I'm a bit down today. I've been doing so well with weight loss on 30 carbs and 1200 cals a day. 2 stone 1lb lost apart from today's weigh in, I've put on 3lb! I don't understand, plateauing is one thing, putting on weight is another. I have lots of weight to lose. My fasting bg recently has been 7.5 - 8.8. I feel ok, but cannot understand the weight gain and the rise in fasting bg. What can I do to get back on track please?
Kim - I've read that you're going to review your records, which makes sense. Is there any way you're having a little carb creep and/or increase protein consumption? Some find eating a lot of protein gives a lower, slow rise, but it stays there for some time, overnight, plus morning, in some cases, like
@Andrew Colvin .
As for the weight gain; we most, realistically run in a range, rather than be rock solid at a weight every day. Of course, if we have repetitive days where we eat and drink exactly the same things, then we might be able to expect no variations.
Any weigh I had spare has long gone, and I'm a bit of a scrawny old bat, but I even vary by a couple of kilos, if I weigh every day. If you don't weigh every day (and there's no right/wrong answer to this one), then you could be missing your peaks and troughs. To be honest, that's another reason I didn't weigh for some months after I started controlling my diet. I didn't want to distract my focus from my blood scores, but your choice is obviously equally valid.
Finally, we lady people, have other factors influencing weight to a degree. Depending on where you are along the hormonal track, you may have some impact from cyclical hormones from time to time. Even if you feel you're past all that nonsense, it is physically not unknown to have the odd flutter from time to time - particularly when you are actively stimulating other hormones with the lifestyle changes you are making.
Stick with it. These bumps in the road come along every now and then, but in a few months ago, you will have forgotten all about them.
