I am 5'5 and 145 I cant seem to lose weight I have gained 15 lbs in the last 7 monthsWhat is wrong??

Question

I work out 5 days per week for 30 minutes on average

Answer 1

I would go in for blood tests. It could by your thyroid, hormones or any number of things. Go see your doctor and explain what's been happening.

145 for 5'5" isn't horrible, by the way.

Answer 2

Whats wrong with 5"5 145 pounds. I guess everybody is different because thats what i am. I'm usually b/w 135-150. I wear a size 2-4. If you do you bmi (body mass index) you will see that you are not overweight. You are the normal body weight for that height. Also you cant go by your weight you go by how your clothes fit. If your are working out you may be building muscle and muscle weight more than fat so you may be losing fat but gaining muscle

Answer 3

If you are genuinely doing everything you can to lose weight healthily (diet and exercise being the only two ways), and you're gaining instead of losing, there are two things to consider:

1) you may be gaining weight because you're replacing fat with muscle, and muscle weighs more. This is likely the case if the scale reads heavier, but your clothes fit you better.

If this isn't case, it's possible that:

2) you have a medical problem, like a thyroid imbalance, that's causing your body to gain weight when it shouldn't.

Answer 4

No, you are within a healthy weight range for your height. Losing 5 pounds a week is not healthy. Your body is smarter than you and will put all the weight back on, plus more in case you think about being so drastic with it again. If you want to reset your weight point, cleanse. I am putting links below for you to get information on cleansing your body. It's all about balance. Work with your body, not against it.

Answer 5

You need to constantly change your work out routine so the muscles don't get used to a particular exercise. Make sure that you are eating enough food during the day and drinking enough water. If you don't eat enough your body panics and starts storing everything as fat. If you don't drink enough water your body will go into dehydration and you will start retaining water. Add more cardio to your workout. If you find that none of these things are helping you should contact a physician and discuss your thyroid.

Answer 6

I'm with WiserAngel and TweetyBird on this one. A 15 lb weight gain if you are working out and eating healthy should be cause for medical investigation. See your doctor. I'm sure she or he would be happy to know you have a fitness goal and would do what s/he can to help you meet it. See or talk to your GYN as well as your primary care physician.

Answer 7

Cut back to 3 or 4 days a week and do 1/2 hour of cardio and 1/2 hour of light-weight workouts.

Answer 8

It's really quite elementary. You are taking in more calories than you are using. The extra calories cause weight gain -- about 3,500 extra calories makes you gain one pound. So 15 pounds means that you have consumed about 52,500 extra calories in the past 7 months -- that's about 250 extra calories per day.

You ought to be able to work with this information to reduce your intake and/or to increase your exercise to resume progress toward your goal. Good luck!

Answer 9

you have to speed up your metabolism. Change your diet, drink lots of water, no more soda, diet soda from time to time is ok.

Your metabolism refers to your body using fuel to burn and expending it. When your metabolism is high, you go to the bathroom a lot, you'll have lots of energy, and even when you aren't working out your body will be burning small amounts of calories because its burning fuel more effectively.

Also, HOW you work out depends on if you lose weight. If you work out and burn fat, but also gain lots of muscle, you can actually gain weight, because muscle weighs more than fat. Cut the amount of heavy lifting you do, you still have to do it to look good, but you really need to burn fat.

Watch what you eat so your body can burn more fuel, faster.

Answer 10

WiserAngel gave you a wise answer. It is possible that you could have a metabolic disorder but only appropriate testing can discern what the problem is if a medical problem does indeed exist. Do as she suggests -- see your health care provider.