Was losing - now gaining

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I've been on a diet for about a month. I was losing at a regular clip --- about two pounds a week. Not quite, but close. But this week I'm actually gaining and yet I log everything I eat and it's never over 1200 calories per day, excluding any exercise I may get which allows me a bit more. I do have IBS and my stomach feels full and gassy most mornings and I suspect that's the problem.

Anyone else have this problem and, if so, what can be done about it. I'm surely not gaining two and three pounds in as many days on a weight loss diet! I know that many people with IBS say they have gas issues and distended stomach. This is very discouraging in my attempt to lose this weight.

Any help would be much appreciated. :banghead:

Thank you in advance.

Jean
 
Have you tried taking probiotic drinks for your IBS?
 
have your measurements changed? are your clothes fitting any differently?

Is this a hormonal weight fluctuation?

What are your current stats and why 1200 calories?
 
Random water weight gain, offsetting prior random water weight loss.

From the stats you've posted before (female, age 64, 5'1, ~150 pounds), maintenance calories for you are probably only about 1400 calories a day if you're not exercising. Since you eat more calories on the days you exercise (and exercise does *not* burn very many calories), you've got maybe a 200-calorie a day deficit. You should be losing a pound of fat every 17-18 days.

So you should be down about 1.75 pounds in a month. If your scale was down 3.5 pounds (so nearly 2 pounds a week, over a month), and is now up a pound or two, you're right on track.
 
allyphoe said:
Random water weight gain, offsetting prior random water weight loss.

From the stats you've posted before (female, age 64, 5'1, ~150 pounds), maintenance calories for you are probably only about 1400 calories a day if you're not exercising. Since you eat more calories on the days you exercise (and exercise does *not* burn very many calories), you've got maybe a 200-calorie a day deficit. You should be losing a pound of fat every 17-18 days.

So you should be down about 1.75 pounds in a month. If your scale was down 3.5 pounds (so nearly 2 pounds a week, over a month), and is now up a pound or two, you're right on track.
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How did you get that her maintenance is 1400 calories???

I am 5'7", 126lbs and my maintenance is 1700 calories if I were not to exercise all day. That was done using my lean body mass, how could hers be so low???
 
She's old and short. Young people have faster metabolisms. Tall people have more lean mass at a given weight. (No offense, Jean - my mom is old and short, too, and in a few years, I'm going to go from middling and short to old and short.)

I use for rough calculations. Personally, I think their allowance for exercise is way too high ("daily exercise" gives me an extra 500 calories, and I can tell you that I do not burn 500 calories when I exercise), but if you're eating an unspecified "more" on exercise days, I'd estimate non-exercise caloric expenditure conservatively.

If you're gaining weight on a given caloric intake, it's either water weight or you're consuming a caloric surplus. Eating too few calories doesn't make you gain weight.
 
maleficent said:
have your measurements changed? are your clothes fitting any differently?

Is this a hormonal weight fluctuation?

What are your current stats and why 1200 calories?
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The measurements are basically the same. I'm post-meno so that's no longer an issue. I do take beta blockers and that doesn't help things. I'm on 1200 because CalorieKing says that 1106 is what I'll lose on and I won't go lower than 1200. Of course, the 1106 is net calories. So when you exercise, you're allowed more. It could go to 1300 or so with exercise.

I weighed this morning and am just slightly over what I was one week ago. So you might say it's about the same. I lost six or seven pounds fairly easily using this plan. It took over a week on the plan before anything came off. But then I'd lose a little daily. Then it seemed to stop and even reverse. Yet nothing in what I was doing changed. At least not that I can see.
 
allyphoe said:
Random water weight gain, offsetting prior random water weight loss.

From the stats you've posted before (female, age 64, 5'1, ~150 pounds), maintenance calories for you are probably only about 1400 calories a day if you're not exercising. Since you eat more calories on the days you exercise (and exercise does *not* burn very many calories), you've got maybe a 200-calorie a day deficit. You should be losing a pound of fat every 17-18 days.

So you should be down about 1.75 pounds in a month. If your scale was down 3.5 pounds (so nearly 2 pounds a week, over a month), and is now up a pound or two, you're right on track.
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That's very interesting and thank you for looking back at my stats for the reply. It seems I should lose about one pound a week at least. Going from what you say and assuming it's correct, I could just not deduct for exercise. However, I've always thought that vigorous exercise does burn calories. Although I'll admit my reason for exercise is to stay toned and for my health --- so I won't get winded doing the least thing and so I can lift things with ease. It's not so much to burn calories or lose weight. That would be a bonus, or course.
 
allyphoe said:
She's old and short. Young people have faster metabolisms. Tall people have more lean mass at a given weight. (No offense, Jean - my mom is old and short, too, and in a few years, I'm going to go from middling and short to old and short.)

I use for rough calculations. Personally, I think their allowance for exercise is way too high ("daily exercise" gives me an extra 500 calories, and I can tell you that I do not burn 500 calories when I exercise), but if you're eating an unspecified "more" on exercise days, I'd estimate non-exercise caloric expenditure conservatively.

If you're gaining weight on a given caloric intake, it's either water weight or you're consuming a caloric surplus. Eating too few calories doesn't make you gain weight.
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Well, I'm not sure I like being called "old and short".:rant:
 
Don't be discouraged. This thread has already been on it's anniversary. Nevertheless, I hope the thread starter has continued to live a life that is all worth while. Wish you all the best, hopefully you have achieved your ideal weight.
 
Hey there ... lost? Bumping up threads that are over a year old to spam your product is getting really old. Knock it off.
 
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