Why in the world am I gaining?! I have been working out everyday, staying under my calorie goal (800), and increased my water....what am I doing wrong? Feeling discouraged. Didn't think this experience would be so emotional. Any suggestions?

Why in the world am I gaining?! I have been working out everyday' date=' staying under my calorie goal (800), and increased my water....what am I doing wrong? Feeling discouraged. Didn't think this experience would be so emotional. Any suggestions?[/quote']

How's your sodium intake? That paired with increased Water could contribute to gained "water weight."

Crazy as it sounds, you might have to up your calorie intake...

Crazy as it sounds' date=' you might have to up your calorie intake...[/quote']

I've heard a lot of people do this to break a stall. As a pre op patient it blows my mind! But I've heard it works

I've heard a lot of people do this to break a stall. As a pre op patient it blows my mind! But I've heard it works

That's because if your body thinks it's in starvation mode it's not going to give up weight as easily.

I love my body and I am glad I have one but it is such a numbskull. It doesn't listen to what I tell it.

I say, "I'm on a diet now, you'll be getting less calories but you won't be starving."

All it hears is "blah, blah, blah,...starving".

Then it says to itself, "Duh.... starving...store fat."

Gmanbat,

You made me laugh. Thank you. I really needed that.

Hehehe...yes!My weight bounced up this week after a great stair step 12 pound loss and last night I just couldnt resist the mash potatoes.Well,this morning it is down 2 pounds again.

My new motto is 6 days of very low carbs one night of mashed potatoes...lol

Try something different!

Why in the world am I gaining?! I have been working out everyday' date=' staying under my calorie goal (800), and increased my water....what am I doing wrong? Feeling discouraged. Didn't think this experience would be so emotional. Any suggestions?[/quote']

My bet on this one is Water retention. The reason I think this because you indicate that this is a more "emotional" experience than you expected.

Being more emotional is typically a chemical response to too much estrogen. Guess what is trapped in all that fat you've been hauling around all these years---Estrogen. Now that you're burning the fat, all that estrogen is getting released into your bloodstream. It is not uncommon for this to change a woman's cycle in almost any way imaginable.

So Dr. Sleever says you are probably retaining water & don't be surprised if your little friend becomes unpredictable for a while.

(I'm not really a doctor. I just play one on the radio)

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(I'm not really a doctor. I just play one on the radio)

Frasier?