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Also, let’s say my weight doesn’t stabilize by Monday. Should I look into cutting out more calories and trying to lose to get back into range? I am conflicted because logically it is water weight (I was 137.4 last Monday). But also, do not want to turn a blind eye to something that could be lasting weight gain. It has been…

I think so. It’s only a year old but my gym scale is showing a three lb difference (I weight at 6pm) compared to the home scale so that’s likely part of my issue

Nope the exact same. 5.45 AM Everyday

Another Update: I hopped up another half lb today. I am not as worried about this issue anymore. I am expecting a scale problem. My clothes fit the same and this weight gain is super rapid. I also have regained regularity with respect to the bathroom.

I bought new batteries, no luck. I actually have it stored upright when I’m not using it and lay it on the same place on the floor and zero it before standing on it. But it’s been consistently accurate since I moved into my new place in August. I totally agree about decreasing activity. When my weight was between 137.5-140…

This is so well said. And I don’t think such a drastic change could possibly due to energy imbalance. I have decided to wait it out another week with my current calories (2400-2500) and activity (7 days at the gym plus 4 miles outside of gym). If my weight doesn’t stabilize on Monday I will reduce calories and assume some…

Also to the person who was wondering about my trend... I hadn't been keeping a trend on my app for the past two months. Because my weight is characteristically stable, I just hopped on the scale every morning, noted it was the same, and moved on with my life. I just started inputting the weight since I have noticed this…

Another update: the weight still trends up despite being able to go to the bathroom this morning (now at 143.2). I still haven’t gotten batteries for the scale, and that must be the issue because this much weight in such a short period especially with how accurately I count calories is absurd...

I understand. I am having movements just not as regular as usual. And I understand what you’re saying, but I am myself in training to be a doctor and actually have little time to get to the doctor at the moment :(.

I hadnt changed batteries for a year, so I switched batteries but they weren’t fresh ones (just ones I had laying around). I can buy new batteries today. And I recently changed my breakfast but that’s been about a month and a half since the change. I doubt it is the reason. I also cut two cups of coffee out of my diet but…

So now I have hopped up to 142.6 (so another 3lbs higher). I am not 3lbs out of my weight range. I am seriously at a loss. This has NEVER happened to me before (at least not unintentionally). Plus, I have been reducing calories and increasing activity. It makes really little sense. What should I do? I just decreased the…

Yes the exact same scale in the exact same place and the same time. Some things that I have assumed may be contributing: (1) Dog is no longer here (so less 1.5 miles of walking): to solve this I decreased 300 calories this week (2) I moved from coffee to matcha tea every morning: might contribute to constipation (which…

Yeah, I decreased about 1.5 miles a day, which should correlate with about 200 calories. So I cannot see how such a massive fluctuation might happen after maintaining perfectly on the same exercise routine for months. I have also been somewhat constipated this whole week so I think that definitely is playing into it. Its…

I ended up estimating 440 to be safe and going on with my calculation as usual that day. Thank you for putting in perspective. Given that I'm so consistent, that day probably wouldn't matter much

These are people I know in real life (close friends or even family that I have seen make the change). So I can definitely trust that what they say is true. And they definitely do not look flabby. I would love to get to 160lbs as the previous poster said before running a cut. My fear is looking unfit and unhealthy. While I…

Got it. That's definitely the plan at this point. I want to gauge how clothing fits for sure, I tried one bulk in the past and put on 10lbs to 150 over the course of three months. None of my clothes fit differently and I had assumed I did things wrong. I stupidly let all of the weight just come back off and I returned to…

So if I can summarize, there probably isn't much planning on when to stop that I can do? I want to eventually be in the 155lb range with about the same waist size (28/29) as I do now. I know this will take time and I am committed to the long haul. I keep looking up online that if my split is 50% muscle and 50% fat for each…

I have been running PHUL for two weeks but feel some small gains on lifts already. I dont know how this routine could be seen as low frequency given that I lift each muscle group twice a week and that PHUL was recommended to me by everyone here as i am an intermediate level lifter...

So if im understanding right, as long as im challenging myself each day...soreness is really just irrelevant

I challenge myself fairly hard and go pretty close to failure. I am going to start doing PHAT so overloading my muscles shouldn't be an issue. But my routine wasnt extremelt different so i just may not get sore so easily

I'll try PHUL next week. However, i am still wondering about my calories. I was very cautious about coming up to the surplus. I was losing steadily at 2500 calories and figured that 2800 was cautious given that I was dropping weight at 2500. However, this week my weight seems to be jumping quicker than it has the previous…

So given that, do you think I might need to reduce? I am very frustrated because one week it looks like I'm gaining nothing (my cumulative average daily surplus last week was 34 calories!) And then suddenly it looksime I'm going Too Fast (now, cause of the weight change recently, my cumulated average daily surplus is…

I want the gain to be as lean as possible so I figured about 250 calories above maintenance was ideal

I am rehashing this thread mostly because my trend is beginning to confuse me. Over the past week and a half, my weight has bursted up about 2lbs on average. So while when I posted this trend, my app was calculating a trend of only 0.1 lbs/week. It has now shot up to nearly 1.0lbs/week since I started. I am going to post…

I have been lifting for 5 years. I have lifted with body builders and frankly don't find my routine to be so different--a focus on the major compound lifts with accessory isolation exercises sprinkled in. I rotate exercises each week to continually challenge my body (I know that this is debated with many saying varying is…

Well, what I dislike about a lot of beginner programs is that they tend to focus upon less actual lifts (just a focus on the major ones as in strong lifts) for only about 3 days. I do not just lift weights and exercise for muscle building. It also helps control my anxiety. So, I like to have full 5 day workouts that total…

I think the thread may have been moved over there. But thanks for finding it! I see your point. When you say adjust on the fly, do you mean tracking my weight trend over time with the guesswork and just limiting calories on days where I do count, for example, if the rate of gain proves to be a bit too fast?

For sure, I like my lifestyle with counting and one meal a week where I save calories and guess. However, sometimes it just seems impossible to do that and maintain a social life (friends want to grab drinks or have a dinner). At my age (24), this is what I struggle with most--going out to social events and building my…

I agree with this, my only issue is that I tend to lose weight when I try to save calories weekly. For example, I have tried recently to hit 2400-2450 daily calories and then once a week (usually Saturday) having a cheat meal out (burger and fries and maybe one or two beers), where I also save about 1200 calories that day…

Well given that things "count," is there ever an appropriate time to do a "cheat consumption today?" It would seem like we should always be making them fit for the overall day, anything else would cause weight gain. Right? Also, generally, I would just like to make them fit in my day. So I am guessing like 600 calories is…