calories went down but weight went up

[Icca1980]

I started the weight loss about a month ago. I make sure I burn more calories everyday than I put in. For some reason though, my waist started going back up about 3 weeks after I started. Why and how is this possible???

[josephz2va · Accepted solution]

Depends on the quality of the calories burned and quality of the calories consumed. Athletes can burn more than they can eat successfully. If you're sedentary for a long period of time, then the quality burned is different than always active. The more you're sitting doing nothing, the more you aren't burning effectively. Burning effectively would involve cardio, weight lifting, and personal training when possible such as from Fitstar.

Because I don't burn enough, I make sure I consume the lowest amount set by my dietitian which is 1200 calories and focusing on eating very little of any extras in the good quality even if Fitbit assumes I burn 4000 calories and have a -2800 deficit. Bad quality (donuts, bagels, high fat foods, overconsumption of whey and bars, Dr. Oz, etc.) vs Good quality (fruits, veggies, low fat, low sodium, low carbs, high protein). I'd advise searching "Foods for building lean muscle" on Google. There are meal plans available based on such.

[DominicJ]

Most likely, you arent burning more than you eat.

[SunsetRunner]

The food plan is a guide, isn't aware about our internal complex body system.

It's possible the plan says to eat lots of *calories* more, however when not feeling hungry, our bodies can be perfectly happy with lots less since having all nutritients it needs in the moment.

When not hungry, try not eating more or cause its the time to eat.. eat when feeling hungry, stop when satisfied.. base portions on hunger level.. eat slower to feel being satisfied quicker. When not sure still being hungry, stop eating, it's always possible to eat more when being hungry again.

Our bodies arrange our natural weight range automatically when trying to stay in tune with (listening when being hungry, which food looks most appealing to eat.. how much of each food our body desires to have..) (for example, taking some more food when still being hungry at dinner, automatically taking more vegetables, more meat, or fancying to want to eat one more egg instead or even no more food at all).. Our bodies guide us with signals, and tell when being satisfied (not needing more), automatically going to the weight range it's most happy at.

Even if the plan says 'you can eat x many more calories' but not being hungry, honor your body not eating more.

[PagoPinkDrink]

I agree with Stefan. Listen to your body. Eat when you're hungry and only when you're hungry. If you're burning more calories then what you put in, it's most probably that you're gaining muscle. If you're measurements are rising, then you probably need a body cleanser/detox. I use Plexus Bio Cleanse. The first two months I used Plexus, I went from a size 16 to a size 12 and only lost 20 lbs. That is how much crud I had in my body that just needed to come out!

[kaelarenee7]

Are you measuring your food with a kitchen scale or just eyeballing the measurements? Measuring with a kitchen scale is going to give you the most accurate amount that you're eating, therefore you can log the most accurate calories in.

I don't have a kitchen scale and haven't been able to track one down yet so I tend to measure foods by the amount of cups. It's not as accurate as weighing your food, but with a plan deficit of 500 calories a day and usually ending up 100-200 calories under goal, I haven't had too much of an issue yet.