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Originally Posted by strokesbabe For some reason, I've been gaining weight over the past few weeks. I've just started uni 3 weeks ago and have been quite active - walking a lot, riding my bike to the train station and back (so 20 minutes of riding my bike every day), taking dancing lessons once a week etc. And I've been eating a lot less. Beforehand, I'd been sitting at home all day, eating lots of chocolate and not moving much at all. So now that I actually should lose some weight, I seem to gain weight!? I've gained about 5 pounds (!) over the last 3 weeks, especially around my stomach. What should I do about it? |
It sounds stress-related. You're probably retaining a lot of water and not eating makes your stomach semi-dormant. You should always drink tons of water and eat something when you wake up (even an apple) to get your metabolism kicking.
Personally, no matter how much running, biking, skating or whatever I do, nothing fixes my stomach and abs like good old-fashioned crunches and sit-ups.
My whole body would look excellent, but for that little tummy paunch. Sit-ups, crunches, any ab excercises you can pick up. They hurt bad, but look good.