I don't get it. I exercise regularly. I'm in good shape. I don't drink soda often or eat junk food aside from the occasional ice cream or piece of pizza on a Friday night. For the most part I eat fruit (lots of it... apples, pears, oranges, bananas, occasionally grapes), vegetables, chicken, tuna, and healthy snacks. I drink a lot of water and usually have a bottle of gatorade a few times a week after a good workout. I feel like I eat pretty healthy and live a healthy life style.
I'm 5'9 and weighed 163 all summer. I usually sit around 163-165. This past summer I lost about 7 lbs at training because we were doing a lot of physically tough training and not intaking enough calories to support it. I was hoping to keep it off but knew realistically that wasn't going to happen. As expected I gained it back throughout the rest of the summer, but was holding steady at my pre-training weight (163). Ever since mid September, I've been steadily gaining. I was at 163 for awhile and then *BAM* I started gaining all of a sudden. I was at 170 around Thanksgiving. This morning I'm at 174... that's in 1 week.
I don't *look* as though I've gained that much. There is definitely a difference from this summer, obviously, to now, but not a whole lot. I would like to lose 10 lbs and get back to around 165. I will admit that I havnen't been working out *as* much in the past 2 weeks because I have been absolutely swamped with school work and studying for finals. It's been killer. But even so, I've never gained that much weight from not working out as much. If I ate junk every day I could understand, but that hasn't been the case. And I had been working out all semester, doing things that wouldn't have promoted much muscle gain but should have been enough to keep fat off.
I just got accepted to EOD school for the army once I commission. If I come back to school next semester over weight, I'm screwed.
I'm at a loss. I use a calorie counter, and stick to the 1800 calories it said I should have. My mom used to work at a weight loss clinic and suggested doing a diet of only red meat and green vegetables for 3 days, then slowly adding back fruit, white meat, and occasional dairy. She said if I don't notice a difference once I'm home and able to workout seriously again, to go to the doctor and have thyroid and hormone levels checked. But I don't know. It's so frustrating.
I'm 5'9 and weighed 163 all summer. I usually sit around 163-165. This past summer I lost about 7 lbs at training because we were doing a lot of physically tough training and not intaking enough calories to support it. I was hoping to keep it off but knew realistically that wasn't going to happen. As expected I gained it back throughout the rest of the summer, but was holding steady at my pre-training weight (163). Ever since mid September, I've been steadily gaining. I was at 163 for awhile and then *BAM* I started gaining all of a sudden. I was at 170 around Thanksgiving. This morning I'm at 174... that's in 1 week.
I don't *look* as though I've gained that much. There is definitely a difference from this summer, obviously, to now, but not a whole lot. I would like to lose 10 lbs and get back to around 165. I will admit that I havnen't been working out *as* much in the past 2 weeks because I have been absolutely swamped with school work and studying for finals. It's been killer. But even so, I've never gained that much weight from not working out as much. If I ate junk every day I could understand, but that hasn't been the case. And I had been working out all semester, doing things that wouldn't have promoted much muscle gain but should have been enough to keep fat off.
I just got accepted to EOD school for the army once I commission. If I come back to school next semester over weight, I'm screwed.
I'm at a loss. I use a calorie counter, and stick to the 1800 calories it said I should have. My mom used to work at a weight loss clinic and suggested doing a diet of only red meat and green vegetables for 3 days, then slowly adding back fruit, white meat, and occasional dairy. She said if I don't notice a difference once I'm home and able to workout seriously again, to go to the doctor and have thyroid and hormone levels checked. But I don't know. It's so frustrating.
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