Getting FATTER after consistent exercise?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Is this turn of phrase common where you live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

Is this turn of phrase common where you live?

NP. That struck me as very odd, as well.

[Anonymous]

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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

Well I think you have your answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Get a trainer/person to look at your diet/exercise routine. Helping 50 year olds maintain visible abs seems beyond the expertise of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

You may not be eating enough. If you are burning way more than 2000 calories, 1500 could be too much of a deficit and your body might be thinking you are starving it and it needs to hold onto fat.

[Anonymous]

I hear you, OP. After losing 20+ pounds a few years ago, I've noticed the scale creep up around 5 pounds, and even tightening things down with diet/upping exercise hasn't helped.

I am going to stay the course for the next few months, and then reassess. It may be that as we age we just have to be more careful and work harder to maintain our desired weight!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You may not be eating enough. If you are burning way more than 2000 calories, 1500 could be too much of a deficit and your body might be thinking you are starving it and it needs to hold onto fat.

Agree with this. The calories in/calories out gets complicated by hormonal fluctuations. I was too calorie restricted for too long. My average body temperature was very low. I was always cold. Working out with a calorie restriction wasn’t doing anything but f**ing up my body. I increased my food consumption (350 calories!) and started losing weight. See a dietician. It blew my mind!

[Anonymous]

Rice at dinner time might be part of the problem. Even a small serving mixed with protein and fat might spike your blood sugar levels.