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Help with nutrition and excerise. Im Gaining weight!!!!

katienewland
katienewland Posts: 4
edited January 16 in Food and Nutrition
Since Oct 2008 I have lost about 50 pounds with a combination of starting working out, dieting, and prescribed glucophage. I have been consistant with my exercise. I still work out at least 5 days a week. Try to eat a healthly lifestyle. Still taking glucophage(which is insulin resistance). I am 29 years old, 5 foot 6 inches. Weigh 133. I held consistant at 122-124lbs for a few years and during last 6 months I have gotten up to 135lbs. I am not sure what is going on. I hate that I have gained weight. In January 2012 I decided to try some classes at the YMCA so I started with body flow(tia chi, pilatesr, and yoga) and body pump(weighted bar bell strength training) then in the middle of last year I started spin class. So I was doing spin classes two days a week. strength training two days a week. and 45 min to an hour of cardio on my own the other two days with leaving Sunday as a rest day. I am having trouble figuring out how many calories I need in a day and at lost because I have been gaining weight and not loosing it. I am very discourage and feel like nothing is working for me. About a month ago I weaned my self off of glucophage and stopped eating bread(which is easy for me to do) and starting to not work out on Saturdays. So that would give my body two days of rest. But I still see the scale go up. I do weigh my self same time of the day(in the morning after restroom) same amount of clothing. I understand the flucuations. But it is not going down at all. Can someone chime in and help????? I usually allow my self 1600 cals a day with 150-160 carbs.

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  • webutmirrortheworld
    webutmirrortheworld Posts: 52 Member
    You say that you are gaining weight- are you also gaining inches?

    It may be that you are putting on more muscle, with the addition of strength training.
  • ChangingAmanda
    ChangingAmanda Posts: 486 Member
    Here's a good link with resources for calculating your BMR and TDEE: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
  • ladypitek
    ladypitek Posts: 91 Member
    If you're exercising a lot you may need to increase your calorie intake. It sounds counter-intuitive but you need to fuel your workouts!

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  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    If I do more exercise, I gain weight..if I do maybe 4-5 days a week rather than 6-7, I lose or stay the same. It's strange.
  • wibutterflymagic
    wibutterflymagic Posts: 788 Member
    So let me get this straight...you're 5'6" and 135? You do realize that you are smack dab in the area of a healthy weight for your height right? Maybe what you are needing to do is concentrate on weights to tone up and get off of some arbitrary # on the scale. What is important is how our body looks not a random # on the scale since you are already at a healthy weight.
  • katienewland
    katienewland Posts: 4
    It seems like I am gaining two pounds every month. In Dec I was fluctuating around 127-129. In January I was 129-131. February 131-133. And for the last two weeks I am 133-135. It is not going down. I would like to be around 125. I hold fat in my stomach so my mid section is bigger. My legs are toned. My pants and jeans are no longer fitting me. So I know that I am at a healthy weight but it doesnt stay long it just keeps rising.
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    Check all of your settings and follow MFP's recommended calorie limit. Click on "Settings" at the very top of the screen, select Update diet/fitness profile.

    Because you don't have much to lose I suggest setting your weight loss goal at 0.5 per week.

    Do not include your dedicated workouts (classes) in your activity setting. Log them using the Exercise tab and eat back all (or most) of your extra earned calories. The activity setting should only include how active your job is.

    After you've checked/corrected your weight loss & activity settings, customize your macro percentages because MFP's default for protein is dreadfully low. Do this by going to My Home>>Goals>>Change goals>>Custom. Save your changes. Mine are set to 45/30/25 carbs/protein/fat. Choose what works for you and follow this diet for 1 month before making further adjustments.

    Do you use a digital food scale to weigh and log everything that goes into your mouth? Most people drastically underestimate food portions and measuring cups are very deceitful. Best <$20 investment you can make. Make sure the scale can measure both grams and ounces and includes a tare feature.

    Remember to log EVERYTHING in your food diary. This includes all beverages and things used to cook with (butter, oils, etc.)

    If you opened your diary (make it public) we could offer more suggestions. You talk a lot about what you do for exercise but your diet is just as important.
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