Weight Gain from movement

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone notice a change on the scale on days when you are sedentary or do more walking than usual

No, but eating sodium and/or not drinking enough water is a great way for me to gain a pound. And lose it over the next few days. Also at point in my cycle. OP isn’t talking about fat and muscle gained or lost. It’s water weight. But, she’s going from super sedentary (200 steps!) to moving a lot, so my vote is water weight due to inflammation. Anyway, it doesn’t matter, because if OP’s average weight is holding steady, it’s just normal fluctuations.

Agree that what’s not normal is to on 800 to 1000 calories a day and so obsessed about a few ounces of water weight (that you will lose over the next day or two) that you refuse to move. Not normal. Not healthy. OP— eating disorder clinic, stat.

Why would someone get inflammation from just simple walking? I thought inflammation is caused by intense exercise like long distance running and heavy weights

A gazillion things can cause inflammation -- every body is different.

Imagine the inflammation running rampant in our recently qualified Olympic marathon team. It’s a wonder those athletes are huge with all that inflammation.

Is this satire

[Anonymous]

Weight fluctuates from day to day. If I am within a pound, I don't sweat it. It will probably be back down the next day . . . You really can't put any stock into the idea that you gained weight from moving around a lot. My husband's weight fluctuates by 3 pounds, and that's usually the range I stick to when I'm trying to maintain a weight. If I get to the high end of my range then I will start paying better attention to how much I'm eating. But I'm not going to sweat fluctuations within the range.

You should never ever eat fewer than 1200 calories a day, and that's if you are in bed not doing anything all day. If you starve yourself, your body WILL start to hold onto weight on the assumption that your food supply is not secure.

I'm currently trying to lose the 30 pounds I've gained since COVID lockdowns began. My pattern is that I won't lose anything for a while, and just when I am worrying that I'll never lose weight again, I'll suddenly drop a pound all at once. That happened two days ago. Then I went back up 0.8 pounds. Then I went back down today. You can't get caught up in tiny fluctuations. I also have to take into account that I'm gaining muscle, so I'm not going to see as much change on the scale. It's better to go by how your clothes fit, your measurements, etc.

As a mom, I'll remind you that you are a perfectly healthy weight. Please don't starve yourself, or give up on being active based on a single fluctuation on the scale (that is probably water related). Treat your body with the kindness and care it deserves. If your weight is going up after activity, then it's muscle or water. There's no way that you have someone gained that weight in fat in single day . . . you have to eat an extra 3,500 calories to gain a muscle of fat.

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Op you are in your 20s! You should not be worried about this. Throw your scale away and focus on being active and eating healthy. Enjoy you life, all you are doing is setting yourself up for major health issues down the road. The obsession with weight you are describing is no way to live.

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OP— first, move! More than 200 steps a day. Second, Eat! Below 1200 calories and don’t move, there is almost no way you are maintaining muscle mass. That might be fine now. But, you’ll regret it at 40-50 as a woman. Plus, muscle burns fat. You should have some weight training/strength training in your routine. And some basic yoga or maintain flexibility and balance never hurts.

See a registered dietitian and get a healthy, realistic, science based eating plan based on your specific caloric needs.

I’ve lost 95 pounds on Wegovy then Zepbound in 14 months. I use a reputable, hospital based diet center. If I went below 1200 calories consistently and wasn’t eating the protein and drinking the water and doing the strength training to maintain muscle mass, they would pull me off the meds. Because the damage caused by muscle loss would outweigh the benefits— I’d just go from being fat to skinny fat. Even with more than 1/3 of my body weight to lose (since I am not a healthy weight like you), below 1200 calories is a hard no go from every reputable dietician I know.

And weight fluctuates. I weigh in my underwear after I pee every morning for a consistent result. And it is a jagged line, up and down. Lost 4 pounds this week. Then up two pounds over two days, then lose three. You have to look at trends. My apple health does just that. It shows me my average weight over the last 30 days vs my average weight the 30 Days before that. And makes it easy to see that I’m losing desipite some ups and downs. That’s what you need to be looking at— trends over weeks or a month, not a single day and a few ounces. Now, if your average 30 day weight goes up by more than a pound or two, it’s time to reconsider your diet and exercise— with a registered dietician. Until then, stop making yourself crazy.

