I went on holiday for a week - no scale! But it was ok..the morning after I got back, I was 128lbs, still on the ole' plateau.
But
Today (wednesday) I've "gained" 3lbs. I havn't gone over 2000 cals a day for past few days, so there is no logical way in heck that I've truly gained it, but I feel sort of despairing, and VERY GROSS.
I'm scared I'll spiral upwards..I just want to be the thin attractive one.
The only thing , as I don't have TOM (tricycling pills to counteract epilepsy meds) is I guess it could be, um IBS related "waste buildup". Feel bad.
I gained four pounds last month. Why? I have no clue. I stayed under my calories, exercised EVERY DAY, and was so good about not snacking at night. I feel like the whole 31 days was a complete waste and I should have just eaten ice cream and chocolate the whole time for all the good it did me. Logically, I would have had to eat an extra 500 calories every day to gain four pounds in a month and I know I was about 1000 calories UNDER my basal rate+exercise for each day. What the heck?
Thats...really perplexing, AND really annoying! I would've chucked the scales out the window and cried for three hours. (I do have a tendency to be melodramatic). Doesn't all this drive you mad?? It does me.
Theres no logical way you could have put on the weight...maybe weigh again tomorrow, might be a freak fluctuation? Muscle gain? although that wouldn't be 4lbs in a month...im lost on this one!
Sorry about that rude scale you have! Perhaps taking a hammer to it would help?
Get your calories back under control and that should take care of those pounds really quickly.
tomandkara, that's strange indeed. Are you sure about your calorie counts? It's easy to be off on those unless one is measuring carefully, looking everything up, etc. What is your daily calorie target?
I'll whine with you, also. I've been stuck at the same weight for 2-3 weeks, and on top of that, I thought I gained 1-2 pounds this past week and the scale was showing me the 160's again. It was so depressing.
Emily, you will probably lose weight again once you, um, go...
I'm right there with you. This has happened to me a few times and it is going on right now. I weigh every day, but only count Mon. as weigh in. I was down 1 lb all week, then Mon up 3 lbs! Why, I dunno!!!!!!! I ate OP and exercise was great! What I do know is it is not fat gain! I know it is water retention. I get this every couple months. Always conviced that this is it, I am going to gain everything back! Or I've hit a plateau that I will never get over. I just keep pluggin along and the water comes off and I continue to lose weight again. Sometimes it happens in a couple days, sometimes a couple weeks.
Just keep going it will come off. I know it is frustrating though! Jelly
tomandkara, that's strange indeed. Are you sure about your calorie counts? It's easy to be off on those unless one is measuring carefully, looking everything up, etc. What is your daily calorie target?
Hang in there, chickies! Don't give up!
Jay
I use Fitday to log my calories and exercise, and I count EVERYTHING. I have been trying to maintain a 1000 calorie defecit every day, so on days I exercise more I eat more. My normal everyday around the house doing nothing seems to be around 2000 calories burned a day (I'm a mom of three and my youngest is still nursing three or four times a day so there's a lot of incidental calorie burning going on). Then, when I add my exercise on top of that, I subtract 1000 calories and that's what I aim for. It's usually around 1500, sometimes closer to 1300 and sometimes closer to 1600. I follow the South Beach principles of loads of fresh veggies and not as much grains and simple carbs. I get in one or two whole grains a day and one or two fruits a day, at least 4 1/2 cups of veggies, and 16 ounces of skim milk (sometimes plus a yogurt or some cottage cheese, too). I eat soy for protein and get some from eggs, grains, and my dairy, too - try to keep that at 90 grams a day. Do you have any suggestions? Exercise-wise I run five or six miles twice a week, walk every day (about four miles a day), and take a 90 minute yoga class once a week. I've started hopping on the elliptical for 30-45 minutes before yoga (which I run the two miles to) just to get an extra something in, and on the days I do long runs I do about 15 minutes of core strength with the Swiss exercise ball. I've also just started doing short 30 minute runs one day a week and throwing some Tae Bo in there. Plus, some Pilates once or twice a week for about an hour. You'd think it would be paying off.
It's super humid here right now. I'm drinking at least 80 ounces of water a day, but could the heat and humidity be giving me problems?
It's just so frustrating to be putting so much time into getting good exercise and making healthy food choices and then nothing is showing for it.
I just woke up and looked at your tracker. Duh! You're normal weight now, so it's no wonder you are having trouble losing. My guess is that FitDay is giving you too high a reading for your daily calories burned. It typically overestimates that. The result is that it says you can eat more calories than you should.
I'd say set your activity level in FitDay to sedentary and only add exercise as you do it. That may give you a better reading. Also, 1500 calories average is probably too high for weight loss, given that your weight is in the normal range for your height. I'd suggest you try to keep around 1300 and see how that goes.
Thanks, Jay. I kind of figured it evened out because the calorie tracker on the treadmill at the gym tells me I burned over 600 calores whereas Fitday only gives me credit for 450ish, but I will try keeping at 1300 for awhile and see where that gets me. Thanks for the tip!
Oh Kara, I'm having the same issue, and I'm 4 pounds away from my "healthy weight" according to the BMI chart (though I'm actually closer to 5'7" than I am to 5'6", so maybe I'm closer than give myself credit for). It really sucks... I could eat 1,600-1,800 calories a day at first and do lots of exercise and still lose weight, then I couldn't get past 165, so I turned the calories down to 1,500-1,700 and now I have to go even further down because my weight isn't budging... once again I'm doing 1,200-1,400 now and I'm totally dreading what will happen once my body gets used to THAT
Gosh! I am soooo ready to just kick the H*LL out of my scale.
One day it will read 124-123 the next (today) it read 127-128. I just
try to remind myself *AGAIN* that it will fluctuate. I am eating great
and getting in my excerise-so what's up. I am really beginning to think
that my body is Happy where it is at and refuses to go to MY goal
of 120 without extrem measures of which I will/cannot par-take.
I kid you not, I can float 10 pounds in a day. Yesterday I was 210 on the scale- this morning I woke up and was 220 (dial scale so the numbers are +/- a few). Obviously I did not gain 10 pounds, it's just my body fooling with me.
Stay strong. As long as over time there is a downward trend, don't worry about floating!
It happened on my digital scale too. Not the scale, just my body being ridiculous. I'm not so preoccupied with numbers but general downward trends so my scale is mildly annoying but fine. I've floated 7 pounds over 2 or 3 days on a doctor's scale too :P
stupid fluctuations
where it is at and refuses to go to MY goal
