I have been trying to lose weight for sometime now. I eat 5-6 small meals a day, take 500 less calories than my body needs to maintain weight. I have lost about 12 pounds of fat, added some muscle and increased stamina. The other day was my birthday, i allowed myself to have a day of eating fun. I had a waffle with syrup for breakfast and a cupcake after my birthday dinner (which was a normal one of my weight loss meals). Then that night i had some drinks (about maybe 4-5 ounces of liquor). So i went over my daily allowence which is 1400 cal (high protien) to abut 2100 cal (ha high everything). Next day i didn't starve myself, i didnt over excerises, i just went back to my normal routine cause thats what they say you should do. Well the last few days i gained 4 pounds and its not just scale i mean i can see it too. I am beyond upset because one i worked really hard to lose those 4 pounds and yeah so maybe 1 or 2 is water or some other thing like that but its been a few days and it doesn't seem to be going back to normal.
Is it going to be like this my whole life, to where if i want just one day here or there ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS, that i am going to have to spend a whole month getting back to where i was. It just doesn't seem right to me and honestly is making me want to give up a little. I still have weight to loss and i was stuck anyway, now i am higher and have to get back down to my stuck point. Basically i need to know why this happens. It takes 3500 calories for me to lose a pound by 700 extra ones to gain 4? I am not starving myself, eat really good, workout right, and this is what i get for one day. Something seems off here.
Is it going to be like this my whole life, to where if i want just one day here or there ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS, that i am going to have to spend a whole month getting back to where i was. It just doesn't seem right to me and honestly is making me want to give up a little. I still have weight to loss and i was stuck anyway, now i am higher and have to get back down to my stuck point. Basically i need to know why this happens. It takes 3500 calories for me to lose a pound by 700 extra ones to gain 4? I am not starving myself, eat really good, workout right, and this is what i get for one day. Something seems off here.
I'm not sure I believe that you can see the extra 4 lb weight loss...I think it might be slightly in your head? I only say that because I used to be super conscious about weight gain too and I would IMAGINE that my legs looked fatter the day after eating something unhealthy.