When EMWL stops working - hormonal issues? Long
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Interesting. So, in other words, no matter what the trigger was initially, I really screwed up by going the direction that I did.
Going by your advice, and the article - my best bet to get my metabolism back up would be to get my calories up to maintenance (2000-2200) and ditch the cardio in favor of just weightlifting. And keep my sessions short, under an hour. And order a few pairs of stretchy pants.
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If you still have time for cardio, just Recovery HR zone. Which many find so slow running they'd rather just walk.
But, you may also me surprised how fast you can get while keeping the HR low, because it trains the fat-burning system more.
I'll bet if you keep increasing slowly, you'll be surprised the weight gain doesn't keep happening, there's only so much to top off.
But more progressive heavy for you lifting with good decent rests to confirm it is heavy enough, will demand more energy used for repair. So your food eaten goes to that. Now more fat used for daily energy needs.
People have reported inches dropping even as weight went up.
Shoot, people have shown pictures of big difference in inches with weight exactly the same.0 -
That's exactly what I experienced when I first started lifting several years ago - I went up a good 15 lbs but dropped a clothing size. Which is also why I wasn't terribly concerned about the scale the past few years, since it was steadily increasing but my clothes fit fine as I was lifting. It's only been recently that the clothes have been getting tighter and tighter.
I will use a 30 min walk as a warmup for my lifting, or a short boxing drill that focuses more on technique than active cardio. I have a few that fit that bill, they don't get my heartrate that high. Also set MFP on 2000 cals. Will see what happens!
Thanks so much for all your advice, I really appreciate it. And if I'm up 20 lbs in the next few weeks, then I know there's something waaaaay wrong.0 -
Yes, as that link you read pointed out - cortisol constantly elevated can cause water to retain to 20 lbs, or more.
Might be time for blood test for that reading, and then trying to figure out why so elevated, constantly.0 -
Wooklemouse, I went through a similar problem , my thyroid tests came back normal , but I was becoming more and more hypothyroid and it took years before it actually showed up on blood labs. I stared treating my thyroid with iodoral (an iodine supplement) and started noticing more energy and weight loss. Since it runs in family I would research, Dr. Brownstein and his work with thyroid, according to him and a lot of others, you can be hypo thyroid and still have normal labs, there are a lot of variables.0
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Watching and waiting...0
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Just an update, saw the endocrinologist who told me it was normal aging weight gain. I said really? Most 40 yr old women gain 2 lbs a week while eating 1800 cals and exercising 10 hours a week? That would put me at 100+ lb weight gain in a year! This is "normal"? He shrugged and said "have a nice day" and left. NOT thrilled. So back to square one until I can get another referral for someone who isn't an idiot. I went back and reviewed what was going on when my weight gain started to increase rapidly. 3 things stood out - hubby got a new job (crazy work hours, 24 hour shifts every other day, leaving me to pick up all his chores at home), kids off for the summer (oldest is special needs and a handful), and increased my strength training from 3x a week to 5x a week. Lots of stress, lots of cortisol. I can't do much about #1, but kids go back to school in 2 weeks, and I can switch back to my "old" routine of cardio 5x a week and weights 3x a week. Things will be a lot less crazy around here so maybe I can relax a little.
The weight gain is slowing down at least. I've been at 2000 calories/day for the past 2 weeks now, dropped my exercise to 60-90 mins a day and have only gained 2 lbs. Hopefully the modified exercise schedule will help too.0 -
Wow, that is a pretty sad Dr. He probably wouldn't have been up to it, but I would have loved to have asked why exactly do we gain weight when we get older?
And why does that happen?
And am I indeed in that group of people?
I bet he would have been smart enough to see where the questions were going, but was dumb enough to assume up front, and too prideful to admit he jumped to a conclusion.
Good job finding likely cause. Make sure hubby understands you are blaming him, with slight side effect from kids. Perhaps you can get something out of it!0
