Today, I finished the first month of a diet and exercise program designed to help me lose weight. To keep myself motivated, I have avoided the scale the entire time. I weighed myself today. I've gained 6 pounds. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, I was proud of going to the gym 3 times a week (instead of once a week) to get in relative shape. I even started doing light cardio and (I thought) started to eat better. I've gained six pounds, despite watching what I eat and even increasing the resistance on the exercise bike that I use. FML
Today, I finally weighed myself after going on a strict diet of only fruits, vegetables, and coffee. I gained weight. FML
Today, after a full year of vigorous exercise 7 days a week, and a strict diet of vegetables, fruits, and water, I can proudly say that I've lost half a pound. FML
Today, after drastically changing my diet, going to the gym regularly, avoiding excess sugar and carbs, upping my protein, I’m still as fat as ever. In fact I weighed myself this morning, and I’ve gained 12lbs in 2 weeks. FML
Today, I went in for a doctor's appointment. When I got on the scale, I was really excited to see that I'd lost ten pounds since the last time I weighed myself at the gym. The doctor then severely lectured me on the fact that I had gained twenty since my visit last year. FML
Today, stepping on a scale for the first time in years, I had to lift up my stomach to see the number. FML
Today, I stepped on the scale because I'm trying to maintain a good weight. The scale read that I had lost 6 pounds. Feeling really good about myself, I stepped off the scale only to see that the corner of the scale was sitting on the rug, making the scale mess up and tell me the wrong weight. FML
Today, it's my sixth month of working out 5 days a week, watching what I eat while my family eats like kings, and only losing 2lbs. It's also the day husband said he misses my 20 year-old body and no longer finds me attractive, but that's okay because he "loves me anyways and it's good to know where we stand." FML
Today, is the fourth day of my husband's and my new diet and exercise routine. I've already caught him eating junk food 4 times. He has lost 2 lbs and I've gained 3. FML
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imapyro1996 4
Muscle?
structuredchaoz 4
Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are excersizing and building muscle mass. That's why
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JayJ17 7
Umm 104 , 96 is absolutely correct. If you eat less, yes, your body will eat the fat you have stored, but that is not healthy at all. As your body eats your fat it takes more and more away from the total calories your body needs daily. So, on the contrary, it doesn't do anything because then as you eat more your body starts to "fill in" the spots where you took fat out from and it keeps repeating. So, I'm pretty sure you just made a fool out of yourself.
pendorbound 7
If what you're saying was true, it would be impossible for anyone to ever lose any weight at all. It's true that as you lose weight, your BMR will decrease. You can counteract that to some degree by exercising to gain muscle since maintaining muscle tissue takes more calories than maintaining fat. Still, as the weight loss progresses, you'd need to either further cut calories, increase activity, or have the weight loss slow down. Most diets target a low enough level of calories that you'll lose weight no matter what. Most people at a normal weight require about 2000 cal/day. If you eat 1200, you're going to keep losing. It'll be faster when you start when you might have a BMR around 4-5000 cal, but even at the end, you'll eventually need to eat *more* food to level out the weight loss and reach an equilibrium. You absolutely want your body eating your stored fat. It's the only possible way to get rid of it (short of surgery).
afulks78 11
Gaay
joey_rdz 0
its muscle weight ;)
Britttx26 0
So now you make an FML about it so everyone can hit you deserved it to make you feel even better..? Whatever works for you I guess..
TudorPangal 2
Weight Gain 4000 gets you in shape real fast! BEEF CAKE!!!
vettle 6
You gotta track what you eat. It doesn't take much to gain weight. Extra 200 calories a day adds up.
pendorbound 7
Just some perspective for OP: One pound of fat equals about 3800 calories. Gaining 6 pounds means a surplus of 22,800 calories over a period of time. Over 30 days, that's about 760 cal per day over eating on average. If you're working out hard to the point of exhaustion 3+ times a week, then you might have gained a pound or two of muscle. Subtract accordingly. 760 cal per day is something like a Big Mac & small fries or four 20 ounce sodas every day. Or maybe a pint of Phish Food from Ben & Jerry's once a week. Somewhere in what you're eating, there's something with too many calories or else you just need to stop eating sooner (that's always been my problem...). You might be over eating a little each day or maybe it's just one or two days out of the week that ruin all your hard work from the rest of the week. It's frighteningly easy to sit down & blow 1000 calories on something and STILL feel hungry. Do that 3 nights a week while you're a perfect angel the rest of the week, and you're cooked.
bleucrayonz 4
Lmao!
BrutalFbomb 5
Lol take a dump and check your weight, and if it's still 3-4 pounds above then it's muscle xD
GagaForGaga103 1
if u feel better about yourself that's all that matters, not ur weight(: