I lost like 39 pounds a couple years ago by just not eating for about three months. Now I'm trying to be healthy, I'm exercising regularly and actually eating, but I'm gaining lots of weight. What's going on?
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Relying only on weight to measure health and body fat is inaccurate. You should use a fat caliper to see in what shape you're in. The weight you've gained is probably from muscle. Muscle is 3 times more dense than fat.
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You may either be building muscle, which is denser and weighs more than fat (and is also going to help you burn off all that pesky fat), or your body has been in starvation mode for so long that your metabolism has slowed to a crawl and you actually need LESS calories until you can boost up your metabolism and keep it up.
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How much do you weigh now? Are you underweight? How old are you? What exercise are you doing? How much are you eating and of what? Is it mostly healthy food? It's hard to tell why you're gaining without knowing a bit more! You'll be gaining weight simply because you are eating more calories than you are burning - but you could well be gaining muscle, which is a fabulous thing. Measure your progress less by weight loss/gain and more by measurements (like waist, arms, chest, legs) and how you are feeling. If your waist is staying thin or not changing much, and your legs and arms grow a little - this is great - you're getting some muscle on you.
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