Gaining weight during the season

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

poiuy wrote:

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

I feel like that makes sense when you're a bit older but I'm not even in my late twenties yet. I'm pretty fresh out of college.

poiuy wrote:

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

This is BS. I am 29 and weigh exactly what I did in college. I don't watch what I eat overly carefully. I don't know how people get so fat in their 20s. Get your sleep, exercise, don't be a total lazy piece of garbage and you'll be OK. Don't drink either.

can you hear me now? wrote:

poiuy wrote:

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

This is BS. I am 29 and weigh exactly what I did in college. I don't watch what I eat overly carefully. I don't know how people get so fat in their 20s. Get your sleep, exercise, don't be a total lazy piece of garbage and you'll be OK. Don't drink either.

I don't drink and I run 70-80 mile weeks and sleep eight hours every night.

Perhaps check your sugar (sucrose and/or HFCS) intake, especially in the form of soft drinks. If I can make a sweeping generalisation it's that I've noticed runners often turn to these when doing decent volume to get the fuel in more easily.

Not everyone manages to retain the tolerance to a high sugar intake that we enjoy as youngsters.

UK Limey runner wrote:

Perhaps check your sugar (sucrose and/or HFCS) intake, especially in the form of soft drinks. If I can make a sweeping generalisation it's that I've noticed runners often turn to these when doing decent volume to get the fuel in more easily.

Not everyone manages to retain the tolerance to a high sugar intake that we enjoy as youngsters.

Thanks, I usually only drink water, but I sweeten other things (like oatmeal) so I might be able to back off of that a little.

feeling fat wrote:

Thanks, I usually only drink water, but I sweeten other things (like oatmeal) so I might be able to back off of that a little.

Oatmeal is 100% carbs. To the body, this is the same as eating raw sugar.

If you want to gain weight, focus on (simple) carbohydrates.

If you want to maintain, consume ~100g carbs per day

If you want to lose weight, minimize carbs to the occasional treat of fruits like berries etc.

This is 100% proven and works every single time.

this goes both ways. some people are forever skinny & can eat crap without gaining (the latter poster), however most people need to take a little care as they reach their late 20s to make sure they don't put on a few pounds (for me it happened around 28...boozing 1-2x a week + big cheat meals 1-2x a week is a no-no now when getting ready for a race or else i'm up 5lbs in an instant). the OP doesn't seem to be at this point yet though.

can you hear me now? wrote:

poiuy wrote:

Welcome to adulthood. You have to fight like crazy to maintain the weight that came naturally in college when you ate like a pig and didn't think twice. I monitor every ounce I eat and exercise almost 2 hours a day and still weigh 15 pounds more than I did in college when I was an undisciplined pig.

This is BS. I am 29 and weigh exactly what I did in college. I don't watch what I eat overly carefully. I don't know how people get so fat in their 20s. Get your sleep, exercise, don't be a total lazy piece of garbage and you'll be OK. Don't drink either.

OP have you changed your training significantly when transitioning from pre-season base work to in-season training? i find that when when i am doing base work (80-90mpw) that consists of 1 long run (14-18mi) and 1 longer tempo run (4-8mi) per week, my weight gets down to its lowest. but when i transition to in-season work where i'm doing a shorter long runs (10-12mi) and shorter tempos (2-4mi) to save energy for 2-3 hard track sessions per week, i immediately gain 3-5 pounds. this is while maintaing my mileage in the 70-80mpw range through additional shorter runs throughout the week.

something about the long, slow distance that either is that much more effective for weight loss, or really gets my metabolism going. i feel like i could stay skinny on 10-12 per day in singles, but a bunch of 4-6 milers adding up to similar volume doesn't do it for me.