Gaining weight despite diet and exercise? Long

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  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    serinde160 - thank you so much for your post! I will definitely bring it up with my endo. She also suspected inflammation, possibly thought it was a cancer at the time but my white blood cell counts were fine. Who would have thought that liver function would play into it???

    At this point, I don't know if the weight gain is fat or water retention. I do know it may be SOME muscle, but I have gained weight from muscle before - and dropped a clothing size in the process. My clothes are getting tighter - this isn't muscle. According to my HRM, MFP and Fitbit, I have been taking in 1100 calories less than I burn daily for the past 2 weeks now. I measure every meal, I don't cheat, I'm very anal about that. I still gained a pound a week. That is very, very wrong. My body is definitely doing something it's not supposed to.

    Just to throw in one more piece here despite how MFPers hate the word "cortisol", but it's a real disorder for some. You might keep that in check as well. In one episode of "House MD" a little girl can't lose weight and it turned out some problem with her cortisol level affected by the brain due to a trauma in the past. Good luck~
  • wookiemouse
    wookiemouse Posts: 290 Member
    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.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    I am so sorry to hear your doctor visit kinda fruitless...I hope you can figure this out one way or another soon. :flowerforyou: Is it possible to take some vacation or simply just from this much exercise regime? WHo knows...it might help?
  • sarebighair
    sarebighair Posts: 14 Member
    I feel your frustration, I have been working out 4 to 5 times a week for the past few months and have gained 3lb.. All my life I have been a slave to the numbers on the scales. I did low carb for 2 years with hardly any exercise & got down to my lowest weight ever. Now I have re introduced fruit & the odd slice of bread, my weight has gone up, although my body does appear in better shape.
    As a numbers girl i am gutted & getting a bit desperate.
    People seem to hate low-carb on here, I felt really well on it, my skin was clear & I was less bloated, can I really trust the whole Everything In Moderation thing?? So far I just seem to be gaining weight! MFP says I'll be some extraordinary low weight in 5 weeks going by my food diary but that clearly is not the case!
    Please keep us updated with any progress.?

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