I'm working out and exercising but gaining inches?

[MusicJunkie89]

Hey Guys!

I have a huge question for you!

I just got off a 2 week vegan cleanse plan, and have since started on a month long pilates adventure.

Recently I have been doing cardio followed by Pilates for about 30-40 minutes a day and eating clean. For a total amount of 1200-1700 calories a day. I do allow myself to cheat, for instance I'll have a sprinkle of cheese here, or a coffee there. But mostly I'ts lots of veggies and good vegetarian protein.

I take my measurements religiously. And although I feel tighter, my measurements went up! .5 inches around my hips, and about that around my waist.

Obviously when you are dedicating yourself to something you don't want to see your inches go up. Any ideas on what might be happening?

BTW:

I'm 5'7 with an hourglass shape.

[carinabina820]

You're gaining weight because of your "vegan cleanse." that woul work of all you are eating is wry fibrous. However, of you're exercising, you make tiny rips in your muscles that need to be replaced by proteins which vegan diets very often do not provide (there are some amino acids which are building blocks of human muscle proteins that really can only be gotten from animals). Also, your calorie count is too high for that amount of exercise. You need to cut more calories and eat more protien and fiber. On a more basic level, try doing something more cardio wise--people usually need a good 20-60 minutes of daily cardio to get their metabolism going. Also don't drink a lot of fruit juice and never ever soda, caffeine is OK and so is coffee as long as you're not putting a ton if milk and sugar in it (Starbucks puts a lot of sugar in). Don't listen to those guys that are body builders because they are men and their bodies work differently. For a woman if you want to lose weight, stop with the vegan stuff, cut more calories, and do more cardio. I lost 30 pounds so fr doing this.

[MusicJunkie89]

I haven't gained a pound, any weight. Just an inch. And personally I would rather be as big as ahouse than to eat animal protiens. That's the problem with people, they consume TOO MUCH protein. I dont' drink soda because of the chemicals, I dont' drink juice because I would rather treat myself to the fruit, and normally I drink dried tea. Everyonce and a while I'll have coffee.Vegan Diets are high in amino acids. Such as Quinoa ( a complete protien) and goji berries.

[carinabina820]

Ok well you can tell me I am wrong when you look like me :)

[BellaSami]

Your Gaining Muscle Like for example I if I'm overweight 5"1 135 pounds I should be 110 with weightlosss and 115 with muscle so if I workout and stay on track I should gain 5 pounds of muscle.

[DocClassic]

If you consistently burn more calories than you consume OVER TIME, then you will lose weight. It is that simple, anyone who tells you otherwise is uninformed. You should probably incorporate some meat into your diet like chicken and fish (humans are meant to be omnivores afterall). Also its actually best NOT to take your measurements so often. That is actually most likely what you are suffering from. By measuring so often, you are not seeing your actual progress, you are seeing the strange fluctuation that naturally occur. Thus, I would recommend measuring now, then not measuring for at least two weeks. then, as long as you are eating few calories and burning a lot, you will see results. good luck!

[MusicJunkie89]

Thankyou. :3

[kheserthorpe]

Hips could be a tradeoff of muscle vs fat, but waist up, I don't know, its _conceivable_ you're building your obliques, but something seems off here.

I know very little about 'good vegetarian protein' since I avoid soy in large amounts. I'll let others deal with that.

Are you eating a lot of starchy vegetables?

Still, if your calories are in that range, fat gain seems unlikely.

.5" could be measurement error.

Also things will fluctuate with your monthly hormonal cycle.

[kheserthorpe]

Forgot to ask what 'vegan cleanse' meant.

If you have just shifted from 0 carbs to eating carbs, you'll gain a few lbs of water weight as your glycogen stores in your muscles come back.

[MusicJunkie89]

I try not to eat too much tofu as soy can really mess with a womens body as it is pure estrogen. I eat lots of Qunoa, and a little bit of soy, here and there. I'll have some peanut butter with a banana. Things like this

Vegan Cleanse meaning I ate only vegan things for a week. Sticking to all things veggie. So No milk, no cheese, no honey, no meat, no eggs. It was pretty much a veggie and quinoa detox. I did eat fruit however. It wasn't all that different from how I normall eat, ecept now

[MusicJunkie89]

Thankyou, and BTW. No starchy veggies. Greenbeans, edamame, TONS of spinach, tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

[Brando]

Muscle gain, it happens when you work out. If you lost a lot of weight with your dieting before getting into the gym, then you might have been at your bottom weight range before you start packing muscle back on in exchange for the fat that was once there. Everyone hits that plateau but not many people realize it.

[martyfellow]

I think you're underestimating how much you're cheatng. A lot of that sort of underestimating going around!

You have to be pretty religious about staying away from cheese and such things until you've achieved some slimming down!

[MusicJunkie89]

I am. I document EVERYTHING I eat to make sure I am staying within my calorie limit. I'm not that big on cheese anyway, since I had barely any in teh house from my vegn cleanse. :3

[WeaponZero]

The cleanse plan just made you lose water weight. Now you're gaining it back.

[Longshot]

You may be gaining muscle. Your change in diet may be effecting your "water weight."

[Anonymous]

You changed your workout routine and started building muscle. .5 inches is nothing.