how come when im eating differnt and excersing properly that im actually gaining weight?
473964
Most likely, it's water weight.  When you start a new workout routine, your muscles retain water for the first 4 - 6 weeks.  Give it another 2 - 3 weeks, and those extra pounds will drop off and your weight will go back down.
1009104
It's not good because then your body begins to use it's fat for energy...and when you start eating again it will cause you to gain more weight than before.
1071694
If we're talking about large amounts of weight, then no.\n\nIf we're talking about small amounts, then it's not "normal" but it's not something to worry heavily about.  If you are working out and building muscle, that can cause a bit of weight gain - but it's good weight.\n\nHowever, if you find yourself leveling off or gaining and losing the same 5 pounds for a long period of time, take a good look at the way you're eating and how you're getting activity.  If you run everyday, eventually your body gets used to it and you don't burn as many calories.  Try to get in a few different types of exercise for the best results.  Also, make sure you're getting all of the nutrition that your body needs - try taking a supplement if you're not already.
725572
If you are doing as you say, exercising and eating right then you have to remember that muscle weighs more than fat. It is not something that is going to happen magically you have to keep working at it You sound like you are at a good weight just keep working at it and there should be no problems. Good luck to you.
627913
see your doctor- you may have an overactive thyroid\n\nthe best thing to do for weight gain is to add muscle- it weighs twice as much as fat and is much healthier! \n\nsusan
414159
How To Gain Weight \n\n\n\nThis one seems like a no-brainer, eh? How do you gain weight? You eat. You cannot gain weight without eating... in the exact opposite of losing weight, actually, you cannot gain weight without consuming more calories than you burn off. \n\nThe bigger question, in our weight-loss worshipping world, is why would you want to gain weight? Fact is that sometimes we become too thin, dangerously so, to the point where we begin to suffer all these negative side effects and eventually death. Sometimes gaining weight is a pretty attractive option by comparison. Being at a healthy weight helps every system of our body function better, allows us to heal from damage, and gives us reserves as protection against stress or illness as well. \n\nThe tougher part of weight-gain is how to do it in a healthy manner. Just as rapid weight-loss can be dangerous, so can rapid weight gain. Many EDs who go through rapid recovery end up with too high a bodyfat percentage, too much fat stored around their internal organs, compromised health, and high cholesterol. This is in part because traditional anorexic "recovery" diets are aimed at bulking up the patient as quickly as possible by fat-loading everything they eat with no thought for the health quality of the food being given. \n\nIt's safer to aim for a gain of one or two pounds a week so as to not put undue stress on your recovering system and to know that you're rebuilding bone, muscle, and nutrient stores instead of just frantically storing fat. It's more important to restore your body's protein, elemental, vitamin, water, fat and sugar balances than to simply send the numbers on the scale up. Once you do this, given sufficient raw materials your body will rebuild itself more strongly. \n\n\n \nIn The Beginning\n\nIf you're deciding to gain weight, odds are it's because you're underweight. If you're underweight, barring a purely illness-related weight-loss problem which should really be addressed by a doctor instead, you have probably not been eating enough. If you haven't been eating enough for a while, your digestive system will need to be retrained. Same goes for extended or extensive purging... it screws with your entire system, and there will need to be plenty of time devoted to patience and healing. \n\nExtended periods of time with insufficient solid food intake causes your entire digestive system to slow down and lose efficiency. Amounts of digestive chemicals in production may drop, and the tiny fingerlike cilia that absorb foods in your small intestine may become paralyzed or die off. The peristaltic muscles that move food through your system may weaken or atrophy. Large meals or a lot of food at once may confuse your stomach and intestines to the point where they cramp up and have trouble remembering what to do at all. All this will need to be repaired slowly, given time to reaccustom itself to the concept of processing and utilizing food again. \n\nStart with liquids. Rehydration is extremely important, since without food our overall water content drops significantly, and the digestive process requires a great deal of water. In the first few days of refeeding you may notice a sudden gain of several pounds... this is most likely, if you're doing everything right, your water balance trying to straighten itself out. You may feel bloated for a while as this happens and it's extremely important that you allow it to take care of itself and do not try to correct it with diuretics; limiting caffeine, which acts as a diuretic, may be a good idea here. Potassium can also act as a mild diuretic but do not try to limit that, as it's an important electrolyte and part of rehydration is bringing your electrolytes back up to a good strong level. You may benefit more from drinking water and juice between meals, instead of with meals, as liquids during meals can make your stomach feel fuller and may slow digestion a bit.
