Getting FATTER after consistent exercise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are not being honest somewhere about either your workouts or calories intake OP..

Either your workouts are no where near as intense and calorie burning as you think they are, or you are eating way more calorie than you're stating.

Pop pooing around in the gym burns little calories. Doing the dinky elliptical for 30 minutes burns little cals. The problem is people do stuff Iike that and then binge eat because they feel like they have an excuse.

Burning calories is HARD. A rough estimate is that you're only going to burn about 100-120 cals for every mile you RUN at a pace of about 9-9:30 minutes per mile. That's not a lot of calories at all. You need to run an insane amount of miles just to burn off a burger or a couple of beers. If you're not actually sweating or physically tired after your daily workout you're not doing it nearly hard enough OP.

I'd guess your workouts are far too light in combo with sneaking in unreported calories.

This is so incredibly false. You don’t need to break a sweat to have a worthwhile workout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not being honest somewhere about either your workouts or calories intake OP..

Either your workouts are no where near as intense and calorie burning as you think they are, or you are eating way more calorie than you're stating.

Pop pooing around in the gym burns little calories. Doing the dinky elliptical for 30 minutes burns little cals. The problem is people do stuff Iike that and then binge eat because they feel like they have an excuse.

Burning calories is HARD. A rough estimate is that you're only going to burn about 100-120 cals for every mile you RUN at a pace of about 9-9:30 minutes per mile. That's not a lot of calories at all. You need to run an insane amount of miles just to burn off a burger or a couple of beers. If you're not actually sweating or physically tired after your daily workout you're not doing it nearly hard enough OP.

I'd guess your workouts are far too light in combo with sneaking in unreported calories.

This is so incredibly false. You don’t need to break a sweat to have a worthwhile workout.

Well considering the OP doesn’t have a long history of exercise by their own post, yes, yes it is correct that breaking a sweat of some kind is probably a good indicator they are working hard enough that it is actually meaningful. Two years in, maybe not. Right now, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are eating too much. Figure out your macros, aim for a caloric deficit, and track every calorie. I use LoseIt app. Simple and free.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Not this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are eating too much. Figure out your macros, aim for a caloric deficit, and track every calorie. I use LoseIt app. Simple and free.

Ordinarily I would agree with this but in this instance I believe OP - that they're carefully tracking. It would be one thing if they weren't losing, but they're actually gaining. It's something else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I joined orange theory and actually gained weight the first few weeks!! It was so frustrating,but then it went away. I think if you start exercising and especially weight lifting or something really intense it's an adjustment for your body and it's probably just water weight.

I notice this every time I stop for a while and then start again.

Thanks. Did you LOOK and FEEL huge though? That’s my main issue. I feel like I’m bursting at the seams.

I think you need more objective measures. Get DEXA scans. If you cannot do that, start using measuring tape.

[Anonymous]

Have you added a new food to your diet or.eating more of it OP?

Foods that make me bloat: any carbonated drink, including water. Any dairy. Some vegetables. Lettuce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are eating too much. Figure out your macros, aim for a caloric deficit, and track every calorie. I use LoseIt app. Simple and free.

Ordinarily I would agree with this but in this instance I believe OP - that they're carefully tracking. It would be one thing if they weren't losing, but they're actually gaining. It's something else.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. I think she has to be even more rigid on tracking. It’s easy to let little bites, an extra squirt of oil/dressing go, etc. but it adds up and OP has an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not being honest somewhere about either your workouts or calories intake OP..

Either your workouts are no where near as intense and calorie burning as you think they are, or you are eating way more calorie than you're stating.

Pop pooing around in the gym burns little calories. Doing the dinky elliptical for 30 minutes burns little cals. The problem is people do stuff Iike that and then binge eat because they feel like they have an excuse.

Burning calories is HARD. A rough estimate is that you're only going to burn about 100-120 cals for every mile you RUN at a pace of about 9-9:30 minutes per mile. That's not a lot of calories at all. You need to run an insane amount of miles just to burn off a burger or a couple of beers. If you're not actually sweating or physically tired after your daily workout you're not doing it nearly hard enough OP.

I'd guess your workouts are far too light in combo with sneaking in unreported calories.

