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| Getting back on track.. but GAINING weight? |  ibez |
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| #1 |  leiela |
May 17 2008 12:04 |
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Are you eating alot of bread, rice pasta?? they are renoun for making us stodge out. if you are try cutting back on thoses types of carbs switching to more fresh veggys to get your carbs they are easier and quicker for our bodies to digest and give us all the carbs we need. quote from the web ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- Bad carbohydrates are those that are classed with a High Glycaemic Index (GI). This basically means that they release their sugars quickly into the bloodstream and this causes unsteady blood sugar levels. An excess of these kinds of carbohydrates can lead to an increase of fat storage, and weight gain, also feelings of fatigue and that mid-afternoon slump. High GI carbohydrates include white bread, pasta and rice, pastries, biscuits and often snack foods Pulses (lentils, chick peas, kidney beans etc) are great as they contain both protein and carbohydrates, together with being a good source of carbohydrates. They are also classed as low glycaemic index, so they keep you fuller for longer, and keep your blood sugar levels steady. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- |
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| #2 | ibez |
May 17 2008 13:02 |
| No, I make a point of avoiding bleached carbs. I have a moderate amount of carbs (~50% of my diet) and they're mostly whole grains... come from whole wheat breads, brown rice, raisin bran, fruits.. etc. | ||
| #3 |  parul |
May 17 2008 13:48 |
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Some times If you do lot of exercise body tends to retain water for muscle repair thinking that exercise will never stop. Give your body a break for 1-2 days in a week. This extra water weight will come off in 4-5 days. I gained 3 Lbs few months back then someone on this forum told about this water weight thing and It did come off. |
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| #4 | nycgirl |
May 17 2008 16:36 |
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Have you been measuring inches to see if perhaps since you are now working out you are gaining muscle (which is HEAVIER than fat). Maybe your inches are decreasing but your are becoming more dense with muscle? Is that possible? |
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| #5 | charming_imy27 |
May 17 2008 17:07 |
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leiela-
I'm from asian country and people eat white rice all the time. I have notice that A LOT of them are SKINNY...as in...I'm 16, 5"1 and 106-107 pounds....I was called PIGGY. So you get the idea. I have herd someone said that for Asian people, we might have some kind of insulin that can handle eating white rice and stuff. Is it true? By the way, ibez -- are you sure that what you gained is fat? I think it may be muscle weight. I personally think that sometimes, scales are evil. I kinda ignore the scale already as long as I feel fit and not chubby...in another word, I'm focusing more on toning up. |
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| #6 | ibez |
May 18 2008 00:41 |
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As to what people said about muscle.. I've thought it might be muscle, but I had heard that you can't really build much muscle while on a reduced calorie diet. Was this incorrect? I definitely don't like to use a scale.. but it's been so long since I've seen any progress and so I don't know how to measure whether I'm progressing or not anymore. I can't do it visibily because that's too gradual to notice small changes. I have measured, but the measurements are the same.. it's hard to measure accurately to fractions of an inch I guess. As for water weight.. I will try to get an extra rest day and drink some extra water.. I guess I'll see what happens then. Thanks for the help, everyone |
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| #7 | suseuser |
May 18 2008 01:19 |
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Seems like us guys are in the minority here. Your weight might actually go up! But pay attention to how your clothes fit. They will fit tighter in the right places. And looser in the areas you want! The other benefit to weight lifting for guys is that it creates and "optical" illusion. If your shoulders, chest, arms, legs and back are bigger. It makes your waist look smaller! You probably won't become a competitive body builder. But at your age you will put on muscle and burn fat faster than you give yourself credit. And the harder you work the more can eat! When I was in competitive body building, I would take in over 5000 calories a day! No kidding. And it was all I could do to maintain my weight. |
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| #8 | kajikit |
May 19 2008 00:14 |
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You're a sixteen-year-old male and you are not hideously obese, just heavier than you'd like to be. I'd lay odds that your extra five pounds can be accounted for by bone, muscle and general structural growth/development. Bones weigh even more than fat, and you're still at the age when yours are developing. Even if you haven't gotten any taller or visibly larger, you could still have laid on more structural growth. |
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| #9 | gew90 |
May 19 2008 03:56 |
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hey, the same thing happened to me... without boring you with details about my experience, I'll just say that when I got back on the wagon and took a new approach to weight loss after a few months at plateau-ing, I gained back about 4 pounds. And then magically, a week or so ago, 5 pounds magically dropped off. Our bodies are wierd... just do what you're doing now and know that as long as you are being healthy and burning more calories than you take in, you'll lose it eventually :-) my boyfriend lost 65 lbs in about 7 months by running a mile a day and doing some weight training.... he bought a small bar and a few weights, did some light lifting every day in his living room, and got in fantastic shape, and lost all that weight (he was watching what he ate too, LOTS of protein and green tea, btw... he swears by it for guys). so don't lose hope yet! best of luck to you :-) |
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But, one real advantage that we have over the gals is the ability to lose weight faster. Because we have more muscle mass. Take advantage of that fact. Women tend to get better results from aerobics. Most men will get the best results by concentrating on weight bearing exercises. It's absolutely true that muscle burns more calories than fat.