gaining weight

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so basically i havent been exercising for like 2 3 weeks and i have been eating alot but i havent been over my calorie intake so will i gain weight because i am starting to feel like i am and i think the scales r starting to show that i am (im just eating the wrong foodse.g. carbs all the bad things that make u gain weight)

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  • tp7even
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    i was 14 n half stone now im 15 stone i dont no if the scales r broke or whatever
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    If your settings are dialed in correctly and you don't have any metabolic disorder, then no, you will not gain weight by eating at your calorie target and not exercising.
  • lucylou9701
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    If your settings are dialed in correctly and you don't have any metabolic disorder, then no, you will not gain weight by eating at your calorie target and not exercising.

    I dont know about that.... if you are sitting down and eating double big macs then it could be a number of factors. It could be that you have some water retention from eating too much sodium meaning drink TONS of water. You could do like a master cleanse where you only eat good stuff for a week no cheats to get rid of the bad food in your system... just a suggestion :) otherwise just get back on the healthy train and it should come right back off :)
  • tp7even
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    If your settings are dialed in correctly and you don't have any metabolic disorder, then no, you will not gain weight by eating at your calorie target and not exercising.

    I dont know about that.... if you are sitting down and eating double big macs then it could be a number of factors. It could be that you have some water retention from eating too much sodium meaning drink TONS of water. You could do like a master cleanse where you only eat good stuff for a week no cheats to get rid of the bad food in your system... just a suggestion :) otherwise just get back on the healthy train and it should come right back off :)

    yeah i think im going to do that just eat good food for the week because ive been eating crap for the past 3 weeks
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    Being healthy and gaining/losing weight are two different things.

    If you eat nothing but big macs or do "cleanses", then yeah, it may be hard or impossible to stay healthy.

    But eating a balanced diet around your TDEE, and not exercising will keep you about the same weight. Though your body composition will likely start to shift to a higher body fat %.