And start moving. 200 steps to 10000 steps is a lot harder on your body and is likely to cause a lot or inflammation that hitting 10000 steps each day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone notice a change on the scale on days when you are sedentary or do more walking than usual

Yes. It can go either way. It is unrelented, on a day to day basis. Some days I can walk 10K and still be "up" a pound in the morning. Other times, I'll be down half a pound. I'm not obsessive about tracking/recording every bite of food I take; but unless I had a particularly larger or "bad" meal, my eating is generally consistent each day.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone notice a change on the scale on days when you are sedentary or do more walking than usual

Yes. It can go either way. It is unrelented, on a day to day basis. Some days I can walk 10K and still be "up" a pound in the morning. Other times, I'll be down half a pound. I'm not obsessive about tracking/recording every bite of food I take; but unless I had a particularly larger or "bad" meal, my eating is generally consistent each day.

*unrelated - not unrelented.
My point is, yes I notice weight changing either up or down on a daily basis whether I did nothing the day before or hit 10K steps. OP is maintaining. The fact OP even asked this question when her "gain" is only 8 ounces indicates that OP is weirdly obsessed with this non-phenomena.
OP, get back to us when you've walked 10K steps and cut your calories to 800 -1000 for a week and your weight has gone up more than a pound. Then we'll have lesson #2 for you: 800-1000 calories when you are physically active is INsufficient. Your body doesn't like being starved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP— first, move! More than 200 steps a day. Second, Eat! Below 1200 calories and don’t move, there is almost no way you are maintaining muscle mass. That might be fine now. But, you’ll regret it at 40-50 as a woman. Plus, muscle burns fat. You should have some weight training/strength training in your routine. And some basic yoga or maintain flexibility and balance never hurts.

See a registered dietitian and get a healthy, realistic, science based eating plan based on your specific caloric needs.

I’ve lost 95 pounds on Wegovy then Zepbound in 14 months. I use a reputable, hospital based diet center. If I went below 1200 calories consistently and wasn’t eating the protein and drinking the water and doing the strength training to maintain muscle mass, they would pull me off the meds. Because the damage caused by muscle loss would outweigh the benefits— I’d just go from being fat to skinny fat. Even with more than 1/3 of my body weight to lose (since I am not a healthy weight like you), below 1200 calories is a hard no go from every reputable dietician I know.

And weight fluctuates. I weigh in my underwear after I pee every morning for a consistent result. And it is a jagged line, up and down. Lost 4 pounds this week. Then up two pounds over two days, then lose three. You have to look at trends. My apple health does just that. It shows me my average weight over the last 30 days vs my average weight the 30 Days before that. And makes it easy to see that I’m losing desipite some ups and downs. That’s what you need to be looking at— trends over weeks or a month, not a single day and a few ounces. Now, if your average 30 day weight goes up by more than a pound or two, it’s time to reconsider your diet and exercise— with a registered dietician. Until then, stop making yourself crazy.

And start moving. 200 steps to 10000 steps is a lot harder on your body and is likely to cause a lot or inflammation that hitting 10000 steps each day.

How can you beat inflammation

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP— first, move! More than 200 steps a day. Second, Eat! Below 1200 calories and don’t move, there is almost no way you are maintaining muscle mass. That might be fine now. But, you’ll regret it at 40-50 as a woman. Plus, muscle burns fat. You should have some weight training/strength training in your routine. And some basic yoga or maintain flexibility and balance never hurts.

See a registered dietitian and get a healthy, realistic, science based eating plan based on your specific caloric needs.

I’ve lost 95 pounds on Wegovy then Zepbound in 14 months. I use a reputable, hospital based diet center. If I went below 1200 calories consistently and wasn’t eating the protein and drinking the water and doing the strength training to maintain muscle mass, they would pull me off the meds. Because the damage caused by muscle loss would outweigh the benefits— I’d just go from being fat to skinny fat. Even with more than 1/3 of my body weight to lose (since I am not a healthy weight like you), below 1200 calories is a hard no go from every reputable dietician I know.

And weight fluctuates. I weigh in my underwear after I pee every morning for a consistent result. And it is a jagged line, up and down. Lost 4 pounds this week. Then up two pounds over two days, then lose three. You have to look at trends. My apple health does just that. It shows me my average weight over the last 30 days vs my average weight the 30 Days before that. And makes it easy to see that I’m losing desipite some ups and downs. That’s what you need to be looking at— trends over weeks or a month, not a single day and a few ounces. Now, if your average 30 day weight goes up by more than a pound or two, it’s time to reconsider your diet and exercise— with a registered dietician. Until then, stop making yourself crazy.

