Consistent weight gain with exercise :(

Weight loss isn't linear.
Are you counting calories and using a food scale?

There are two reasons why you gain weight:
* Water weight due to new exercise, or being at that time of the month
* eating more than you think

If you've been doing the same workouts for at least 2-3 weeks and your weight still goes up then it's clearly the second. Unless you're getting your menstruation, and right away again, and then again without giving your body to get rid of the excess water weight

Hi Cathrine, don't just watch your food but log it on a foodscale. It's so easy to underestimate. If everything you are was just 100 calories off (it's so easy, especially for fatty food) then you'd have 300-400 calories more per day.

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

I've found the same to be true that if I have been off track for a while it was starting over again the first week or so I blowing up like a balloon. Not sure why but it really seems consistent. It could also be that you're getting used to your walks. In the beginning may be challenging but you keep doing it your body adjusts and you need to work harder. I've been taking really long walks with my boyfriend a few days a week and that doesn't really seem to be doing much anymore so I finally had to make a choice to start taking advantage of all this time off and really push myself again. Stress is definitely a factor. I've posted questions about this in the past and couldn't really get concise answers but I'm just saying if your body is in a stressed-out state it's going to be harder to lose weight. what kind of foods are you eating are they really salty? unless you do enough of a workout where you're sweating off a lot of excess water ( in which low-impact walking really won't) if you keep your salt intake high you'll stay bloated. Reason number two why I finally realized I need to get my butt in gear. Long walks are good at all but I really need to be breaking a sweat, a good one, several times a week so enter hard cardio and HIIT workouts.

DEFINITELY MIX IT UP.

what always works for me is doing a nice healthy blend of various fitness blender videos and alternating with long walks shorter runs or doing intervals of walking and running. Intermittent fasting is helpful even if you're not fasting if you pick a day where you can deal with eating a lot less those are the days by 10 to do the really long slow workouts like 7 Mile walks because the exertion won't kill you on an empty stomach because it's so low impact for such a long time you're more likely to burn fat instead of muscle.

Calories are essential. Count them, weigh food, measure portions, etc. then track everything. Add in a lot of water. I’m guessing you will see a change in the scale and see where you have been taking in too many calories.

Okay what some people are not mentioning is that MUSCLE WEIGHS MORE THEN FAT. You could be gaining muscle & in which case watch your measurements because that will tell you if you're gaining muscle or gaining weight. If you're gaining muscle, your measurements will go down BUT your weight will go up. If you're gaining fat then both your measurements & your weight will go up in which case you'll want to count calories while increasing your protein intake & lowering your carb intake. Also yes, stress influences your weight massively, so does lack of sleep, during exam period I'm extra strict with calories & I still gain weight. I know it's hard but try to not stress about it. I've been plateaued for a long time & it's driving me crazy, but stressing is not helping either of us.