This is so incredibly false. You don’t need to break a sweat to have a worthwhile workout.

Well considering the OP doesn’t have a long history of exercise by their own post, yes, yes it is correct that breaking a sweat of some kind is probably a good indicator they are working hard enough that it is actually meaningful. Two years in, maybe not. Right now, yes.

I disagree with you, in that sweating that hard still burns relatively few calories especially when you account for increased hunger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are eating too much. Figure out your macros, aim for a caloric deficit, and track every calorie. I use LoseIt app. Simple and free.

Ordinarily I would agree with this but in this instance I believe OP - that they're carefully tracking. It would be one thing if they weren't losing, but they're actually gaining. It's something else.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. I think she has to be even more rigid on tracking. It’s easy to let little bites, an extra squirt of oil/dressing go, etc. but it adds up and OP has an issue.

an "extra squirt of dressing" is not going to make you gain 5 lbs! Come on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you added a new food to your diet or.eating more of it OP?

Foods that make me bloat: any carbonated drink, including water. Any dairy. Some vegetables. Lettuce.

I went on weight watchers and lost weight but bloated so much it was unreal. Apparently, I was eating too much dairy and added a bunch to my diet because weight watchers recommended it at the time.

I would wonder if you have added something into your diet you are reacting to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are eating too much. Figure out your macros, aim for a caloric deficit, and track every calorie. I use LoseIt app. Simple and free.

Ordinarily I would agree with this but in this instance I believe OP - that they're carefully tracking. It would be one thing if they weren't losing, but they're actually gaining. It's something else.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. I think she has to be even more rigid on tracking. It’s easy to let little bites, an extra squirt of oil/dressing go, etc. but it adds up and OP has an issue.

an "extra squirt of dressing" is not going to make you gain 5 lbs! Come on!

1 squirt won’t. But people add much high caloric dabs and bites to their food than they account for, and overtime it absolutely adds up. If someone mysteriously cannot account for weight gain, it should be considered.

[Anonymous]

OP-- same here. I have always been a serious exercise fiend. And I always put on a few pounds the Cxmas week and then shed them easily in january.

I also tightened up my diet and upped my weight lifting, cardio, HIIT, etc. and I feel the same. My thighs are bigger, my stomach which was always fat is getting fat around the belly button...

but I turn 54 next week and this is the first time I missed two periods in a row (except when I was pregnant) so it's safe to say menopause, hormones changing and age are my issues.

[Anonymous]

How old are you? Height? Weight? Menopause?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP-- same here. I have always been a serious exercise fiend. And I always put on a few pounds the Cxmas week and then shed them easily in january.

I also tightened up my diet and upped my weight lifting, cardio, HIIT, etc. and I feel the same. My thighs are bigger, my stomach which was always fat is getting fat around the belly button...

but I turn 54 next week and this is the first time I missed two periods in a row (except when I was pregnant) so it's safe to say menopause, hormones changing and age are my issues.

Stomach was always flat—not fat. Even after 2 kids u could see my obliques and faint 6-pack. Now I have some flab around the belly button area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not being honest somewhere about either your workouts or calories intake OP..

Either your workouts are no where near as intense and calorie burning as you think they are, or you are eating way more calorie than you're stating.

Pop pooing around in the gym burns little calories. Doing the dinky elliptical for 30 minutes burns little cals. The problem is people do stuff Iike that and then binge eat because they feel like they have an excuse.

Burning calories is HARD. A rough estimate is that you're only going to burn about 100-120 cals for every mile you RUN at a pace of about 9-9:30 minutes per mile. That's not a lot of calories at all. You need to run an insane amount of miles just to burn off a burger or a couple of beers. If you're not actually sweating or physically tired after your daily workout you're not doing it nearly hard enough OP.

I'd guess your workouts are far too light in combo with sneaking in unreported calories.

This is so incredibly false. You don’t need to break a sweat to have a worthwhile workout.

Give it a rest...you're doing zilch to build up endurance and improve metrics like VO2max, which are true tests of fitness.

If you ain't sweating then you're eating your time. Mght as well sit on the couch and do intermittent fasting instead.

You probably poopoo on the treadmill for 15 minutes in a 1 or 2 setting and think you worked out for the day, lol.