Weight Loss

Hi,

Someone please help me.

I exercised the entire week and ate good, but today i had a lot snacks in the evening and also had chineese food for dinner and after that weighed myself and saw i gained 5 lbs...i am so depressed...i was doing good....don't know what went wrong..is it because of the food or it is tht time of the month which all girls hate :0(, so it could it be becase of that..but 5 lbs...is way too much...

and also someone please tell me if making smoothie with some protein powder and a small piece of banana is not a good idea for morning breakfast??i started having this since last one week and have not checked my weight since then...

 

someone please help..

please help/.

 

Between the snacks (were they salty?) and the Chinese food AND if it's that time of the month, you are retaining a lot of water.  It will clear itself out.

Consuming slightly fewer calories than you burn up in exercise/activity should mean you lose weight.  Your protein banana mixture is just part of those calories. 

I agree with the above.  Heavily salty chinese food and savoury snacks are notorious for causing fluid retention and temporary weight-gain.  If you eat chinese food again, drink plenty of water and stay off the scales for a few days.

However, word of warning.... if you've been consistently undereating all week (and 'small piece of banana' suggests you have) then you may be depressing your metabolism.  If you then eat a lot more than normal your body is going to store it as fat.  Make sure 'doing good' doesn't mean you're starving yourself or you'll 'diet yourself fat'. 

I had something similar happen to me and it was salt intake and constipation.  Too much salt from snacks and Chinese (the worst!) will make you retain fluids.  Also, when was the last time you visited the loo?  For an extended visit?  My weight went up 6 pounds in two days from these things.  I know keep an eye on my sodium each day as well as my calories and starting taking benefiber daily.  The 6 lbs are gone again and now I can focus on losing again.

Good luck,

Soobie