From 45 miles a week to 15 miles a week for two weeks and I've gained 8 lbs. Is this typical?
From 45 miles a week to 15 miles a week for two weeks and I've gained 8 lbs. Is this typical?
It depends on how you eat. Could be zero , you can lose weight or gain weight. That doesn't, and often times should not be dependent on how much you run.
weight watchers wrote:
From 45 miles a week to 15 miles a week for two weeks and I've gained 8 lbs. Is this typical?
I gained 4 pounds dropping my mileage from 50mpw to 30mpw, so I'd say you are alright. I'd bet headed up to your range if I dropped to 15mpw.
I can gain up to 10 a week if I'm injured. It's super easy because I eat whatever I want when running. Key is to stop eating crap if you're not burning it off. It's tough, for me at least. I have to keep a log and shoot for a calorie max.
I can gain weight even at 75 mpw if I eat everything I want, so I don't. When I get injured and have to stop or cut way back on running, I try to make up for it with cycling so that I don't have to starve. In fact I often end up losing a pound or two while dealing with an injury, perhaps because I'm so darned inefficient on the bike.
A lot of your weight gain initially may be water retention and not "real" weight, but yes, if you cut your mileage substantially and don't cut back on food consumption you are going to gain weight.
I went from 60 mpw to 0 mpw and gained nothing in a year. I don't count calories but I probably consume at least 500 less per day than before when I ate 2700-3500 per day while running. I probably have an ectomorph body though, have always been skinny.
Just had 9 days off due to a footy (soccer) injury, put on 4lbs
My problem is once I put it on it doesn't come off. College weighed 128-132. Got injured and bumped up 10 pounds. When I came back I was running even more mileage but could get under 138.
Well now at 40 I've gone from 155 to 168 after 2 years off. Started running again and can't lose a pound.
I'm over 45 yo and I fluctuate by about 5 lbs. Typically I throw myself into other sports to keep my sanity. The weight eventually stabiles back to normal.
lol noobs, the fat you eat is the fat you wear. 80-10-10 all day.
If you keep all over things the same (other daily activities and caloric intake) you would probably have a net increase of ~1lb a week (if you were losing 1lb a week, now you break even at losing 0lbs a week).
So, you are might be either more or are carrying more water weight.
To track weight gain accurately weigh everyday at the same time of day and take weekly averages.
obese wrote:
If you keep all over things the same (other daily activities and caloric intake) you would probably have a net increase of ~1lb a week (if you were losing 1lb a week, now you break even at losing 0lbs a week).
So, you are might be either more or are carrying more water weight.
To track weight gain accurately weigh everyday at the same time of day and take weekly averages.
eating* more not either more.
sun shine wrote:
lol noobs, the fat you eat is the fat you wear. 80-10-10 all day.
Prob the most stupid phrase I've heard all year.
Way to win dumba$$ of the year award and it's only July 24
Lfc fan wrote:
Just had 9 days off due to a footy (soccer) injury, put on 4lbs
Luckily that's 99% water. Nobody gains 4 pounds of fat in just 9 days. It's water weight.
North of the Wall wrote:
My problem is once I put it on it doesn't come off. College weighed 128-132. Got injured and bumped up 10 pounds. When I came back I was running even more mileage but could get under 138.
Well now at 40 I've gone from 155 to 168 after 2 years off. Started running again and can't lose a pound.
At 128/132, you were unhealthy.
Depends how much you lift bro