1001532
Maybe you've found a "diet" that is closer to reality than most of them are, good for you!  Many times the diets can be so extreme, that people can only handle it for a little while, then when they start eating "real food" again they put all the weight back on.  Many of the diets are very extreme, for example the "no sugar" diet, or the "no carb" diet, who in the world can watch every single thing they eat 100% of the time?  Who wants to?  Some of them are just too difficult to do for very long, so thus the weight gain when people go back to eating normal food.  I hope this explains it for you alittle........
694003
your doing everything rite, what it seems like your actually doing is becoming leaner, (your changing your fat into muscles)  Actually muscles weighs more than fat so keep at it, your losing inches of fat and adding muscles, dont be concerned about wieght at all,
886852
during the day u usually eat abotu 3 pounds of food slash gain 3 pounds but that quickly goes down back to ur normal weight, u will not retain all of that weight only some, u essentially keep what u do no burn off during the day as the rest of teh weight, so if u sat around ull still have a bit of that weight but no u didnt really gain 4 pounds , and think about it, in the mornign u just got up u have nothign in u, then u eat, ur gonna weigh more! and tday is the day to pig out so dont feel bad!
298971
Don't pay too much attention to the advice the previous posters gave you--they're suggesting ways of gaining weight that way is incredibly unhealthy. Sure, fast food and ice cream will make you fatter, but eating those kinds of foods is detrimental to your overall well-being. If you want to gain weight AND stay healthy while doing it, eat bigger portions of calorie-rich and nutritional meals. Exercise less, but don't cut it out of your routine completely. If you snack throughout the day, that's actually causing your metabolism to work more than it would if you ate three separate meals.
543432
Okay...first of all, muscle weighs more than fat, so if you are maintaining the same weight, it means that you doing one up from losing weight.  You are gaining muscle.  It is healthier for you.  \n\nBy what you are saying, you don't want to drop the weight down any lower.  I know it is all about that number, but really your body is telling you that it can't go any lower than that number.  You are slimming down, and becoming more fit, and that is what matters the most to your health.  \n\nCongratulations on your success, too!  Keep it up, girl!
579389
This is a result of your metabolism increasing (basically  your muscles are demanding more food for energy).  Just be cautious of what you eat and at what time.
949856
maybe just a little but your still growing your metabolism is fast. as long as you are eating sensibly then it's nothing to worry about. try putting on a few extra pounds you can afford to. luv xx
484029
you wanna lose weight? exercise a little more (expend calories) than you are taking in (eating). It really makes no difference what you eat...calories are calories. I could eat d*o*g*s*h*i*t* and gain weight if I ate enough of it. Also- keep in mind if you "starve" yourself...your body will go into sort of a "survival" mode and start burning far fewer calories. I swim, bike, run, lift weights, and box. I eat whatever I want...but in an amount that is not more than what i burn off. Give it a try. Increase the amount of exercise you do...keep your eating the same. See what happens. (I'll just tell ya what happens: you'll lose weight. Its impossible not to)\nGood luck.
359524
You gained more muscle which is heavier than fat and by working on your legs through walking, you've gained heavier muscle.  Gaining leg muscles produce more weight than any other muscle in your body.\n\nYou should feel better and your body should feel firmer.  You replaced your fat with healthy muscles.  Don't worry about the weight.  If you want to trim the weight down, eat sensibly.  That always does the trick.
1128034
if you exercise alot or just started to exercise your metabolism may be running pretty high and it may need more calories to keep it in balance.. this should even out though after exercising for awhile.. \nif not that then you need to eat the largest meal at breakfast with alot of protein, and a medium meal at lunch, and then at supper.. its OK to have snacks and smaller meals too.. in fact its healthier to eat 5 small meals rather than 3 large ones..
700176
Hmm... eat normally, and your weight will stabalize. Eating normally is only eating when you are physically hungry, and even if it has been 8+ hours and you haven't eaten but are not hungry, don't eat. This is the way humans are SUPPOSED to be eating, because our bodies want us to still be in the stone age eating raw broccoli n shit and hunting for rabbits to cook over the fire. Our bodies will stabalize weight once we eat when we need to, not when we force ourselves to because we want a good mouthfeel