Gave up wheat and gained weight?

Reekwind

adton84 wrote:

1440 yesterday and usually between 1000 - 1500

You're counting them wrong. It is not possible to gain half a stone in a week while consuming max 1,500 calories.

28064212

adton84 wrote: »

1440 yesterday and usually between 1000 - 1500

Did you weigh what you're eating? Or are you just estimating? Did you record Every. Single. Thing. you ate or drank? I find it extremely difficult to believe that you usually run a 1000 calorie deficit from your approximate daily "maintenance" needs, and still maintain your weight

Dravokivich

adton84 wrote: »

Thanks for that post, you are right. However, regarding the eating, I don't eat much at all. And when I do it's small portions that I eat. I was on a lot of medication over the past 4 years which I gained over 4 stone whilst taking. I am no longer on them.
I did buy into the book too much though, thinking it was the answer and just by removing wheat and keeping up my exercise that I would lose weight.
I need to go back to square one and look at the overall picture.

This is the exact same as a friend of mine used to be. Then he'd look on in envy of the one big meal I'd have a day along with what he didn't see as a couple of much smaller meals/snacks. When he saw the one big meal, it was assumed as if I had all my eating was big. You may eat small in the portion, but how many of those small portions are you having? Over the day it builds up. This is why I said you need to focus on the quantities. As is everyone else.

28064212 wrote: »

Did you weigh what you're eating? Or are you just estimating? Did you record Every. Single. Thing. you ate or drank? I find it extremely difficult to believe that you usually run a 1000 calorie deficit from your approximate daily "maintenance" needs, and still maintain your weight

It'll be a higher deficit for his weight as the amount he needs to maintain his weight (19St10lbs) would be greater than 2200/2400.

generic2012

discus wrote: »

Weightloss doesn't happen over 2 weeks, mate.

This is most ridiculous.

generic2012

Did you try cutting out dairy? Cutting out carbs? Cutting out fat? Drinking 8 glasses of water a day? Not eating at night? 8 small meals a day? Hypnosis? Yoga?

Whatever you do don't find your caloric requirements and eat less than that until your happy with your weight and have a good relationship with food.

Bruno26

adton84 wrote: »

For the most part, Yes. I can't eat green veg as they give me bad cramp.

Based on what you said it would be impossible to gain weight. You need to write up exactly what you eat and drink.

generic2012

Bruno26 wrote: »

Based on what you said it would be impossible to gain weight. You need to write up exactly what you eat and drink.

Unless it was 1500 calories of carbz of course.

ford2600

OP has difficult with weight and other health problems.

I'm sure I read in forum/site charter sometime or other "Don't be a dick".

OP not sure you can get much help given what you have said from a forum.

Can you afford a professional dietitian?

adton84

ford2600 wrote: »

OP has difficult with weight and other health problems.

I'm sure I read in forum/site charter sometime or other "Don't be a dick".

OP not sure you can get much help given what you have said from a forum.

Can you afford a professional dietitian?

I've been to a dietician who put me on a program which involved low GI foods and spent 12 weeks going to her and sticking to it rigidly only to be the exact same weight at the end of it. She put it down to a thyroid problem but i had that checked and it was normal.

Precious flower

Could post up what you have been eating and drinking every day for maybe the last few days and the roughly (or as exact as you can be) the amount? Absolutely everything, so posters here can see?
Or better yet, exactly what you were eating and drinking and the amount for that week that you gained weight? It could be a good diet but it's worth posting it up so others can have a look through it just in case there is anything that might not be great!:)
Also what your daily exercise routine is?

RidleyRider

adton84 wrote: »

I've been to a dietician who put me on a program which involved low GI foods and spent 12 weeks going to her and sticking to it rigidly only to be the exact same weight at the end of it. She put it down to a thyroid problem but i had that checked and it was normal.

