Why am I still gaining?

Well I'm no expert, but what I read is under on my intake. Are talking about couple calories here or more. Your body needs the fuel when you are exercising. I have been on WW for almost 2 yrs and have started gaining back weight. I know what I have done wrong, I have a little more in my servings and a extra here and there. Well here I'm gaining back 25lbs on my 66lbs lost and paying for it $$$$.

I would stop look at what your eating, be true to yourself on what you write down. Make sure your putting healthy food into your body and keep exercising. If you have not exercised before you will gain muscle weight.

Just one thing don't give up!!!!

My comment is in regard to portion control. That's one of the keys I learned at WW. I do not mean to imply that you are not watching your portions because I don't know. As a reminder be sure to read the food labels and see what the serving size is. I make sure I'm within my serving sizes and daily points when I plan my meals. MFP will calculate your calories for you, so easy. I'm sure your WW leaders emphasized weighing and measuring your food and using the calculator to find points.

I lost 30 pounds in 6 months with WW and became a Lifetime member. Life spun out of control for a while and I gained some back so I am trying to lose it and get back to my goal weight and then return to WW. I don't want to pay them anymore but I do like the program and enjoy going to the meetings. I'm currently using the old points system, it's what worked for me four years ago so it can't be all that bad. I'm not fond of the PointsPlus, but I believe that is because I just haven't worked with it enough to get comfortable with it. About the time they introduced PointPlus is when my life started spinning out of control and I stopped going to weekly meetings. I do miss it, but I don't want to pay them anymore. If I go back before I'm at goal they'll want money.

MFP is great! This is a great place to find help, support and motivation. If you would like you may friend me. I will be glad to support and encourage you. It's always more fun to lose weight with a buddy.

Lois

if you open your diary, we can help you more.
chances are, though:
-you may be underestimating what you are eating
-you may be overestimating what you are burning
-you may not be eating enough calories
-you may not be weighing yourself on the same scale under the same conditions
-you may be retaining water for one reason or another

high sodium can make you retain water, thus leading to a higher number on the scale.

I would like to add that you should log your measurements. As someone else stated, you could be adding muscle mass, which is denser than body fat. A true sign things are going well is if you start losing inches. Your scale can be deceptive; the tape measure won't be!

Good luck, stay positive, you will get there! )

Also, for exercise, a must - have is a decent heart rate monitor that includes a heart rate 'strap', that you wrap around your heart area to measure your calories burned when exercising. MFP estimates what various exercise burns, but it's wise to know what "you're" burning when you do what you do. For example, when I do an hour of eliptical, I burn on average 40% more than my wife... Thus there can be a wide distribution of who burns what and at what intensity...

if you open your diary, we can help you more.
chances are, though:
-you may be underestimating what you are eating
-you may be overestimating what you are burning
-you may not be eating enough calories
-you may not be weighing yourself on the same scale under the same conditions
-you may be retaining water for one reason or another

This is great stuff, right here. For MFP to work, you have to be spot-on with calories consumed. This requires measuring out your servings (e.g. 3/4 cup of cereal and x Oz. of skim milk)... It also can mean a big cutback in restaurant eating for so many restaurants don't publish their nutrition guides... Pasta, Rice and Bread? Big red flags! Sub in sandwich thins (they're great) and seriously cut back on eating bread, rice and pasta. Tastes great, but way too many calories for too little benefit. The barcode scanner is a dream for MFP too, if you have the app loaded on your smart phone. I also don't think you can be as successful with MFP without access to it when you're out and about. I've been in so many situations where I'll open up MFP to check if what I'm about to eat or if where I'm about to go to is MFP friendly and what items are going to work for me that day. For an italian restaurant this might mean a cup of minestrone soup... Sad but true.

I did the same thing. It was suggested to me that the carbs are too high for my age and activity level - I'm 54. I started keeping the daily carbs at or just below 100. It's only been a couple of days, so I can't say if it'll work yet.

You really need to open up your diary in order for anyone to be be able to begin to help you.

Anything other than this is purely subjective. If you want help, we need more information.

How do I open my diary for people to see?

Food Tab > Setting > Diary Sharing (Click Public)