Gaining Weight

(Danial Ficek) #1

I’ve been consistently losing weight at about 2 lbs per week since June 29th. I did my first fast last weekend, 60 hours, with ease. During the fast, I continued my regular exercise and included a 3 mile hike.

Since breaking the fast, I’ve continued eating the same way I have since June 29th but I am gaining weight at a rate of 1 lb per day! I’m super confused. I even tried adding more fat to my diet yesterday but woke up and weighed 1 pound more than yesterday. I know some recommend not weighing daily, but I do.

Did fasting possibly change something? Feeling discouraged right now, but continuing on.

(Joe Schuyler) #2

Have you been taking measurements or has your waistline stayed the same? Sometimes you could be gaining lean muscle mass, but it’s hard to tell without measuring parameters.

(Sjur Gjøstein Karevoll) #3

Your weight is determined by many factors and therefore can be influenced by many different things. It’s impossible to tell by weight alone which factor is most responsible for your change in weight, and even with context clues short term weight measurement is not a good source of information. Feel free to measure every day, but always consider the information in the context of a long-term average. How long-term depends on the variance because the higher the short-term variance the more measurements you need to tease out long-term changes. The more consistent your routine is the lower the variance is going to be, so for example if you eat the same meals six times a day every day, exercise the same amount every day, sleep exactly at the same time every day, never get sick etc. you may be able to get some useful information from day to day. However, if you eat different foods every day, maybe do intermittent fasting, sometimes you exercise sometimes you don’t, you don’t work 7 days a week then the variance is going to be much higher and you need at least two weeks worth of measurements before you get any useful information out of it. If you do an extended 3 day fast every two weeks (for example) the variance is going to be even higher and your routine is going to be very inconsistent day to day so you’re going to need more like six weeks before the information starts becoming useful. If you only ever do one extended fast you’re not going to get any useful data at all because you can’t do analysis on a single data point.

Tl;dr only concern yourself with at least two-week averages when it comes to your weight change.

(VLC.MD) #4

Random non-fat fluctuations.

#5

Agree with everyone so far: there are lots of fluctuations that don’t have to do with gaining fat, and it doesn’t sound like you have enough of a stretch to conclude that there’s actually a problem.

Measurements?

(Mark Rhodes) #6

I have found increases to often be glycogen reload. I think if I remember correctly 1 part glycogen 3 parts water. So if your working out the way I do and it is a rest day, I almost always add a pound or two.

(Danial Ficek) #7

Hi Joe,

I do measure my waist, and it’s gone down significantly over the last three months, the last two weeks it has remained the same though.

dan

(Danial Ficek) #8

Alright, I’ll stop freaking out. This forum is very encouraging and I appreciate everyone’s input. I will say this about keto, I’ve never felt better in my life. I’m not in the best shape of my life right now, but my moods, energy levels and overall contentment is amazing. Thanks again. I will continue on.

(VLC.MD) #9

I Keto’d pretty good for 2 weeks, no weight change. I then ate some carbs, say 40g, out of ketosis and lost 2 lbs. so many factors at play.

(Jacob Wagner) #10

Lots of us discover keto because we want to loose weight. But keto isn’t about weight, it’s about health (which can include weight loss).

If you feel good and have no signs of disease then keep calm and keto on.

–Jacob