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5-26-17. 208.4

Following. Same problem here

I like the Dannon Light & Fit. It's 80 calories and 12g Protein.

Glycogenation is the primary reason for weight gain when starting a new exercise routine. Exercise enhances your muscle’s energy storage capacity. Active bodies require more fuel, so one adaption involves storing the carbohydrates you eat as glycogen in the muscle tissue.
Therefore, you may be losing fat when you start a new exercise routine, but the progress you make has been masked by Water weight gain. You could have perhaps lost a couple of pounds of fat the first week but gained a few pounds of glycogen in that time.
In essence, you get on the scale and conclude you're stalling because you see water weight gain. You might have even jumped to the conclusion your exercise regimen is all for nothing. Therefore, hide the scale for several weeks. Measure your progress how loosely your clothes fit, not by some arbitrary scale number.
Also, bump up your food intake. The less you eat, the more your body wants to retain water. Nourish your body with the food it needs, and it will reward you by eventually shedding its fat stores.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space. But with that said, if you're gaining muscle (doing weights, whether machine or body) and adding weight, yes, it could be muscle gain. But if you're not specifically weight training, most likely it's Water. Either way, whatever energy you're expending at the gym, needs to be replaced with more calories and/or water too.

My nutritionalist said we also get more blood which weights. Its prob not true weight gain. Stay calm track ur food and stay on track.

I drove the following week. Not far tho.

May 19. Current Weight 209. Started exercising this week
And have gained weight

Everyone above has given you excellent answers ... just keep at it and don't get discouraged.

Mostly Water the muscles are retaining, it will even out.

Exercise for anyone can cause weight gain. Two main reasons seem to be not increasing your Fluid intake and increasing your muscle mass.
Fluid needs to be increased during exercise or else you'll experience Water weight. It's so counter intuitive, but water flushes out water retention. It's your bodies way of freaking out and holding on to what it has because it doesn't think it's getting enough.
And then of course is muscle gain. We all know by now that muscle weighs more than fat, so if your gaining muscle, the numbers might reflect poorly. That's where body measurements come in handy.

Lastly, there's always the potential that your body is in a stall mode while one or both of the above options are taking effect as well. Stalling plus muscle gain or stalling plus water retention.

Keep at the exercise, increase your fluids, and check again in a week or two. Your body should get the right idea soon.


HW: 328 (02/21/17)
CW: 278 (preop 50# disowned)

Up your calories a bit to balance out the energy you're expending from exercise.

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5-12-17. 208.6

I appreciate everyones feedback. Some of the responses came off a little abrasive but i can take it . Let me make it clear that im not trying to be "skinny" im trying to be healthy and i want to learn to love myself. I personally dont want to be down to 120 lbs because i wont be comfortable. My goals are my goals whether im no where near skinny or im still considered obese. I came on this site for support and to share my thoughts and to get positive feed back and have another support system outside of my family because they dont understand it the others who are going through it would understand. This is all new to me even tho its been a year im still trying to figure it all out

Morning y'all! This week I hit 75 pounds down!

CW: 183.0

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Day 8 post op we are allowed coffee and thankfully not stuck on Decaf. A cup a day keeps the bowels happy.

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same here. everyone kept saying that it was just in my head. I was having serious hunger pains and i was told that it could be just digestive issues. personally i know how both things feel and i still say it is hunger pain.

I was using genepro but my NUT said stay away. It's false advertising. And that it's impossible to get 32 G protein in I tbls. I went back to injury unflavored. Little flavor but not bad at all.

Hey, im 4 months out and i can relate. Theres days when im on overdrive that im famished and want to eat a horse. Takes alot to stick to my diet. I drink the Premier Protein shakes from bjs/costco. 30g Protein each whenever that happens n it helps curb my appetite a bit. Good luck.
CW 190
SW 242
GW 140
VSG 1/6/2017
Woohoo
...summer 2017 here we come :-)

5-5-17. Weight 210.4