Why do I keep constantly gaining weight?

Question

First off, I'm not on here to replace real medical advice, but just to see if anyone has had the problem I have. I eat VERY healthy, no fast food and the only sodas I drink is Diet, and that's not an everyday thing. I do hour long cardio at least 2-3 days per week, but I am constantly gaining weight. It's not muscle, because if it was I wouldn't be getting bigger in my midsection. Lol.

Look, smart-*** mouth b*tch, I was just asking a freaking question!!!! And to the others, yes I exercise right, I have a personal trainer and I do monitor my heart rate.

Answer 1

Don't drink soda---even diet soda. Some people just gain wait from soda for some reason. Do exercises daily or some activity and try to strength train/build muscle mass which burns calories all day. Limit calories taken it to calories expended to a balance if possible. Consult a dietician.Eat breakfast which is shown to boost metabolism all day long.

Answer 2

This sounds so much like my daughter its not funny. She has the exact same problem. After trying for months to lose weight this past week she virtually gave up bread and pretty much all junk food and has lost her first kilogram (about 2 pounds). She is a little taller than you and is 16. She is always hungry after dinner same as you. It is your age I am sure. My other daughter had a huge appetite around 14 - 16 also. Try snacking on light crispbread after dinner if still hungry with very light cheese and salad. This is what my daughter has been doing past week and has still managed to lose weight. Just to give you an idea of what she did to lose - breakfast: cereal, lunch: salad and little no fat chicken or beef, dinner salad, soup or meat and vegies. Plus she exercised for an hour 3 times in the week. She occasionally had low fat icecream and also a few little lollies once or twice. It's good to snack - just try to have only healthy foods in the pantry and fridge then you have no option but to snack on healthy foods. Best of luck. What is 101.5 pounds in Stones and pounds anyway. It sounds okay to me. We are in kilograms here in Australia. Oh, I forgot - my daughter also had on average 2 pieces of fruit each day and a tub of low fat yoghurt (to get her calcium). Eat foods that take a while to munch, e.g. carrots and celery, sounds boring I know but it works. And walk briskly for 1/2 hour each day if you can. Between the ages of 12 and 16 or 17 most females gain weight - your body shape is changing which is all normal adolescent weight that you are gaining. I'm sure you are not fat at all. I have to keep reminding my daughter also that most of what she complains about is normal growth.

Answer 3

basic math : calories in > calories out = weight gain.
Use these tools/tips ...

Step 1: Find out what your basal metabolic rate is. Goto http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/basal/basal.html
This is the amount of calories you need to eat to maintain your current weight.

Step 2: Do you exercise? Do you exercise right? Exercising right means that you monitor your heart rate and make sure that you reach your target heart rate and maintain it for the longest period of time while exercising. Just walking/excising is a good start but if you want to get the most out of your work out find out what your target range is. If you don't belong to a gym then I recommend the
Polar Fitness F11 Heart Monitor Watch.

Step 3: You need to decrease your caloric intake or increase the amount of calories your body uses in a day by 500 calories a day for a week to lose 1 pound. So you can decrease that basal number you got in step 1 by 500 calories and exercise very little(yes you still need to exercise). Or you can decrease it by 250 and exercise off 250 calories or any other combination. Remember that your basal number is the amount of calories you body needs to live. If your number were 2400 then your body burn 100 calories per hour. So if you walk for half an hour and burn 300, 50 of that is your basal.

Step 4: Count your calories, it's not hard and you'll find out that you eat a lot of the same things on a daily basis so you won't have to research everything over and over again. Balance what you eat(equal parts carbs and protien whenever possible) . One of the best websites out there is one from the FDA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
This database has almost every food on the planet counted and weighed. (Hint: they do a lot of their weights based on 100grams. If you put 0.28 in the serving size this equals 1 ounce). Get a reliable food scale, preferably digital. Weigh everything that you put in your mouth that is not prepackaged. You need to know what you’re eating and how much you’re eating. The number one mistake is "eating healthy". Everyone thinks because it's "healthy" the portion isn't that important. A handful of peanuts is "healthy" and has nearly 250 calories! Eat enough calories and it won’t matter how "healthy" it is your going to gain weight.

Step 5: Adjustments and Variety. If you are doing your best and losing weight but your starving, increase the amount of calories your giving yourself by 100-200 calories a day. Losing weight and starving are not good bedfellows. If you starve eventually you will crack and lose the battle. The more types of exercises you do the more weight you will lose. You will work more muscles and keep your body guessing.

Step 6(optional): If you belong to a gym or have some free weights at home. Use them! Muscle takes up less space in your body than fat (pound for pound). A pound of fat sits around and does nothing all day, while a pound of muscle, even at rest burns calories(increasing your basal metabolic rate).

Good luck!!!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You will keep gaining weight just keep on going.