So I gained 10 lbs this semester..

you weigh 130 and you're trying to LOSE weight??

 

How tall are you? 4'6"?

 

are you female?

 

maybe it's all muscle. have you been taking any B-12 shots?

 

Don't get in a fight.

 

It's called puberty. Your balls will drop before you know it.

 

i gained almost 20 pounds freshmen semester (162-180). took a while to lose all that lol. just keep going to the gym dude.

 

120? That's like a girl's weight lol. 130 is nothing dude. In any case, don't be the skinny dude with a belly. That's the weirdest looking thing. Keep hitting the gym and you'll even everything out.

 

i'm 140. I also gained ten lbs.

 

I don't know about weights as low as yours (120???) but my weight varies from 180 to 195 all the time. It doesn't matter if I haven't been to the gym for a month or a year, I'm back at 180. Unfortunately, it takes a lot more time to get to 195 than to 180.

This will be a little off-topic but if anyone has the knowledge and time, I would like to know what you think. I have a pretty good knowledge about weightlifting and fitness although I've never really had a trainer. But my question is - how do you get your body to not drop below a certain weight? For example, a few years ago I never dropped below some 165 pounds or so then I somehow got that to 180. The problem is, I don't know how! Is it just my body maturing? (I'm 20)

Another question - is it normal to lose a lot of strength just in one month? When I get back to the gym after a short time off, I'm usually one of the weakest guys in there Seriously, it's like I've never been to the gym before. Even worse actually, I think I started off with bigger weights... Then after 3 or 4 months I'm back to normal, at least in most areas. Nobody I know has such huge swings. And, as I've never been able to not f up either one of my shoulders once in a while which forces me to sit out, I'm basically jammed in this kind of circle the last couple of years...

 

i'mkinda the same way emat. I put on 25 lbs my fresh year went from 185-210. But it was just lazy fat. When I started working again out I dropped to 185, but since I don't you use supplements I find it really hard putting on strict muscle weight. Just gotta work out harder I suppose.

 

Thats a pretty normal fluctuation for someone your age. The 10 lbs came from not working out and just naturally filling out.

My advice is sign up for a weight lifting course if your university has one to give yourself a base of knowledge. Make sure to incorporate plenty of cardio (running, basketball, whatever you can keep up on days you don't lift) and a healthy diet.

The good news is... at your age, you will lose the weight pretty fast. If you created the same habits at age 30+, your metabolism would be much slower and you prob would have put on 20+ pounds.

Honestly, don't worry too much about your weight. It's going to change dramatically over the next few years (depending on your genetics).

I'm about 5'9 and weighed 130 pounds going into college. I graduated college at a little over 160 (just from naturally filling out). After 1 year of working and not working out and eating right, I got up to almost 190 pounds.

I purchased a book called the Abs Diet (highly recommended) and stuck to the dietary plan and have done multiple workout regimens (periodization, circuit training, etc). I'm now at a solid 175 pounds with about 11-12% body fat.

Eat right, workout hard, and keep your mind sharp. Chicks don't dig guys that they can break in half.

 

Huh... I guess gaining weight freshman year is normal, but personally, I lost 16 pounds my freshman year. I remember I was 174 my senior year of high school, and after one semester I was 158 (I'm 6'0). I was so busy I just kept forgetting to eat, if you can believe it. It'd be 8pm and I'd look up from my work and go "oh yeah... I haven't eaten since 9am, huh?"

 

I gained 40 pounds before college

 

Hell I gained something like 20lb my freshman year between beer and the crappy cafeteria food on campus.

 

I ate like crazy this past semester, and I weighed myself the other day, and I only gained 1 pound! I'm somewhat disappointed, because I went into school at 124 lbs, but now I'm only 125! I live on a hill, and I do a lot of walking, a little dancing here and there, some running when it's super cold, but I'm by no means in the best shape of my life. I used to work out and drink creatine and whey protein a couple years back, but that didn't help obviously. What should I do? Keep eating? I'll be ordering takeout all semester, so we'll see how that turns out.

 

5'7 130?


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