I solved my weight problem. I'll help you if I can. Ask me anything.

[WilliamAnderson]

I'm a Licensed Counselor who was obese and a failure at diets and exercise for 25 years and solved the problem with what I learned as an addictions counselor, together with what I learned all those years of failure. I lost 140 pounds in 1984, have kept it off for 30 years and have been helping others since. I'm new to this Fitbit discussion community and very low-tech (I'm old!), so please forgive any mistakes I make, and let me know if you see me make one. Ask me anything. I'll help you if I can.

[Dibbies]

I am now at 1600 per day, and still gaining !!!

[Dibbies]

increased activity

And IMHO better nutrition !!!!

[Esya]

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@WilliamAnderson wrote:

If your maintenance level is 2207/day and you consume 3500/day you will gain. 

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@Dibbiessays:

I can honestly say with hand on heart, I consume 2,100 calories a day, all from real natural clean food.

I suggest to eat at/just above your BMR and have the rest of the weight loss come from exercise and being active. It might in theory be slower than the bigger calories deficit you are on at the moment, but clearly that is not working for you.

[WilliamAnderson]

If you are 285 pounds and gaining weight on 1600 calories per day, you need to get to the doctor and find out what's wrong. People all over the earth are losing weight, sometimes starving to death because they don't get enough to eat. People don't gain weight by eating very little. 

[Esya]

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@Dibbies wrote:

I am now at 1600 per day, and still gaining !!!

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@Dibbies

If your BMR is 2200 to 2400 calories and you have been eating below that for an extended period of time, then your body likes to hold on to the weight as it is not sure when it is getting more food. If you have recently increased your activity (I seem to read that in your posts, but did you or have you been this active already for longer?), the weight gain could be water retention from that. This will come off again when your muscles recover. Now if you are to increase your intake by 600 calories all of a sudden while your body still has the habit of holding on to the weight, that is only going to add on a lot of weight quickly. Seeing how you are still gaining while being at such a large calories deficit I would say "you have nothing to lose" to try and increase the calorie intake slowly over time (multiple weeks) until your intake is closer to or at your BMR. Then maintain that level for a few weeks again and see if this makes a difference. You will still be eating at a calories deficit as your total amount of calories burned is about 1000 to 1250 calories higher than that.

And even if it slows things down, I think it will be more sustainable and a better lifestyle to maintain in the long run.

Also I suggest to get an account on https://trendweight.com. You can simply login with your FitBit account and it will take the weight data from FitBit and put that in a graph that will show you the trends. This way you get a better feel what your weight is doing over a longer period of time and you can more easily filter out the fluctuations.

[WilliamAnderson]

I'm encouraging people to get educated, to read more and study the science. Anyone who knows the science knows it's confused thinking when someone think they should lose 4kg or 10 pounds a week and a Kg contains 3500 calories.

[RobertoME]

Hello everyone, It's nice to see you all in the Fitbit Community!

@WilliamAnderson and @GettingfitinSC, note that everyone here is free to share their own experiences and opinions. However try to keep a friendly environment and refrain from posting advertisement of other products that are not related to Fitbit so all can enjoy of the Fitbit experience.

We have a set of Community Guidelines that we ask everyone to follow, and we generally ask people to refrain from selling or advertising anything here and maintain a good etiquette in the Fitbit Community.

See you around and if you have more questions, keep me posted.

[WilliamAnderson]

@RobertoME - I saw your post about advertising. Are you referring to me? I don't think I'm saying things that can be taken as advertising. People don't need to buy a thing to learn what I teach. 

[RobertoME]

Hi there @WilliamAnderson, I saw the topic was starting to go in a different direction that is not allow by our Community Guidelines.

My post is just as a friendly reminder of this to maintain a healthy environment and to avoid the removal of the whole thread, since I believed there are valuable experiences shared in your thread.

I will communicate with you via private message for more details and clarify any doubt you may have.

See you around and stay tune to the Fitbit Community.

[WilliamAnderson]

@RobertoME - Thanks for the friendly message. I am an old guy with lots of knowledge, but not of the new world of the Internet and social media, so I appreciate your tutelage. If I can be helpful in any way, that's what I'm here for! Thanks for the fitbit community.