My husband gained ten pounds in five days?!


Question: My husband gained ten pounds in five days.?
I helped him out with a diet plan and he lost ten pounds in two weeks... but then he went out on Field and gained 10 pounds in five days. He needs to lose thirty pounds within six weeks for his job. (Military)

How is this possible for him to gain so much in five days, and lose so little in two weeks.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
Usually in the beginning of a weight loss program, water is lost from the fat cells shrinking them resulting in quick loss of weight. But you can easily gain it back quickly.

Thirty pounds in six weeks is a big goal.
I think it is better to go to your local gym and get professional help from a fitness trainer. They will get him on a fitness plan that includes exercises and a diet plan. This will be much safer and also will keep him focussed and motivated.Health Question & Answer

the seemingly
unbalanced equation of weight gain vs. weight loss, the facts that
surround the issue and how losing the 5 pounds feels so much harder
than gaining them:

FACT 1 - It is Simple Math: To maintain your ideal weight, you need
to eat as many calories as you burn in one day. The balanced equation
looks like this:

Calories Eaten = Basal Metabolic Rate + Physical Activity

If what you eat equals more than what your body uses, you will gain
weight. In the situation of a vacation, it is likely that you eat more
unhealthy food than normal and possibly get less exercise, resulting
in an imbalanced equation, with a higher number of calories on the
eaten side than on the burned side. That imbalance over the course of
a few days can easily represent a few pounds.

FACT 2 - A Pound is a Pound is a Pound: One pound of body mass
represents 3,500 calories. Regardless, if you are trying to lose a
pound or gain a pound, the pound will always represent 3,500 calories.
So, if you eat 3,500 calories more than your body requires, you will
gain 1 pound. Similarly, if you eat 3,500 calories less than your body
requires, you will lose 1 pound.

FACT 3 - Exercise is Weight Discriminating: Whether you are 120
pounds or 175 pounds, you will gain one pound from eating 3,500
calories more than you need. Unfortunately, this doesn't hold true for
burning calories. How much you weigh actually dictates how many
calories you burn per hour. The more you weigh, the more you burn, and
as a result, the easier it is to lose the pound...sound crazy.? It is
true.

FACT 4 - Aging Contributes to Weight Gain: As if aging doesn't
contribute enough to unfavorable things, it also contributes to weight
gain. As we get older, our metabolism slows down, requiring us to need
less food and calories. If you don't modify your caloric intake as you
get older to reflect this change in metabolism, you will start to see
weight gain.

The Bad News: Unfortunately, eating an extra couple of unhealthy
snacks or drinking a few extra glasses of wine can happen in a blink
of an eye. However, the time and energy required to burn off those
calories takes a lot more effort. We have provided a chart on what
1,000 calories looks like on both sides in the chart below (remember,
it is 3,500 calories that make up a pound).



1000 calories consumed from food - 1000 calories burned through
exercise


2 servings of ice cream (8 oz each) - 2,5 hours of High Impact
Aerobics

8 glasses of wine (6 oz each) - 1,5 hors running at 7 mph


3 margaritas (6.6 oz each) - 4.5 hours walking at 4 mph

5 slices of domino pizza (12'' pizza) - 4 hours of Hatha Yoga


The Good News: Whether it is rapid or slow weight gain that you have
experienced, losing the extra weight can be tackled through two
avenues (and should be): calorie reduction and exercise . Choosing to
lose weight through both calorie reduction and exercise will
accelerate the process. If for seven days you burn 200 extra calories
through exercise and reduce your food intake by 300 calories each day,
you will lose that extra pound. Further, it is a lot easier than
trying to either reduce your caloric intake by 3,500 calories (which
is physically impossible) or burning an extra 3,500 calories during
exercise (which takes a ridiculous amount of time and energy).

What you Can Do: Assess whether your weight gain was a rapid gain due
to atypical behavior (E.g., vacationing) or a longer-term gain. If it
was a rapid gain, there is a good chance you will lose the weight by
returning to your normal habits. You might have to be a little strict
for a day or two, but you shouldn't feel like a major overhaul is in
order. If, however, you have gained the weight over a period of time,
assess your habits and think about what has changed in your life. Have
you stopped exercising.? Have you let your eating habits go.? Have you
hit a milestone birthday.? Once you can assess the reality of your
situation, remember the equation: to maintain balance, burn the
calories you eat.Health Question & Answer



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