Disappointed and demotivated -- weight gain after new routine
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thefuzz1290 wrote: »
You didn't? Let's see:Don't drop your calories too low, or you won't lose fat. The buzzword is "starvation mode," but essentially your body wants to keep hold of your fat stores for emergency energy and you could gain fat.
Looks to me like that's exactly what you said. You don't gain fat or "hold on to it longer" in a caloric deficit. If that was the case, there would be a lot of fat anorexics and obese people in third world countries with food scarcity problems.0 -
Then I mistyped: "and you could gain fat." And you're going to the extremes with anorexics and legitimate starvation, not someone on an extreme caloric deficit. Someone eating 900 calories isn't anorexic or starving, but they're eat much less than they should.0
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So I need to swap it up and add protein instead of as many carbs... Ok I can do that. Do I need to change anything in my food log settings for that or just find more protein rich foods.0
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thefuzz1290 wrote: »Then I mistyped: "and you could gain fat." And you're going to the extremes with anorexics and legitimate starvation, not someone on an extreme caloric deficit. Someone eating 900 calories isn't anorexic or starving, but they're eat much less than they should.
But fat gain is not one of the potential problems. Again, you do not gain fat while in a caloric deficit. That's not how energy balance works.
OP's issue is most likely that she just started exercising (a video workout routine and C25K), and she's retaining water/glycogen in her muscles as her body adapts to the new demands imposed upon it. It has nothing to do with "starvation mode" (which, again, isn't a real thing). She's also not gaining any appreciable amount of muscle on a 1200 calorie diet and doing a bunch of cardio, so muscle gain is not the culprit. That's not how energy balance works either.0 -
So I need to swap it up and add protein instead of as many carbs... Ok I can do that. Do I need to change anything in my food log settings for that or just find more protein rich foods.
A high protein diet helps lean people out, in most cases, but I'd slowly up your protein to carb ratio until you get used to it.0 -
Should I be using a protein powder?0
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