gaining weight...then loosing weight

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:22 pm

hi i was wondering if anyone had some advice on how to keep the weight on... i've been weight traing and trying to put on some muscle mass but i keep on loosing the weight,
any advice on how to stop that... thanks
-lauren

thekid24 · Post by **thekid24** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:36 pm

keep a food log???? write everything you eat and check after two weeks if you eat the same amounts/foods. you might be yo-yo dieting. some people can't maintain a good diet, they may eat perfect 1 week then horrible for a few days.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:01 am

hey, thanks....
ill try to keep track of what i eat, but it'll be hard...
i eat alot!!

Dev_Crimson · Post by **Dev_Crimson** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:59 am

well ik buddy takes muscle an one heaping scoop along with a banana has like 100 some calories he said haha but idk if its the same for chicks an how they should go about gaining mass/weight. personaly u like just fine to me but haha maybe try more carbs? umm also there is a guy on youtube an he has 2 site his name is daren steens he really knows his shit maybe try him majorleaugehealth.com , fatlosslifestyles.com u can try those i can also ask frdiend she is a personal trainer for some advice for ya an get back to ya haha

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:51 pm

Might be down to things like Protein and Fats intake.

Also you need to be eating 6 times a day, and I'd go for around 20g Protein per meal, and keep your Good fats high, so things like Nuts, Fish, Flax, Omega Eggs, Avocados, healthy Oils and Seeds etc etc, as the Mono-unsaturate types of Fats can help with things like anabolic hormone production, as well as Cholesterol lowering.

If you're having low Fat intake, that could be a reason, and by increasing Fats by around say 20-30% per meal, you could increase calories and possibly potential.

You will find it a little difficult, becasue you're young, and can't go too heavy. Not to mention at 14, and being female, test is going to be low.

Most females are often around a healthy 40-90 nanograms per decilitre of blood for Test, whereas men should be around 350-1,000 ng/dl.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and for a young Lady like you, it will take time.

I would also suggest if you use lbs instead of kg's, you could try increasing your weights by 2lbs a week, and seek if the progressive overload makes a difference.

You may also need ot consider reducing reps, possibly if you're doing 12 rep sets, go for 8 rep sets, and add acouple of lb's on to weights, but don't go gung-ho and add like 01lb's to weights or anything too high. Keep it conservative, because you shouldn't be going for rep maxes at your age, probably not above 80% of a possible max.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:36 pm

hey, thanks!

ill let you know how it goes!!!

and whats with the nanogram stuff, what is that??

Thanks again

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:49 am

if you're losing fat there's no problem, keep water up, keep food up and maybe cut down on cardio

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:07 pm

hey thanks swanso... one problem tho, track just started so there is lots of cardio in work out right now(general conditioning)....
and i dont have that much fat to lose.... 13.9% right now...
anything you recomend to keep the weight on??
Thanks
-lauren

madmaxx · Post by **madmaxx** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:24 pm

Hey just curious, how did you measure your % fat on your body. Is there somewhere I can go or buy something that will tell me?

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:27 pm

all you got to do it type it in google... body fat calculator or something like that, then it asks you your body stats, so you got to measure your self, and it does some crazy- formula that calculates you body fat %...
hope that helps

madmaxx · Post by **madmaxx** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:04 pm

Really? Hopefully I won't find a phony calculator.
I'll search into it, thanks for the advice.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:28 am

well if you have to do track (what do you run??? endless cardio is not great if you're a sorinter but anyway...) you'll just have to bump up your calories and/or cut back wts a little and try to maintain bw

cassiegose · Post by **cassiegose** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:03 am

I'm not sure how accurate those online calculators are? You can also have your fat tested at your local gym. They should have fat calipers or other devices there that can give you a fairly accurate reading of your body fat.