I am feeling very discouraged....does this happen to you??

[FreshTressa]

I have been seriously dieting for a little over a month. I lost 12 pounds.

Then, out of the blue, over the last 2 days I have GAINED 2 pounds. One pound yesterday and one pound today. I ate the same things I have been eating all diet, no cheating. I don't know what is wrong and it makes me want to give up.

I am going to stick it out for two more weeks, but it really scares me that if I am gaining weight on 1200 calories, what will happen if I ever accidentaly splurge!!!

Has this ever happened to any of you? Does anyone perhaps have an explanation??

(Oh and it is not 'that time of the month' either":confused:

[binny]

hang in there!

a gain of 2 pounds is NO BIG DEAL! Honestly! If you have been sticking to your diet ( or even cheating just a tad) that doesnt justify your gain.

It is likely water weight or just normal fluctuation.
This is why experts suggest you only weigh yourself once a week or less.

Its the overall loss you need to look at, not the daily stuff :)

[vfb2girls]

Yes this happens to me quite often, my weight goes up and down all week but for me this is normal and I try not to get to me. I have found on a low calorie diet, 1200 calories, if I actually add more fat to my diet I can lose weight. If I keep my fat intake at around 20-25% of my total calories this really helps me. So don't get encouraged by those two pounds, it could be water weight gain, also I find if I do weight lifting, the next day my weight will be up. The best measurement of weight loss is just how your clothes fell and look on you. Hope I made some sense here..

[Lewski709]

uh 2lbs, yeah. all the time. water weight, that time of the month, muscle building, lots of reasons.....don't be so hard on yourself. :)

[ZerasPride]

It's the one thing that drives me crazy about weighing daily. My official weigh in Sunday morning but if I weigh daily I will see a fluctuation where I can be 1 pound heavier one day and up to 3 pounds heavier the next but by my official weigh in day I always see some type of loss. I had one week where I was up 2 pounds on Saturday but by my official weigh in day I was not only down by that pound but had lost another! This past Sunday, I was down 2.5 pounds and this morning I'm down an additional pound. What the scale will say this coming Sunday is anybody's guess!

I keep trying to convince myself to stay off the scale but it's sooooo hard! :)

[Desiree]

I'm having that problem where the scale isn't moving fast enough for me. I'm pretty sure that it's due to the fact that I'm building muscle but I hate the fact that I can't "see" the results!

[FreshTressa]

That is weird...

I DID start a weight training program this week, I wonder if it is related?

[nativetxn]

This is exactly why I don't weigh myself everyday. I can gain as much as 12 pounds overnight, all fluid, no reason for it.

I doubt it was a true gain, probably it was that nasty Bloat Fairy. Hang in there, it will go away.

[wiskband]

If you had 3 days to use the SEARCH methods and look at all my posts, you would see I have gone through this, as well as the restof us. lol.
It sounds as if you use the OL MIGHTY SCALE everyday and although, I still do, I take the results I see in stride!
Youhave to realize that you will no matter who you are gain and lose at weird rates and rapids! The scale is a strange place likeanother dimension! I am serious............dont take it seriously!!!

renee
hang in there!'
:crazy:

[Laurajean1014]

We all get discouraged. I've lost a bit of weight, but I am not done. For the past several weeks, I have been on a roller coaster. Lots going on and I have not been diligent, enough.

But I contribute it to the weight loss process.

Think of it this way; It took me 15 years to put this weight on - if it takes me two years to take it off, I'm ahead by far!

Look at the bright side :tongue: