I keep gaining weight and don't know why...

abbison28

About a year and a half ago I weighed 127 pounds. I'm currently 18 years old and a female and 5'9. A year ago I randomly gained 10 pounds out of the blue. I was able to lose about 4 of those so I was 134. I was consistently this throughout the year. Now I gained 3 more pounds. Im currently eating fairly healthy and excercising. I'm doing leg/butt workout in the morning, riding my bike for 30 minutes, then doing ab stuff at night. I eat about 1,200 ish calories a day, but I'm never hungry. I can't lose any weight and I don't know why. I'm actually starting to gain a few more pounds. Why is this?? I don't think I'm gaining that much muscle. What is happening? Please answer. Thank you!

L1zardQueen

Fairly healthy? You mean in a deficit? The only way to put on weight is to eat more calories than you need.

cmriverside

At 137 you are close to the bottom of the safe weight for your size...20.2 BMI. Why do you feel you need to be smaller?

Regardless of your reasons, to lose weight you have to eat less than your body needs. At your weight it's not easy, so you'll have to know how much you are actually eating, so "about" doesn't really help. Exercise sometimes causes a little water to be held, so does menstruation.

Five pounds is the normal weight fluctuation of women of child-bearing age - add your exercise and your estimation of food eaten and there could be any number of reasons the scale is moving - in either direction. I wouldn't worry about it, you're lean.

buffalogal42

Are you weighing all your food on a food scale?

abbison28

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Fairly healthy? You mean in a deficit? The only way to put on weight is to eat more calories than you need.

But if I eat more I start to gain weight. I've tried eating about 1,700 before and I was putting on about half a pound a week.

jgnatca

You are still growing. If you were my granddaughter I'd tell her it's too early to worry. Eat 1600 calories a day.

Sabine_Stroehm

Why do you think you need to lose weight? You're at a very good, and THIN, weight?

As to why? You're GROWING.

I am 5'6". I finished high school at 94. I finished college at 127. I grew up.
It totally freaked me out. I remember freaking when I hit 105, but in reality it was the right thing for my body. I grew up.
You're growing up.

Stay at a healthy BMI, eat nutrient dense foods most of the time and be well.

L1zardQueen

abbison28 wrote: »

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Fairly healthy? You mean in a deficit? The only way to put on weight is to eat more calories than you need.

But if I eat more I start to gain weight. I've tried eating about 1,700 before and I was putting on about half a pound a week.

But you are striving for underweight.

ogtmama

I'm seeing a lot of red flags here. You're panicked over reaching the minimum safe weight for your height, you are trying to eat the bare minimum for a small sedentary person even though you are tall and active, you are freaking out over a 3 pound variance which is extremely common for women and is most likely water retention due either to muscle repair or hormonal shifts.

I doubt that you are actually eating 1200 because you'd be netting 700 with all that exercise but that's good. Your body isn't letting you starve it. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about your unhealthy thinking than losing weight.

Best of luck.

ninerbuff

Honestly, sounds like you have a body dysmorphia issue. At your height and weight, you're right at above normal. You're 18 and likely still growing so 1200 calorie is TOO LITTLE for you. If you gain weight eating more, it's your body telling you weren't eating enough in the first place.

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givesometogetsome

abbison28 wrote: »

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Fairly healthy? You mean in a deficit? The only way to put on weight is to eat more calories than you need.

But if I eat more I start to gain weight. I've tried eating about 1,700 before and I was putting on about half a pound a week.

How long did you stay at 1,700 calories a day? Increasing from such a low intake of 1,200 may cause a temporary increase in body weight, but it'll level off in a few weeks or so. Your body composition will be better off in the long run if you stick with that increase in calories while continuing a solid lifting program.

evileen99

You're gaining weight because you're maturing. You're moving out of childhood and into adulthood, and your body is still changing. If you're wearing junior/odd sized clothes, soon those won't fit anymore as your body continues to change and you'll move into women's/even sizes. Your weight is normal for your height; you need to come to grips with the fact that you can't have a teenager's body forever.