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  1. Aug 8, 2024 · Here are possible reasons you may gain weight before losing it and what you can do about it. 1. Your Body Is Holding On to Water Weight. During regular exercise, the body preserves more glycogen ...

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  2. Aug 6, 2024 · The No. 1 reason you might gain weight while working out and eating healthier is because you’re gaining muscle mass. And that’s a good thing! When you begin to exercise, your body composition changes. Our bodies are made up of body fat and lean mass. Body fat protects and insulates our internal organs, and serves as an energy reserve.

    • Water Retention. This is the most common cause of short term weight gain, and it happens for a variety of reasons. This includes… A higher sodium intake than usual.
    • Glycogen. The carbs we eat are stored as glycogen in our muscles and liver. For every gram of glycogen being stored, about 3 grams of water are stored along with it.
    • Poop Issues. Here are two examples: Constipation. If your poop isn’t coming out of you like it ideally should be, that means it’s still in you. And since poop weighs something, you can expect your body weight to increase to some extent as a result of this.
    • The Weight Of Food. Not only does poop weigh something… but guess what else: food weighs something, too! Which means, if you eat more food today than you typically eat, you will likely weigh a little more tomorrow simply as a result of having additional food in your stomach waiting to be digested.
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    • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is another condition caused by out-of-whack hormones. This endocrine disorder is characterized by an imbalance in the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone (women produce testosterone, too, though in much smaller quantities than men do).
    • Weight From Depression and Anxiety. Dealing with anxious or sad feelings by mindlessly munching is something almost all occasionally do. But either of these mood disorders can make overeating a common coping mechanism, according to a 2019 study in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
    • Perimenopause and Menopause Weight Gain. A drop in estrogen levels during menopause and perimenopause (the years leading up to menopause) can cause weight gain, according to a 2017 review in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
    • Cushing's Disease. Cortisol, nicknamed the stress hormone, is what your body releases in response to overwhelming or dangerous situations, Diondra Atoyebi, DO, a family physician at Piedmont Healthcare in Georgia, told Health.
  3. Jan 16, 2024 · However, weight fluctuation is a natural part of life, and factors like age, decreased activity levels, loss of muscle mass, and a slower metabolism can all contribute to unexplained weight gain ...

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  4. How to stop weight gain. Try these six tips to prevent and manage age-related weight gain. 1. Exercise smarter. Muscle tissue burns more kilojoules at rest than fat tissue does, so maintaining or increasing lean muscle mass helps boost metabolism, says Kathleen Alleaume, exercise physiologist and nutritionist.

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  6. Oct 1, 2023 · Some potential causes of weight gain aren't yet well understood and are currently being studied. One possibility is late-night eating. Some evidence, including a 2022 Harvard study, suggests that eating late at night might make us hungrier in the daytime, slow metabolism, and increase body fat. Another suspected factor in weight gain is the ...

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