just a little frustrated......

Jamiebaby05
Jamiebaby05 Posts: 47 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I told myself i wasn't going to weigh myself this month....but i gave in and got on the scale this morning. I have gained back the 5 pounds ive lost plus one. I have been working out like a mad woman and i am constantly moving. I try and eat pretty healthy all week and allow myself some slack on the weekends but its not enough to make me gain 6 pounds. My question is am i not eating enough if i burn between 700-1500 calories a day and i am supposed to net 1550 calories? Or is it because i am building muscle still. I am a snowboard instructor and i am on the mountain 5 days a week and by the time friday hits i am so utterly exhausted i can barely make it through the day. Any motivation would help. Im not about to give up, just utterly frustrated with it.

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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Screw the scale and go by photos and how your clothes fit.
  • jhartram
    jhartram Posts: 165
    Have you been taking your measurements? If your measurements are shrinking, you're golden... it's all muscle. Other than that, I don't know...
  • Captian_Dathon
    Captian_Dathon Posts: 73
    Muscle gain, water weight, time of day you weighed yourself, clothes, etc. There are lots of different things that happen in your body, and its best to weigh yourself at the same time every day, and only LOG the information once a week or every other week for the most accurate measurement of how much you're gaining or losing.

    But most of all, don't give up! You can be happy and healthy, don't let this slip because you hit a small bump. We all start off hard, and we all have our hard spots.
  • 1a1a
    1a1a Posts: 761 Member
    May we see your diary? Sounds like you maybe could be eating more. Don't forget the mfp calculates a deficit for you based on what you have said you want to lose per week. It's important to meet your goal (including eating back exercise cals).
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Can't see your diary so I can't offer much advice. Look at your sodium and your potassium intake. If those are out of whack, your body could be holding on to more water than it should.
  • Jamiebaby05
    Jamiebaby05 Posts: 47 Member
    okay.....ive decided to take Lorina's advice. Tomorrow i shall take fresh measurements and photos and go off that. I think its time to literally throw my scale in the garbage. Thats just what i needed.!!
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Sounds like time to junk the scale! Listen to what your body tells you, and you can lose weight! Eat if your hungry. Enjoy every bite. Exercise to help boost the losses!
  • AmyLRed
    AmyLRed Posts: 856 Member
    I agree with the other posters, and as for the calorie net question, eat the calories MFP gives you, and eat back your exercise cals too. (Before i got a HRM i ate 50-75% of MFP estimated exercise calories, now i eat 75-100% of them back)

    Be sure to do the photos and measurements!
  • Sammyk50
    Sammyk50 Posts: 77 Member
    Hi... It depends also on how many lbs you have to lose. If you have 15lbs(maybe even 20lbs) or less to lose it's very important to eat all your calories. Your goal should be no more than 1/2lb per week and you must eat all your goal calories+exercise calories. I have 15lbs to lose and for the past 6 weeks or so I was exercising hard 600-900cals a day and I was leaving calories uneaten. Instead of the loss I expected I gained 5lbs. So after asking around I figured it out (I think) and now I am exercising less (350 cals burned per workout) and eating all my calories and sometimes a few over and I have re-lost 2lbs! It will be a slower loss but that's how it works. And yes I thought maybe I was adding muscle weight too. But I really think you have to eat ALL (or most) of your calories (+exercise calories) Good luck!

    P.s. you need an accurate calories burn (Hrm) and accurate calorie intake :)

    P.S. Lorina has a blog which I read that talks all about what I said above.
  • AprilOneFourFour
    AprilOneFourFour Posts: 226 Member
    okay.....ive decided to take Lorina's advice. Tomorrow i shall take fresh measurements and photos and go off that. I think its time to literally throw my scale in the garbage. Thats just what i needed.!!

    I think I'm just going to give up weighing for similar reasons - or just do it monthly. My body is changing and my weight isn't. Maybe there should be a measuring group on MFP?
  • frumpytofit
    frumpytofit Posts: 83
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