Rapid weight gain all in one week

Andrew_Ryan_89

Nicki wrote: »

You must be really really tall then because even if you were 7'6" you'd still be overweight at that weight!

I could do with losing weight myself so have no moral high ground here but kidding yourself that 130kgs is not fat will not help you on that journey.

I am just over 6'3" but I am naturally stocked. I don't look visibly fat mainly because I am tall and it's equally spread across my body :rotfl:

When I was younger, like before puberty kicked in, I was very skinny to a point I was emaciated (I used to suck in and expose my ribs as a party trick). But even then, I had big thighs, behind and was much heavier than I appeared.

fairy_lights

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

Typically my diet would consist of a smoothie in the morning (Muesli, nuts, blueberries and a banana), something random for lunch and salmon or chicken for dinner.

But how much of these are you eating? A large banana is around 100 calories, a cup of muesli could be 300, a handful of nuts around 200, and say another 50 for the blueberries. That's 650 calories on breakfast alone.
Eating 'healthy' food isn't going to make you lose weight - you need to eat less of it.

fairy_lights

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

I am just over 6'3" but I am naturally stocked. I don't look visibly fat mainly because I am tall and it's equally spread across my body :rotfl:

When I was younger, like before puberty kicked in, I was very skinny to a point I was emaciated (I used to suck in and expose my ribs as a party trick). But even then, I had big thighs, behind and was much heavier than I appeared.

According to the NHS Bmi calculator you are at the very top of the obese range. That's a bit more than being naturally stocked.

Andrew_Ryan_89

teddysmum wrote: »

Smoothies are not the healthy option that they are promoted to be.


Fruit contains sugar and by blending it you are making the digestive process shorter so your body isn't working for its 'reward'.

I don't use a lot of fruit, just blueberries. Most of it is Muesli, cashew nuts, almonds, Blueberries a banana and spinach

Andrew_Ryan_89

fairy_lights wrote: »

But how much of these are you eating? A large banana is around 100 calories, a cup of muesli could be 300, a handful of nuts around 200, and say another 50 for the blueberries. That's 650 calories on breakfast alone.
Eating 'healthy' food isn't going to make you lose weight - you need to eat less of it.

I think I may not have been clear before in my opening post. I am basically repeating a diet I did last year. When I done it last year, the breakfast was probably as many calories as the above but would keep me full most of the day so lunch will be small and dinner quite full sized (Quinoa, chicken, avocado etc). I was'nt calorie watching at all and the weight I lose was genuine. As mentioned, clothes were falling of me, I felt lighter and more healthy.

What this topic was about was more about having a relatively bad week and putting on most of the kilos I lost.

fairy_lights

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

What this topic was about was more about having a relatively bad week and putting on most of the kilos I lost.

Well during your bad week you probably put back on all the water weight you had previously lost, plus some extra on top of that. Chinese food and party food all has a lot of salt in it which would cause you to retain water anyway, plus there's the weight of the physical food still in your digestive system. So I don't think there's anything particularly alarming about the seeing such an increase on the scale.
If you are back on your healthier diet this week you'll probably have a big drop again when you next weigh in, but again a lot of that could be water weight, give it a few weeks and you'll probably start noticing smaller but more realistic changes on the scale.

Alice_Walker

fairy_lights wrote: »

According to the NHS Bmi calculator you are at the very top of the obese range. That's a bit more than being naturally stocked.

Yep, I've an ex who is 6'3" and well built, at 15 stone he felt he could do with losing a little. He'd also eat a similar breakfast to the OP, but that would be followed by a good hour in the gym so made sense. That much "fuel" is not needed for a sedentary lifestyle.

Why did you put the weight back on last year OP? This is the reason I would suggest getting some help with your eating habits, so you can maintain any weight loss longer term. Keep in mind that the older you get, the more harm the weight is going to do to your organs and your joints, and that can be irreversible.

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When you starve yourself your body will use up the energy that it has stored in the form of a sugar called glycogen, and as glycogen is water soluble, for every gram you use up there is another 3 grams of water that goes with it. The problem with that is that as soon as you start eating normally again your body replaces all the glycogen and water, and your weight returns to where it was before.

It's more helpful to look at the calorific value of body fat, which is roughly 7800 kcal/kg, so if you eat 560kcal less than you burn each day it will take a fortnight to lose one kilogram. To lose 5kg of fat in a week you would need an energy deficit of 5600kcal a day, which would be equivalent to cycling all day every day and eating nothing at all.

Your problem is that you're just being impatient and expecting to lose weight at an unrealistic rate.

Andrew_Ryan_89

Alice_Walker wrote: »

Why did you put the weight back on last year OP? This is the reason I would suggest getting some help with your eating habits, so you can maintain any weight loss longer term. Keep in mind that the older you get, the more harm the weight is going to do to your organs and your joints, and that can be irreversible.

Stress. I know I have mentioned the word a few times but one thing I don't believe in is diets. You need a lifestyle change if you're going sustain a healthy weight and lifestyle. I was 133kg and in 2 months I dropped to 122kg without even touching a gym. As mentioned above, I was not calorie watching (a chocolate bar and a avocado probably have the same calories but I've never seen someone get fat eating too many avocados was my motto) or starving myself. Initially it was tough but I got used to eat, energy went up and I felt good.

Then a number of things happened. I was getting stressed out living at my girlfriends place (because of her mother and brother) and ended up being gazumped on a property purchase. The home we finally purchased towards the end of the year, dealing with the situation was very stressful because of two main reasons. 1) I hated the department I was asked to help in for 6 months and 2) I was told I was being made redundant just as we were about to exchange on the property.

The scrambling for jobs caused a lot of stress and genuine depression. So, I resorted to what I like most. Food. Ate a lot of junk, drank a lot of beer when I was out and drank a lot in the house.

My new job is a little stressful mainly because of the uncertainty of my future. Planning and saving for the wedding is another stress. But with all that said, I am eating right and going to the gym pretty much everyday with the other half so at least I am looking after my body now even in a stressful time.

Ozzuk

I'm 6foot4 and heavily build (17st) and feel like I should lose around 2 stone so at 20st I'd definitely be taking more action! I was this heavy when weighlifting years ago and it didn't matter then but after hitting 40 I do feel like its too much weight (and I can't weighlift any more, long story).

It might be worth you getting a body/fat assessment, there are scales that do it (not sure how good they are) and there is the calipers approach. You don't want to mistake looking 'stocky' for covering up a potential health issue with your weight - I actually look better big, some people just do but knowing its more fat than muscle isn't any comfort!