FAT GAIN!!!! Need help!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Peach on July 21, 2012 at 11:36pm

I am very new to this, but are you putting you meals into the cronometer? I don't see any greens on here, which I thought provided a very nutrient rich supplement including good protein. It will probably only be about 200 calls of greens, but that's usually a pound or more! Hopefully someone else can chime in, but this is what I would add to my diet if I was you.

Permalink Reply by Hua Pornchokchai on July 22, 2012 at 12:40am

Yes I eat salad someday

but not everyday

I'm trying to do most monomeal as possible

Permalink Reply by Vice Abattoir on July 22, 2012 at 12:04am

I had the same issue when i first started, but didn't find the cause of it, due to financial reasons, i had to quit and i restarted today (yay for kind people at the market giving me free stuff, 2/3 of my shopping was a gift) 

Not sure if it could be by over exercising, cause from what i know, we got 3 energy sources

carbs, fat and protein, and they burn in that order.

When you've burnt all your carbs, you progress to burning your fat and if you overdo it, you go to your protein(muscles) because it's easier to break down protein than fat in emergency situations. 

Not sure how you exercise, try doing light stuff and see how that goes.

Permalink Reply by Michael McKay-Fleming on July 22, 2012 at 1:38am

It's only been a week. Your body will probably go through an adjustment period. What was your diet like just before going hclv?

Greens are very important. You can easily get enough greens by blending them in a smoothie. Check out Green For Life for help on that.

I've also heard that BMI is basically useless.

Permalink Reply by PK on July 22, 2012 at 6:41am

@Hua,

What is your height?  It is possible that you may  not want to lose more weight as 60kg is perfect for some and underweight for others. Some body fat is necessary and healthy for emergency energy storage, to cushion organs and blows from falls, and for regulation of fat soluble vitamins such as vitamin D. 

Give it time.  I can take a few months for the body to detox and self regulate.  Here are some thoughts for you.

When we detox, the body may store that in interstitial tissue and fluid until it can be expelled.  

Big muscles are not always healthy muscles.  Many times, people on SAD diets have streaks of fat in their muscle.  Because you are doing a lot of exercise, your muscles are burning their local energy sources first.  No worries.  Soon you will have lean muscles and be lean as well.  

You may be properly hydrated.  Some of the tools used to measure fat mass were actually developed on SAD eaters and or dehydrated people.  They are not necessarily calibrated to deal with proper hydration.

Give yourself one day a week for rest and repairs.  Over exercising and over training can cause its own damage.  

Eat low fat fruits and leafy greens.  

And, check out this blog post on healthy causes of weight gain on nutrient dense plant based diets:

http://www.30bananasaday.com/profiles/blogs/why-30bad-newbies-gain-...

Peace, PK

Permalink Reply by Hua Pornchokchai on July 22, 2012 at 1:33pm

my height is 163 cm

and I used to be 53kg so 60 is fat for me

I thing HCLV is 80/10/10

so I don't need much green?

maybe I'm wrong

hahaha

Thanks

I'll add some green in my eating

Permalink Reply by Guðmunda Gestsdóttir on July 23, 2012 at 1:43am

i think you need to eat more veggies 

but it's just few days in so i wouldn't worry 

Permalink Reply by Adam McVicar on July 24, 2012 at 11:36am

Dehydration will cause those scales to show an increase in fat %. Your measurements show 3kg lost in 8 days. The "average and realistic" zone for fatloss is approximately 1kg a week. If all is going well, a safe assumption is you lost both fat and water. Make sure your urine is clear. Here's a quote from a sports website on dehydration.

"For example, a 70 kg athlete undergoing intensive training, with a sweat rate of 1.5 Litre per hour, will hit the 2% dehydration level within the first hour of exercise." 

 

2% of 70kg is 1.6kg lost in a one hour exercise period. As you can see, it's easy to become dehydrated.

Permalink Reply by Hua Pornchokchai on July 24, 2012 at 12:34pm

Yes

My water is less

even my urine still clear

I think I need more water for the exercise day

thanks

Permalink Reply by Hua Pornchokchai on July 25, 2012 at 3:06am

Latest Update!

I just been on the weight machine again today

and

Now I'm

WEIGHT            55.8 kg                                     Loss 1.2 kg

Fat%                  25.2%                                       Loss 3.2%

FAT MASS         14.1kg                                      Loss 2.1 kg

TBW                  30.5 kg (muscle weight)             UP  1.6 kg 

So I guess

Everything should be fine after all
:D

P.S.

I'm new here and have so many question to ask everyone

I maybe asking too much

As you see, there are 2 of my disussion on board now

Hope you don't bore me

hahaha