Jemima wrote:
If you are more active now than you were then, it's perfectly possible that you will be heavier as you will now have more muscle.
In my personal opinion, once you get down into the healthy BMI range you should be measuring yourself against how you look and feel rather than against a fixed amount on the scales.
Thanks for your advice. I actually thought my clothes fit better, but at the same time I still feel too heavy.
Rufus wrote:
I would suggest a change in eating habits and see what happens from there.
You’re very right, I should probably do that. I’m actually going to make a list of healthier options of things I know I eat too much of.
BruceE wrote: One more thought: 2.5 pounds total weight gain is only about 2% of your weight before the gain. Also, 2.5 pounds is about 39 ounces of water. You can temporarily "gain" 2.5 pounds right now by drinking 5 cups of water, but it's not a weight gain I would be worried about.
When you are relatively stable at a given weight, you can fluctuate by more than 2% over the course of two months. I take daily weight measurements (I don't recommend this, by the way, I'm just a little obsessive when it comes to numbers sometimes because I'm an engineer) and I can easily fluctuate +/-2% or more over the course of a week, let alone two months, and this WOE will cause some strong fluctuations in your daily weight.
That is, while +2.5 lbs is less-fun than the -9 lbs you want right now, I wouldn't read it as a weight gain just yet. Be careful not to lower your average feast-day intake to a point where you are lowering your BMR in your quest to get that last few pounds off.
Also, if you are exercising where you weren't before, muscle weighs more than fat, so the weight gain may be a good thing.
Thanks again for your suggestions BruceE, I’m quite surprised by what you said because I actually drank a litre of water before I got on the scale, so maybe it’s not as bad. I have only weighted myself twice since I began, so perhaps I should do it more often to get a more accurate idea.
I have already read some of the material suggested at the previous replies, it’s been very enlightening, I believe I’m starting to understand what the problem is.