And start moving. 200 steps to 10000 steps is a lot harder on your body and is likely to cause a lot or inflammation that hitting 10000 steps each day.

How can you beat inflammation [/quote

Also how should I balance my remote days with in person days in terms of inflammation and “water weight”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP— first, move! More than 200 steps a day. Second, Eat! Below 1200 calories and don’t move, there is almost no way you are maintaining muscle mass. That might be fine now. But, you’ll regret it at 40-50 as a woman. Plus, muscle burns fat. You should have some weight training/strength training in your routine. And some basic yoga or maintain flexibility and balance never hurts.

See a registered dietitian and get a healthy, realistic, science based eating plan based on your specific caloric needs.

I’ve lost 95 pounds on Wegovy then Zepbound in 14 months. I use a reputable, hospital based diet center. If I went below 1200 calories consistently and wasn’t eating the protein and drinking the water and doing the strength training to maintain muscle mass, they would pull me off the meds. Because the damage caused by muscle loss would outweigh the benefits— I’d just go from being fat to skinny fat. Even with more than 1/3 of my body weight to lose (since I am not a healthy weight like you), below 1200 calories is a hard no go from every reputable dietician I know.

And weight fluctuates. I weigh in my underwear after I pee every morning for a consistent result. And it is a jagged line, up and down. Lost 4 pounds this week. Then up two pounds over two days, then lose three. You have to look at trends. My apple health does just that. It shows me my average weight over the last 30 days vs my average weight the 30 Days before that. And makes it easy to see that I’m losing desipite some ups and downs. That’s what you need to be looking at— trends over weeks or a month, not a single day and a few ounces. Now, if your average 30 day weight goes up by more than a pound or two, it’s time to reconsider your diet and exercise— with a registered dietician. Until then, stop making yourself crazy.

And start moving. 200 steps to 10000 steps is a lot harder on your body and is likely to cause a lot or inflammation that hitting 10000 steps each day.

How can you beat inflammation

Diet and drinking lots of water are a good start.

[Anonymous]

Dietary changes to fight inflammation:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/foods-that-fight-inflammation

Also, drink water, drink water, drink more water.

And also, some inflammation is normal, especially if you are doing things like strength training. Eat protein and drink water and and water weight you gain after a workout will be gone in a day or two. You certainly don’t stop moving because ou might temporarily put on a few ounces of water weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dietary changes to fight inflammation:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/foods-that-fight-inflammation

Also, drink water, drink water, drink more water.

And also, some inflammation is normal, especially if you are doing things like strength training. Eat protein and drink water and and water weight you gain after a workout will be gone in a day or two. You certainly don’t stop moving because ou might temporarily put on a few ounces of water weight.

OP here. I drink lots of water though, over 100 oz a day and don’t do strength training but walking…even then I am getting “inflamed”. I also eat 1g of protein per lb so that’s not the issue here

[Anonymous]

Inflammation from walking. I’ve read it all now. Amazing.

[Anonymous]

You clearly have high cortisol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dietary changes to fight inflammation:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/foods-that-fight-inflammation

Also, drink water, drink water, drink more water.

And also, some inflammation is normal, especially if you are doing things like strength training. Eat protein and drink water and and water weight you gain after a workout will be gone in a day or two. You certainly don’t stop moving because ou might temporarily put on a few ounces of water weight.

OP here. I drink lots of water though, over 100 oz a day and don’t do strength training but walking…even then I am getting “inflamed”. I also eat 1g of protein per lb so that’s not the issue here

How on earth are you eating 1g protein per pound on 800 calories a day? I call BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dietary changes to fight inflammation:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/foods-that-fight-inflammation

Also, drink water, drink water, drink more water.

And also, some inflammation is normal, especially if you are doing things like strength training. Eat protein and drink water and and water weight you gain after a workout will be gone in a day or two. You certainly don’t stop moving because ou might temporarily put on a few ounces of water weight.

OP here. I drink lots of water though, over 100 oz a day and don’t do strength training but walking…even then I am getting “inflamed”. I also eat 1g of protein per lb so that’s not the issue here

How on earth are you eating 1g protein per pound on 800 calories a day? I call BS.

I eat 1g per lb when I am eating my maintenance which is most days. On low cal days I aim for 85 grams of protein