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Scale weight increasing despite deficit and exercise

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Leafyleaferson · 03/10/2026 23:00

From 1st September I have been on 1500 calories daily and mostly getting 130ish grams of protein.
Ive been back in the gym 4 times a week strength training and hitting 10k steps daily on average.
usually this is what I do when I’ve gained some weight and it falls off.
why oh why am I 2lbs UP from the beginning of September? I have never been the weight I am now. I’m really confused.
in the gym I’m getting noticeably stronger and I feel ‘tighter’ and not as conscious of my belly. I’m in the same size clothes I was in 8lb ago.
I have tracked via myfitness pal and logged weight daily and weekly averages are going up not down! What can I do now? I really don’t want to reduce my calories even lower as I cannot function on 1400 and find my overall energy and gym performance suffers.

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D1nnerthyme · 17/10/2026 18:58

Leafyleaferson · 04/10/2026 09:07

I’m weighing daily in the morning after a wee. I know it’s not muscle gain, I’d be delighted if I was gaining muscle that fast. Period isn’t due, I’m around ovulation at the moment. No constipation issues either.

Hi! I just wanted to add that some women retain water around ovulation as well as around their period, so that could be part of the particular weight you mentioned above.

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