Weight Gain

[JillC878 59]

I am frustrated this morning. I have gained pound. I know, I know, no big deal; it is just one. However, I have been struggling for months loosing and gaining the same 5 lbs. I had gotten away from working out everyday and have started up again....walking 1.5 miles at lunch and then either yoga or some other workout in the evening. Why am I gaining when I am working it? My eating is not perfect, but I am still eating little amounts an not too much sugar. Any thoughts?

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[FunkyMunkyBrat 205]

Are you Journaling.. Are you being completely honest with yourself about how much you're really eating? I know if I don't journal it's easing for me to lose track of exactly how much and what I'm eating.. Are you eating Pasta, bread, potatoes, not even gonna ask about candy or Desserts because you said "not eating too much sugar" but you are eating it.. You might want to start keeping a journal to really see what you're doing.. food luck

Munky

[Bufflehead 6,358]

The battle to lose weight is won in the kitchen, not in the gym, as they say. And as the poster above says, if you aren't, get religious about weighing/measuring your portions of food and tracking how many calories, carbs, and grams of Protein you are getting every day.

You need to be in a caloric deficit. If you don't know your resting maintenance metabolic rate, start by assuming 10 calories per pound of weight. So if your ticker is correct, that would be 1770 calories per day.

To lose a pound a week, drop your calories to 1270 per day.

To lose 2 lbs per week, drop your calories to 770 per day.

Remember to readjust these numbers as you go forward -- if you lose weight, you'll need to drop your calories even further to keep losing at the same speed.

If you do the above (including weighing/measuring your portions, no guesstimating, and tracking religiously) and don't lose weight, you need to either drop your calories further, or up your exercise.

Don't fall into the trap of trying to estimate calories burned via exercise and eating them back.

Good luck!

Edited October 16, 2016 by Bufflehead

[Icantbelieveit 955]

I am frustrated this morning. I have gained pound. I know, I know, no big deal; it is just one. However, I have been struggling for months loosing and gaining the same 5 lbs. I had gotten away from working out everyday and have started up again....walking 1.5 miles at lunch and then either yoga or some other workout in the evening. Why am I gaining when I am working it? My eating is not perfect, but I am still eating little amounts an not too much sugar. Any thoughts?

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The sugar. Plain and simple.

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[ladyslim2015 74]

I guess everyone knows all ur info already to be so sure.

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[Pescador 1,374]

I guess everyone knows all ur info already to be so sure.

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I have been here almost three years and let me assure you these people are experts at weighing food, counting Protein, carbs and sugar, and in general guiding thousands of people through stages and phases of surgery and the aftermath. It is not simple. It is so complicated even I don't get it sometimes, but I trudge on, trying to learn every single day. Everyone is not so sure as you put it but they offer sound and good advice to the people who need it. I still need it three years after surgery.

[ladyslim2015 74]

Relax! The "to be so sure" is in reference to them knowing all your info to gives you to advice. I wouldn't want anyone taking advice from someone who doesn't know the whole picture, so excuse me for saying sometimes. There are no dumb questions, you know. If you don't know you don't learn.

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