Experiencing Weight Gain
Hi All,
I'm new but I find myself in need of help.
A year and a half ago I had weight loss surgery and lost 160 pounds. During that time I intermittently worked out doing cardio and some resistance bands. The weight kept coming off (this is naturally due to the surgery.)
Two months ago I got kidney stones and had to deal with that pain for two weeks during which I completely stopped working out. However I maintained a 1300 calorie diet and continued slowly losing weight. (At 150 pounds, this is healthy.) I finally got down to 138 lbs.
BTW I am 5' tall with a small bone frame.
Two weeks ago I began a new exercise routine that has me at the gym about 5 times a week. I do weight lifting (arms, shoulders, back, chest, abs) on the weekends and I do about half an hour to an hour on the elliptical every day I'm at the gym, so that's about 5 times a week.
Because I'm working so much, and am on a 1200 calorie diet, I eat about an extra 200-300 calories on days when I work on the elliptical. Meaning that I burn about 600 calories a session, but of that, I eat 300 of those calories.
The problem is that in the past two weeks I've gone, instead of down, up! I'm now 145 pounds and I just don't understand how, with the caloric deficit I've created, I am gaining weight.
I don't eat unhealthy foods. Breakfast is fiber one and greek yogurt, lunch is a green salad, low cal/low sugar dressing and a lean protein. I have a snack of berries and popcorn, and dinner is usually a spelt cracker with sliced turkey breast and salsa as well as half a pint of Arctic Zero.
I'm SO careful about what I eat. And SO careful about working out... why am I gaining weight??
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