Scale Frustration
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Anonymous
| I have been counting calories - between 1000 and 1300 calories for 2 weeks and the scale is up 3 lbs. I want to cry. I do not eat white carbs, junk or sugar. Just venting . |
Anonymous
| Do you exercise? |
Anonymous
| Since going off the pill (where my weight never budged down, no matter how hard I tried) it's been crazy seeing how much flux is due to hormones. Post period to ovulation theres a slight downswing, right after ovulation theres a big drop--can go down 4 lbs usually, then the few days up to my period shoots up. Same pattern every month. I've had enough months to notice this trend while maintaining a healthy diet to know the food is not the issue here. Maybe it's the same for you? |
Anonymous
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Make sure you’re getting enough potassium. I’ve noticed that getting all my potassium really helps with water weight which is what I suspect you maybe dealing with.
Also make sure you’re getting enough water. I drink at least 100 oz a day. |
Anonymous
| 1000-1300 calories? That sounds really low. I’d be starving. |
Anonymous
| How often are you weighing yourself? Even with a perfect diet weight fluctuates. I find weighing daily to be a better gauge of whether you’re losing weight. I’d also give it a solid month and double check that your are in fact tacking EVERYTHING you’re consuming. |
Anonymous
| Use Happy Scale app. |
Anonymous
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weigh only in the morning first thing
Drink lots of water. two weeks isn't enough. You will see the changes if you stick with it |
Anonymous
| Nothing bad ever happened from eating right and exercising. Keep on going, and you'll see a change soon. |
Anonymous
This. Sadly. |
Anonymous
| +1 to all the advice to wait it out. It's infuriating but it will be a good two months before you have enough really good data to look at. In the meantime, make sure whatever you're doing is sustainable for you -- 1000 to 1300 calories sounds kind of extreme. |