The scale is going in the other direction. It’s like I have to starve myself and excerise 24/7 to make progress. I’m so tired now. I feel so depressed. I know I’m doing things right but everything is going in the wrong direction.

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  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,348 Member
    when you start exercising you gain false weight...and that could last for weeks.. I think even six weeks. Stick with it...drink a lot of water, stick to your calorie goal (make sure you're not just guessing but weighing every bite of food you eat and log it..). and just stay the course. It will work.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    You should give this article a read:

    https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
  • p90arn
    p90arn Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you both for the care that you are giving me. I’m a grown person literally crying right now as I just finished reading your feedback. It’s nice to know people care. Thank you thank you. 🥺 this means a lot to me!
  • opalbeaulieu
    opalbeaulieu Posts: 14 Member
    How long have you been tracking for? Sometimes I think the body holds onto old patterns and places of mass, then reaches a tipping point and cant anymore. Anecdotally I've heard it called the whoosh effect but I'm not sure of the science there.

    You may need to look at other ways of tracking as the scale can be very fickle and sometimes fat loss looks like a scale gain because of water and muscle. So think measurements, clothes fit, photos.

    If you do end up altering your plan, ie a bigger deficit, more accurate food weighing etc, do it only gradually and give it time to check you havent gone too far as that can lead to crashing and burning out!

    Good luck and you can do this so kee going.

  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,261 Member
    I second using other ways to tell if you're losing weight such as measuring and taking pictures. The scale can definitely be frustrating! I hate being asked this question but are you weighing your food? I didn't weigh at first and eyeballed, trusted packaging, and assumed things like my apple was a "medium apple". Packaged food is allowed to be off a certain amount and eyeballing and guessing sizes was the reason my weight had plateaued. I have been in a genuine plateau for a month, I had a whoosh at the end thank goodness! Hang in there, you got this!
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