Weight gain frustration

[5xdisneyfans]

I needed to vent and figure I would reach out here. I am tracking everything I am eating on chronometer. I mean every morsel. I weight and measure everything that goes in my mouth. I hate doing this but really want to shed some weight. I am over weight so it’s not a matter of only having a couple of pounds to lose. I exercise 5 days a week. Friday is my weigh in day and I am up a pound from last week! I have been very strict with everything. Even last night I was a little hungry but only had 35 calories left for the day so I held out and didn’t have anything. Extremely frustrating and having a hard time wanting to stick with it this morning. Realistically I need to lose about 40lbs to even be close to a healthy weight. Thanks for listening.

 

[T00dles]

Weight fluctuates for so many reasons, especially with regular exercise. Keep tracking, keep exercising, and focus on building strength and muscle. If you stay consistent, the scale will eventually have no choice but to move. You’re doing the hard part already. Don’t give up now.

 

[Raya]

I'll never forget the nutritionist who told me that a 1 pound change in weight was "not clinically significant". She was very firm that what mattered was a trend over time, not a single insignificant finding. You know that you're making good choices. You know that you're exercising. Trust the process and look for the trend. ::hugs::

 

[tink2424]

Have you tried incorporating fasting or even some cheat meals? Your body can get used to the lower calories so you need to keep it guessing as well as living a little. Intermitten fasting and refeasting meals/days can really help move the needle.

 

[slo]

I have struggled with my weight my entire life, so I feel your pain.

When you workout, do you do the same thing all the time or do you mix it up?
I have found, for me, that I MUST mix it up in order to get good results. So, I do different cardio each time, and then alternate between leg days and upper body days. I do abs every time I work out, but never the same abs workout - I have3 different types that do.

Intermittent fasting is a MUST for me as well. After dinner, which is normally around 6:30pm, I don't touch another morsel of food until I eat breakfast at 8am the next day.

I used to count my calories, but I have a pretty good idea of how much everything is now and don't do it anymore.

Good luck - it's definitely a journey with many ups and downs.

 

[5xdisneyfans]

I do different workouts on different days. Monday & Wednesday is short run and lower body. Tuesday & Thursday is walk/hike and core &upper body. Friday is my long run day. I basically do intermittent fasting most day because I also try not to eat after dinner which is anywhere from 5-6pm. Breakfast is usually between 7-8am. It’s something about seeing a higher number that is so much worse than if I were to just stay the same which I am use too.

 

[ShaneDJ]

Have you considered the GLP-1 shots like ZepBound?

I have a friend who has had great results with those (in addition to his nutrition and exercise).

 

[Simba's Mom]

I recently spent a year in a diabetes prevention class, and it included a weekly weigh-in. We were told that a 1 pound weight gain could be caused by a salty meal the night before weigh in, constipation, etc. But boy. do I understand your frustration!

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

Many may say not to do this but I found that weighing myself every day was better than just once per week.
Weight goes up and down by sometimes several pounds in a 24hr period. Its possible had you checked your weight daily you would have seen these high fluctuations and could have seen that maybe you were 3lbs less on Wednesday but since you didn't weigh until Friday you didn't see it.
I always found it encouraging to see omg I'm at the lowest weight I've been so far even if two days later I was back up because it showed me ok eventually I can consistantly be THAT weight and so on.

And I never counted calories or weighed my food.
Just something I'd never do.
I just ate less things I knew were higher in calories and "bad" for me and ate more things I knew were lower in calories and healthy.
You know cookies are "bad" and cauliflower is "good" so cut back on one and increase the other.

Also how long have you been on your current diet/exercise routine?
It requires long term commitment to start to see consistent results.
So if this was like a ok I just had my Thanksgiving dinner and I'm starting fresh and really dialing in you can't expect to have lost much if anything in the first couple weeks.
If you've been really consistent for 3 months (and I mean actually consistent eating better and exercising more not lying to yourself about it) then it may be time to see a nutritionist to go over why you're not seeing progress and then possibly talk to a doctor about options.

 

[PollyannaMom]

It could definitely have been something as simple as more salt than usual the day before. It's really hard not to think about it when you are weighing and measuring every portion, but try not to worry unless you see a trend.

And how are your clothes fitting? - If they feel better, it could be the old "muscle weighs more than fat" thing where the exercise has built muscle in place of the fat that you lost.

It's also possible that you've cut calories too much and your body thinks there's a famine and is trying to hold onto everything it can. So it wouldn't hurt to talk to a nutritionist if that’s a realistic option for you.

 

[Miffy]

Many may say not to do this but I found that weighing myself every day was better than just once per week.
Weight goes up and down by sometimes several pounds in a 24hr period. Its possible had you checked your weight daily you would have seen these high fluctuations and could have seen that maybe you were 3lbs less on Wednesday but since you didn't weigh until Friday you didn't see it.
I always found it encouraging to see omg I'm at the lowest weight I've been so far even if two days later I was back up because it showed me ok eventually I can consistantly be THAT weight and so on.

^^^^THIS!^^^^^ I completely agree. I find that weighing myself every day is best. I weigh myself at home, undressed, at approximately the same time every day. And I keep track of my weight on a very basic app. Before I had the app I just wrote it down, the old-fashioned way.

This keeps me on track, keeps me encouraged, and it's so helpful to see the overall downward trend.

I also exercise every single day with minor exceptions. The thing I do every day is walk for at least an hour, usually more. Two or three times a week I do weight-lifting at home. I'm not a gym person.

I find I need these things to stay on track and keep at it. Also, I don't deprive myself of food I like and want. On super restrictive diets I've always ended up gaining the weight back afterward, so I don't do that anymore.