Eating more calories, but gaining weight

If you just ate a clam chowder, it could've been pretty salty so you could be retaining water.

I'd also make sure that you're logging absolutely everything, including fruits, vegetables, any creamer in coffee, butter/mayo on sandwiches, etc. and measuring your food.

This question is a bit opposite but I'd like to understand why mfp says to eat 1340 cals a day (without exercise) when it also tells me my bmr is 1363. Shouldn't i eat 1363, plus exercise cals? I noticed some posts about more cals helping to lose weight.
Maybe I'm totally confused.

MFP simply calculates your maintenance level and subtracts according to your desired weight gain. It doesn't directly take BMR into account.

I have been careful about logging everything in. I don't eat sandwiches, and can't stand condiments like Mayo. I've been staying away from dressings, this last few days, and using salsa instead. Yesterday I ate 1131 calories, and gained. I've decided to stay off the scale until Sunday and see what happens. The weather is to crappy to get out and walk, so am going to do the Wii fit, and do some squats and lunges on the porch. See what happens by Sunday.

I hope you didn't see my post as an attack -- many people forget little bits here and there, so it was meant as a 'if you're not already doing this, make sure you are'

I would blame water weight from the chowder at this point.

Don't weigh in every day. The scale "lies". You should really only worry about what it says once a week or once every two weeks.

With that said, you can expect to gain weight if you have been eating under 1200 for a while and then increase your calories. You really need to give it a couple of weeks.

But also, be honest with yourself about what you are eating. Even though you only had around 1100 yesterday and the day before, did you have 3000 on Saturday? I only ask becuase sometimes it takes the weight a week or so to "catch up" to you.

My advice, would be to keep tracking as you are. Start netting at least 1200 calories and give it a few weeks before making a judgment.

I was doing 1200 cal, most days and not eating back my cal. Got stuck and increased my cals and decreased my exercise. I am on the move again.. I did gain a couple lbs but within a week lost those and 1 more. You have to listen to your body and give everything some time to regulate. It is working for me, and THAT is truely a miracle!

I ate a lot of food yesterday...and this morning I weighed myself and I gained TWO POUNDS OVER NIGHT.

THE HORROR.

I promise you...the weight gain is just water retention (I ate too much sodium/very little potassium) it will normalize itself after a couple of days. What you are observing in the scale is not actual weight gain from fat. You would need to eat 3500 above your TDEE in order to do that

I had a lot of problems like you are having and discovered that certain foods were causing me problems. So I would suggest looking at what happens when you eat them. For me, because I have Celiac Disease, if I eat something wrong, I see a huge gain in weight overnight. That tells me to avoid that food.

Also, maybe you could cut whatever you all are eating in half and add a salad. That way he gets what he needs and you get less of it.

One of the things I did at the beginning is fill my plate with salad and eat it first, then eat the other items. I found I ate much less of the bad stuff and eventually craved veggies over the bad stuff. (bad meaning not the best choice - not you are bad)

Also, maybe drinking a glass or two of water before you meal will help to. It will flush things out more quickly.

Anyway, good luck.

What are you eating that it's more calories? ... Try cutting down your carbs, are you watching your sodium?

Sometimes eating more calories does not work, maybe try eating only 1/2 your exercise calories, or 1/3 ... play with it and see how your body responds, not everyone's body is going to be the same and respond the same way.