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Originally Posted by charliee
How long has your weight been going up? Is it just a couple of weeks or has it been steady for a month or more?
To me it looks like your calorie intake is too low for your weight/height and exercise habits. Definitely stay closer to 1700 or even higher on the days you work out intensely.
Also what is your diet consisting of? Are you eating a lot protein and carbs? How are you measuring your calories? Are you weighing and measuring portions?
How is your body responding to the weight training? Are you taking measurements?
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My weight has been going up for about a month now, although such deviation might be attributed to drinking a lot more water (+ 90 oz/day). [edit] I realize now that maybe the weight gain is due to mostly drinking more water.
My diet consists of of a fairly even balance of carbs/fat/protein. I use "my plate" on livestrong.com to track my daily calories. Despite my reservations about Lance Armstrong, the website has a large database of nutritional information on all sorts of foods. All this is saying is that my calorie count can't be off by more than 20%, if anything, I'm usually overestimating my caloric intake.
I'm not weighing or measuring portions. Maybe I should be doing this, but I know that tracking every single calorie I consume will eventually drive me mad and cause me to fall off the wagon.
I'm definitely a lot stronger these days, more alert, and I walk with a straight posture. Some people have told me that I look "fit", although I'm not sure that's the correct attribute to a 256 lb obese male...