Rapid Weight Gain AGAIN
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My bet is you have "slowed" down - something changed (less what....that's for you to answer). OR something is hidden in your cals. Doesn't take much for a swing. For example, I'm teaching two classes, so sitting longer to grade on Sunday's....it has been harder. Usually just doing 1 in addition to work.
Consistently being in a small calorie surplus would result in very gradual fat gain, not rapid gain like the OP is describing. What OP is describing sounds more like water retention. With no apparent cause for ongoing rapid water weight gain, I agree that it's best to consult a doctor.7 -
idreamincolor5 wrote: »make sure you are watching your sodium and sugar intake. If you are stressed, you may be eating foods to make you feel better. I know for me, that tends to be foods high in sodium and sugar. It doesn't matter how much I exercise, if I take in too much sodium it won't make a difference. Good luck!
When I decide on food, sodium is the second thing I look at; calories being the first. I'm the chef at my house and only use no-sodium-salt, but most canned and packaged items are loaded with salt.1 -
ONE MORE QUESTION: my weight is trending down now but I’m still kind of running through things in my head...my current diet is breakfast at 7; lunch at 12-2; dinner at 6-7; meal before bed at 9-10.
Each meal is 500-600 calories (for my allottment of 2400-2600 calories). I figured this wasn’t a problem cause “timing doesn’t matter,” and I was maintaining on this regiment for sometime.
But am I promoting fat gain by eating at 9/10? My logic says no...but is there any research studying calorically equivalent diets with calories in the earlier part of the day and in the latter part (I.e studies controlling for calories as obviously that is a big confounder with late night snacking).0 -
ONE MORE QUESTION: my weight is trending down now but I’m still kind of running through things in my head...my current diet is breakfast at 7; lunch at 12-2; dinner at 6-7; meal before bed at 9-10.
Each meal is 500-600 calories (for my allottment of 2400-2600 calories). I figured this wasn’t a problem cause “timing doesn’t matter,” and I was maintaining on this regiment for sometime.
But am I promoting fat gain by eating at 9/10? My logic says no...but is there any research studying calorically equivalent diets with calories in the earlier part of the day and in the latter part (I.e studies controlling for calories as obviously that is a big confounder with late night snacking).
Not really.. anything i have read. Might effect the scale with water and stomach contents. Most i read about night time eating was it can become mindless. Night shift workers still lose weight, but having worked night shift for some years a while back, I used food as a sleep replacement.0 -
I can gain 5 lbs overnight from eating a bag of chips. Track your sodium.0
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I track my weight on Happy Scale. I can look back and see exactly when I was stressed by the rapid weight gain on the graph. It happens Every. Single. Time. Seriously, I can look back and see exactly when I was stressed about my divorce, job change and house buying adventures. It's now pretty predictable. I also now know that if I'm tired and have an overnight weight gain of 3-4 pounds that I am getting sick. I don't think there's anything wrong with you, it's just how your body responds.3
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I decreased calories to 2400 and am taking everyone’s advice—4 day’s lifting with 2 day’s of yoga and one day of cardio (3-5 mile run) . Do you think by decreasing this regimen I should reduce calories even more or is 2400 likely sufficient?? It’s so strange I need to be so concerned about weight gain suddenly. I usually haven’t worried about it and as long as I keep to my calories I usually maintain (sometimes even lose!) pretty easily.1
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psychod787 wrote: »Bro! 7 days a week? Might add decide to hypertrophy or power lift! One or the other! You do a lot of damage to your muscles and need time to recover for proper growth! Do some research on minimal effective volume vs maximum recovery volume.
Yes... but those programs are usually only 4 days/week. 2 power, 2 Hypertrophy.
I think you are over stressing your body, which is causing your weight to fluctuate.
Also how is your sodium and potassium intake. could be out of balance. i.e. too much sodium or not enough potassium2 -
psychod787 wrote: »Bro! 7 days a week? Might add decide to hypertrophy or power lift! One or the other! You do a lot of damage to your muscles and need time to recover for proper growth! Do some research on minimal effective volume vs maximum recovery volume.
Yes... but those programs are usually only 4 days/week. 2 power, 2 Hypertrophy.
I think you are over stressing your body, which is causing your weight to fluctuate.
Also how is your sodium and potassium intake. could be out of balance. i.e. too much sodium or not enough potassium
I decreased calories to 2400 and I decreased my activity to 4 days lifting, 2 days yoga, 1 day running. Should I decrease calories any further?
Also, I doubt it’s my sodium/potassium balance. I eat a plant based diet with minimally processed foods (only processed food is really Tofu/a toasted English muffin in the morning) and my potassium is through the roof because of the volume of fruits and veggies I eat.0 -
psychod787 wrote: »Bro! 7 days a week? Might add decide to hypertrophy or power lift! One or the other! You do a lot of damage to your muscles and need time to recover for proper growth! Do some research on minimal effective volume vs maximum recovery volume.
Yes... but those programs are usually only 4 days/week. 2 power, 2 Hypertrophy.
I think you are over stressing your body, which is causing your weight to fluctuate.
Also how is your sodium and potassium intake. could be out of balance. i.e. too much sodium or not enough potassium
Agreed... sodium and potassium balance are naturally regulated over time by the kidneys. Might cause transient fluctuations, but in the long term they even out. As a great man told me. "RELAX!" "If you are doing everything for the best, everything happens for the best." James5 -
A final update—I now have to realize that my body has learned a new reaction to stress that it hasn’t before...water retention. Just one day after exams and I have already shed more than half of the weight that I picked up last week6
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