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Can someone please explain my sudden weight gain??

^^ Interesting, it kinda makes sense I guess. I think I was retaining a lot of water last week too, I'm looking a bit less bloated today.

Alcohol bloat
lack of consistant nutrition

I think you've hit the nail on the head my dear.
I'm really going to focus on consistant and adequate nutrition, and of course, a serious cut-back in the amount of alcohol I consume.

Thanks for your advice everyone <3
 
n3ophy7e, simply quitting alcohol may not give a speedy enough recovery, especially in your position (of, I take it, competitive sports?). Your liver is taxed, tired and bloated too. It needs help in regenerating, as well as help in what you're feeding it while it is recovering. Milk thistle is one of the best supplements to take to help in liver health recovery. In the mean time, either do lots of fresh carrot+green_apple juicing and/or combine your foods more carefully. Eliminate all white breads. If you're eating breads, do not eat them at the same time as meats. They digest at different times, using different enzymes. When you combine these foods, you tax your digestive system and either one or the other does not properly digest and can actually result in toxicity. Here's a chart to get you started. Google around for some more. Once your liver is back to health, it will burn through foods better and you can cheat some here and there in what and how you eat. For now, though, it needs all the help it can get.
 
Also, I've cut out most refined foods from my diet e.g. sugar, white bread etc. I might eat too much fruit though, lots of sugar in that.

, now I'm munching on some delicious delicious choc-coated licorice <3
bad^^^^^


I think you snack on sugary items more than you admitted at first in this thread ;)

Sugar is the devil in a white dress! :D
 
maybe your overtraining, and might need a solid rest day to let your muscles repair 100%

maybe you can switch up some foods in your diet to keep your metabolism guessing and jump start it.

or you might be actually stressing more than you think and your cortisol levels are really high.

Also I feel the same way im doing everything the same as i used to diet / sleep / working out..
but my strength is a little weaker than it was a couple months ago as well as my weight is around the same as a couple months ago around 130lbs but my bodyfat % is higher.. around 10% it used to be around 8% when I was around 130 lbs.

Maybe im just getting older.. :( makes me sad.
 
There's already a ton of great advice in this thread, but I just wanted to contribute an idea which is depressing, but true. Your metabolism WILL change at some time in your late-20s to early-40s. I have no idea how old you are and if I guessed at your age through pictures, I'd probably say somewhere in your mid-20s.

It's not the end of the world, but it does manifest in the way that you're describing. My big metabolism change happened at the same time I had a serious back surgery. I thought the inactivity associated with the back surgery had was responsible for my weight gain. But after I began working out again with my same regimen and eating *less* than in my pre-surgery days, I was still holding on to my weight. I had been extremely active my entire life so I was very familiar with the way that my body managed weight. Or so I thought. I had to learn a new system to control my new metabolism.

The way to combat it is to aggressively change your schedule/habits to jump-start your metabolism. So, this is where all of the good suggestions in the thread come in: aside from your normal work-out routines, get in 10-15 min of cardio first-thing in the morning; ingest most of your calories in the morning; eat small meals more frequently, and consider fasting (or almost no food) after 6pm.

Unfortunately, drastic metabolism change in women is not an urban legend. It seems to happen to different people at different times. My cousin (not blood-related) is 5' 9", 135lbs or so, has always been super-skinny and has never worked out to control her weight. She turned 39 and all of the sudden, she was complaining about significant weight gain. She didn't expect to have to deal with weight issues in her life and was shocked at the change.
 
I think fasting or food restriction after 6p is a bad idea.

When menopause hits, women can all expect to get a little round in the middle. Hormones. Some of us get more pudgy than others depending on our lifestyle. My mom is a good example. 5 feet tall 100-105 lbs until about age 47. Now at 55, I think she is about 135 lbs with DD's. She walks daily and doesn't eat as well or as much as she should. I offered to pay for a personal trainer and help her nutritionally but she declined.

It is important to be consistant with daily exercise and proper diet through each decade of life.
 
Thanks for the added advice/suggestions guys <3

In retrospect I suspect I can put my sudden weight (or MASS, more correctly) gain from before as hormonal water retention combined with a slowed metabolism from not eating enough.

I'm now eating much more in the morning (like, as much food as I can handle!) after doing some weights before work. Then eating small amounts of food during the day and doing 30-40 minutes cardio after work. Obviously this is mixed up sometimes, e.g. doing weights AND cardio after work etc, and nothing in the morning. But you get the idea.

I honestly don't think I could eradicate dinner from my daily routine because it's such a social time for me and my partner. It's a very important meal for us. It's just about managing the caloric intake at that time.

I've started getting much more muscle definition/tone in the last week or so, so I think it's all just falling in to place finally.

Oh and I've completely quit drinking too ;)

bad^^^^^

I think you snack on sugary items more than you admitted at first in this thread ;)

Sugar is the devil in a white dress! :D

Oi!! That was a one-off damn you!! :D <3
 
Increasing Metabolism

I noticed that you're basically stressed and panicky with what's happening with your body. Don't fret. Quick one -- have you also considered about the performance of your body's metabolism? I believe that this might be the reason why your body's going on a downhill. I also experienced that 15, 18 months ago and learned from experts how vital our body metabolism is. So I consulted to Christopher Guerriero and applied all his practical tips and now I enjoy a very stable and well-oiled metabolism. Not only does it feel great -- it also maintains my motivation to be in control. I'm positive that he can help you out too. Good luck!
 
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