Hello and Sport effect on weight loss

evelynedianearends
evelynedianearends Posts: 6 Member
edited October 2019 in Introduce Yourself
Hi I’m a runner since 2018 and now also biker I eat health food or rather healthy food and sometimes have a VERY little break which always takes me back to the start

I noticed that when I sport I can get some of the overweight off (fasting no longer worked), “some” not much, but the more I try the more it comes back with a little break.

So one week of flu means double weight gain.

The % of weight gain at such a moment was less a month ago, and less before than, and less before than, so sport mainly makes it worse “at resting periods”.

All in all I believe I would have been a six hundred pound woman if I would not have been running all spring and summer last year and the year before

I noticed biking is even better for weight loss so I am doing that now and just no breaks

Except for the flu

Let’s get a flu shot

Nice to meet ya !

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  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    You don't say if you are trying to lose weight or maintain your weight so a bit more info on your goals would be helpful.

    Weight loss is all about calories. If you eat more than you burn you will gain. So although you are active most of the time and therefore burning enough calories to at least maintain your weight. If you get ill or are not able to excercise then you are eating more calories than you are burning and therefore gaining some weight back.

    If you use MFP in the way it is designed by entering your stats and setting a reasonable goal for yourself. Then weighing and logging all your food you will see if you are eating more calories than you are burning. Then you can adjust your diet accordingly.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,231 Member
    edited October 2019
    Are you sure you gained during flu?

    Being sick usually involves inflammation, which includes water retention, so can cause scale increase . . . but it's water, not fat, so not worth worrying about. It's just part of how a generally healthy body functions during illness.

    Some people over-react to short term scale fluctuations and think they're (re-) gaining fat when they're not. Avoid that. ;)

    Best wishes!

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