What the heck?

stone7th
stone7th Posts: 10
in Health and Weight Loss
So this week i upped my cardio and 4 out of 7 days i burned 1100 calories in a day. Another day just 300 and 2 days i rested. Im under my calorie goal every night and was at 17lbs lost last sunday. I weighed myself today and i gained a lb!! WHAT THE HECK!!

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  • iwantahealthierme13
    iwantahealthierme13 Posts: 337 Member
    what does your diet look like? You might want to open your diary so I and other posters can help better.

    How far under your goal are you everyday? You may not be eating enough since you are burning so much!
    Figure out your net calories. You may be overtraining.

    You also may have to watch your sodium intake, again, I can't see your log so I'm just guessing here.
  • fiveohmike
    fiveohmike Posts: 1,297 Member
    When you upped your cardio levels did you increase your caloric intake?
  • stephyy4632
    stephyy4632 Posts: 947 Member
    its water weight from changeing things up its common drink some more water and re-weigh in a few days you`ll be fine. Also do make sure you eat most to all those cals back that you burned
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
    1) You are probably not eating enough to cover the extra exercise.
    2) Upping exercise can cause temporary water retention, thus weight gain and can add muscle which might push your weight up temporarily until your body adjusts.
    3)Weight varies day to day anyway, you could have jumped on the scale the same time yesterday and been a Ib lighter. I don't think you should be panicking over a Ib of weight, seriously.
  • stone7th
    stone7th Posts: 10
    i think it is open...at least i thought i opened it.. ill double check
  • stone7th
    stone7th Posts: 10
    although tonight im getting my beer on so not a good berometer lol
  • stone7th
    stone7th Posts: 10
    ok so i SHOULD re -eat all those cals i burn? I have been and thought that might be the prob
  • stone7th
    stone7th Posts: 10
    nope. But i havent adjusted my goals for my 17lbs lost either
  • stone7th
    stone7th Posts: 10
    AWW Thanks!! Your the only one who answered that makes me feel better!! LOL! Ill consider all you said and stop freeking out about it!! Again thanks!! :)
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 633 Member
    Yes, you should eat back at least some of your exercise calories. I have heard of some people who gain weight when they first change their exercise, hang in there, eat more and you should soon notice a loss. Also, are you eating protein after your big workouts? How much water do you drink? Do you watch your sodium?

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