I maintain my weight when eating fast food, but gain weight when eating veggies, fruits, and excersing. Wth?

Question

Wats wrong with me? I've always had a skinny frame and am underweight. I'm 18 and have eaten lots of junk food. I used to eat it at least 5 times a week. Then this month I decide to go healthy and start eating 4 servings of fruits of veggies daily and exercising 3 times a week. I gained 5 pounds in 1 month! It's not muscle weight. It's all in my stomach. Wth?

I do not want to lose weight!

Answer 1

I am SO glad you have the same issue! I would eat fast food all of the time, and candy non stop, and I was about 20 pounds underweight. I moved to a different state, started eating healthy and gained 30 pounds! Of course now I am where I should be, but I have to exercise while eating healthy! So hopefully just keep exercising, that has helped me. Dancing really works well, because it gets the heart going.

Answer 2

Well, you said you were underweight before, now you're body is adjusting and becoming healthier. You are gaining muscle weight, and possibly some water weight from the fruits and veggies. Either way, it's a good thing. And way to go, you should be proud to be aiming towards a healthy lifestyle :)

Answer 3

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. loose weight) and you will have more energy. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets don’t work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples: baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads) in one and protein (examples: chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal; they don’t have none or little fat). 30min cardio exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming, running, biking, ect), Monday cardio, Tues. upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions, pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back: seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardio, thurs. lower body (legs: leg pull, leg press, squats, lounges) Fri. cardio, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising; you do this on Sunday so your body doesn’t go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stick with this you will have a great body. Also drink at least 8oz of water daily! Stay away from McDonalds, Wendy’s, ect. Because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (becon bits, cheese, dressing, ect.) Good Luck :)

Answer 4

You need to stop the worry over pounds. Muscle weight 2.5 times as much as fat, so you would lose some fat while building muscle and still weigh more. Trust me, if you are working out (weights are best) and eating right, you will lose what little fat you may have and build muscle. It takes time --one month won't do it.

Answer 5

Eat a diet filled with all natural healthy whole foods

Answer 6

Hmm.. how did you know that it is all in your stomach?

Did you drink enough water? If not you might suffer from water rentention and constipation which might cause your stomach to be bloated and for your weight to go up.

Answer 7

Sleeping will effect your blody weight so get enough sleep to looss your weight

Answer 8

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Answer 9

for a thicker creamier texture choose low fat unsweetened greek yogurt loaded with protein calcium and natural probiotics it makes for a tasty snack any time

Answer 10

forget the dried cranberries which have added sugar and add a half cup of fresh berries to top off your salad