Dietitian is a waste of money here. You're simply not tracking calories properly. Here's what you do:

1. Download/Sign up to myfitnesspal.

2. Find out what calories you need to cut weight.

3. Find out what macros you need.

4. Weigh ALL food to fit into said macros.

5. Put on myfitnesspal.

6. Exercise.

It's impossible for you not to lose weight following this.

meijin

RidleyRider wrote: »

It's impossible for you not to lose weight following this.

it is possible... for trolls :rolleyes:

seriously, why everybody falls for that?

RidleyRider

meijin wrote: »

it is possible... for trolls :rolleyes:

seriously, why everybody falls for that?

You can't assume that. People don't understand sometimes.

Yeah he could be a troll but he could be a confused soul:P

Rough Sleeper

Reekwind wrote: »

You're counting them wrong. It is not possible to gain half a stone in a week while consuming max 1,500 calories.

It is not possible to gain half a stone of fat in a week while consuming max 1,500 calories. It is certainly possible that you could get a reading that differs by 7 lbs within a 7-day timeframe. It's not unusual for me to weight close to a stone heavier at night than I did in the morning.

Odds are that the OP's comparing his dry weight to his dry weight + a few kg of water and glycogen.

OP, weight yourself in the morning post-piss. Do this every day and average out the weight over a week. Compare this week-to-week and, if you really are consuming 1,500 kcal give or take a hundred kcal or two, you'll see the numbers go down.

Rough Sleeper

generic2012 wrote: »

This is most ridiculous.

How so? Significant weight loss that results in noticeable changes to your appearance does not, in most cases, occur over the course of 2 weeks. The loss of a limb would be a noticeable exception.

generic2012

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Significant weight loss that results in noticeable changes to your appearance does not, in most cases, occur over the course of 2 weeks.

Big difference in what you described there and 'weightloss' that I was talking about.

adton84

RidleyRider wrote: »

Dietitian is a waste of money here. You're simply not tracking calories properly. Here's what you do:

1. Download/Sign up to myfitnesspal.

2. Find out what calories you need to cut weight.

3. Find out what macros you need.

4. Weigh ALL food to fit into said macros.

5. Put on myfitnesspal.

6. Exercise.

It's impossible for you not to lose weight following this.

Thanks for this. Downloaded the app and starting to use it this morning, so I'll have a complete diary of my food and activity

Mellor

adton84 wrote: »

I gained the 7lb that I lost back the following week.

The most obvious explanation is that you didn't actually lose 7lbs and you had an incorrect reading in the middle. Ignoring that reading and you gain nothing.

accentstaffing

Mellor wrote: »

The most obvious explanation is that you didn't actually lose 7lbs and you had an incorrect reading in the middle. Ignoring that reading and your gained nothing.

Lol !

Rough Sleeper

generic2012 wrote: »

Big difference in what you described there and 'weightloss' that I was talking about.

Well I think it was pretty easy to infer from the post that they had noticeable weightloss in mind rather than a few hundred grams of lost fat.

generic2012

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Well I think it was pretty easy to infer from the post that they had noticeable weightloss in mind rather than a few hundred grams of lost fat.

It's pretty easy to read that you can lose more than a few hundred grams of fat in two weeks and in many cases, especially in heavily overweight people, to have 'noticeable' weight loss in two weeks.

Transform

adton84 wrote: »

Thanks for this. Downloaded the app and starting to use it this morning, so I'll have a complete diary of my food and activity

then post that up asap (3 typical days)

shocked this hasent been asked already

bluewolf

bluewolf wrote: »

What weight and height are you
What kind of food are you typically eating now

Bruno26 wrote: »

I see. What do you eat on a typical day? Do you eat other grains? Do you eat lots of fruit and nuts?

Transform wrote: »

then post that up asap (3 typical days)

shocked this hasent been asked already

Transform

Point taken
So can he post it up or keep going around
In circles

Transform

Point taken
So can he post it up or keep going around
In circles