Sigh .. weight gain and routine??

[niclyf]

Need help girls! I have put on 1.5 lbs in the last two weeks and I'm stumped. It's not that TOM, so that's not the reason, and I haven't started the pill. I'm a very clean eater, so it's not diet either.

I do the ellptical 6 days a week (mainly because it's the biggest calorie burner for the time I workout) and weight train 2 body parts per day .. is my body just becoming too efficient? Don't get me wrong, I'm not so vain that 1.5 lbs is freaking me out, however I don't want the pattern to continue.

So .. has anyone noticed positive changes from completely changing your cardio rountine? I need some insight!

Thanks loads!

 

[Calico]

Personally I wouldn't be too worried about 1.5 pounds, could be your water intake is either a little up or a little down. If all you are doing is the Ellptical trainer then my next suggestion is to change what you do for cardio. Try adding in something different every other day, your body will adjust to what you do and you won't reap the benefits from it anymore. Just my thoughts. As Cathe says "take them or leave them".

Hope I helped some!!:7

 

[Jcrew3082]

Hmm... Could you be retaining water for some other reason? Could the scale be off? Could you be gaining muscle mass? I'd wait another week and see what the scale says. Then, you can take action and change up your routine if necessary.

Don't be discouraged!

Gina

 

[40something]

You've already answered your own question. Change your exercise routine.

When you do the same pattern over and over your body eventually adjusts. Do some new cardio besides the elliptical machine and keep varing your workouts. This is why so many people here have so many different workout videos and like to follow the rotation's. They keep your body from getting too used to one routine.

 

[Aquajock]

Although I seldom become involved in scale weight discussions, I'd like to suggest a couple of things from what you've described:

If you are doing elliptical training 6 days a week, to the exclusion of other forms of cardio training, your body could indeed have become too well-adapted to that particular mode, and too efficient at it. I think you would be well-served to add more variey into your cardio routine, with modes that involve a bit more impact (that is not a dirty word), that move the body in all its planes of motion (the elliptical only works the body in the sagittal plane), and that simply work your body differently.

Also, if you are weight training every day as well, and are only taking one full day off, it could be that you need to re-tool your weight training schedule (as well as your cardio schedule) and build in another rest day. This rest day could be active rest (doing swimming, yoga, pilates, leisure walking) or total rest. Sometimes "weight gain" is a function of overtraining, not underexertion or overconsumption.

Finally, it could well be that the 1.5 lbs is indeed lean muscle mass, which is good weight to gain. If you are feeling energetic and good, if your sleep is sound, if your appetite is good and healthy, and if your clothes are fitting well, I'd suggest not even thinking about it.

A-Jock

 

[niclyf]

Hey A-jock ..

Thanks for your thoughts .. I'm intrigued by your response that "weight gain is a functino of overtraining" .. I don't doubt the truth to that, I'm just confused and curious as to how overtraining causes weight gain??

TIA!