Hi, I’ve been slowly gaining scale weight over the past few months and I’m beginning to feel discouraged.
Context: I’m a 21 year old Female. 5ft3in and my forms of exercise is weightlifting and L.I.S.S style cardio 2-3 times a week. I eat at least 100g of protein per day.
So, I’ve recently come out of a reverse diet phase that lasted from April 25th 2022 to June 6th 2022. I slowly increased from eating around 1500-1750 calories per day up to 1950-2100 calories per day at the very top of my reverse.
At the start of my reverse, I weighed 10stone 2.2lbs.
During this time, I felt as though I gained a lot of muscle, mainly on my legs and glutes which Im happy about as this is a goal of mine. I wasn’t too focused on cardio and did it when I felt like it. I did two leg days per week and one upper body day.
Around a week before I stopped my reverse diet, I noticed that a pair of jeans that I hadn’t worn in a while was sitting higher on my waist than they used to. (These jeans were brought to be looser so that they could be low waist on me) They now sit at the smallest part of my waist and can’t be pulled down any further.
I used this as an indicator that my reverse was successful and that I could now slowly transition to a slight calorie deficit.
So, at this point I now weigh at 10stone 8.4lbs which at first I was scared that this was a lot of weight gain but realised that it was not that much.
Over the next 5 weeks, I slowly decreased my calorie intake from 2000 down to 1700-1750 calories per day. At first it was hard because I had gotten used to the extra food but now it’s manageable. I have just weighed myself today, and my weight is measuring at 10stone 11lbs. This shocked me as I’ve been tracking my calories in grams consistently and with the calorie deficit, I thought that I would at least weigh the same as I did 5 weeks ago.
For extra context:
- I’m two days post my period
- I weighed after dinner
- My body measurements have not changed (tape)
Now I’m extremely discouraged and not sure what I’m doing wrong. If anyone has any ideas, I’d be incredibly grateful!
Context: I’m a 21 year old Female. 5ft3in and my forms of exercise is weightlifting and L.I.S.S style cardio 2-3 times a week. I eat at least 100g of protein per day.
So, I’ve recently come out of a reverse diet phase that lasted from April 25th 2022 to June 6th 2022. I slowly increased from eating around 1500-1750 calories per day up to 1950-2100 calories per day at the very top of my reverse.
At the start of my reverse, I weighed 10stone 2.2lbs.
During this time, I felt as though I gained a lot of muscle, mainly on my legs and glutes which Im happy about as this is a goal of mine. I wasn’t too focused on cardio and did it when I felt like it. I did two leg days per week and one upper body day.
Around a week before I stopped my reverse diet, I noticed that a pair of jeans that I hadn’t worn in a while was sitting higher on my waist than they used to. (These jeans were brought to be looser so that they could be low waist on me) They now sit at the smallest part of my waist and can’t be pulled down any further.
I used this as an indicator that my reverse was successful and that I could now slowly transition to a slight calorie deficit.
So, at this point I now weigh at 10stone 8.4lbs which at first I was scared that this was a lot of weight gain but realised that it was not that much.
Over the next 5 weeks, I slowly decreased my calorie intake from 2000 down to 1700-1750 calories per day. At first it was hard because I had gotten used to the extra food but now it’s manageable. I have just weighed myself today, and my weight is measuring at 10stone 11lbs. This shocked me as I’ve been tracking my calories in grams consistently and with the calorie deficit, I thought that I would at least weigh the same as I did 5 weeks ago.
For extra context:
- I’m two days post my period
- I weighed after dinner
- My body measurements have not changed (tape)
Now I’m extremely discouraged and not sure what I’m doing wrong. If anyone has any ideas, I’d be incredibly grateful!
