I shouldn't have to go up the mountain to find the guru. I should know this stuff. After all, I am a physician with lots of experience in exercise physiology and good stuff like that. But this is a great mystery.
In high school I weighed 162 pounds. I am about 5'9". I competed in judo at that weight but was a bit lighter during my marathon running days (up into my fifties!). Then I had nerve damage to my leg and couldn't do the old stuff (that's how I got into kayaking in the first place...but I digress). My weight went up and settled in at around 170-172. Sick of being so fat, I recently joined a gym and have been doing aerobic and weight work outs regularly for two weeks. I didn't expect great results in such a short time, but I certainly didn't expect to gain weight. This morning I weighed 178!
Theory one: I am eating much more than I did before I began working out. Not true. I am eating about the same. If anything, less.
Theory two: I am bulking up on muscle form my workouts. Again, not true. My belly fat looks the same. If I had gained 5 pounds of muscles the garments covering those areas should be tighter. They aren't.
E=MC2. There is mass and energy. They can be converted back and forth, but the sum total never changes...in the universe.
That leads to theory three: Somewhere out there in the universe energy equivalent to 5 pounds of flab have disappeared. Time to meet Nydia and JB for coffee and oatmeal.
Paddle safe...
DS
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Well, it's all bought and paid for, so enjoy... throw some pancakes on the grille and I'll be right over.
If you feel good and are active who cares? I weighed 155# in high school and they could have used me to get the baseball out of the storm sewer. I feel much better, more substantial if you will, at my current semi-svelte 225#. Carpe Diem, as they say, and all will be well.
Theory #4- Sit on the toilet for a while, drink less water. My weight has fluctuated 5 lbs in the last week, too, 5 lbs isn't really anything.
Don't worry. There's probably some muscle in that, too. A little here, a little there.
I hear ya Silbs! I really do!
I think Ben is on to something there, what's your waste output been like? Maybe you're just more full of "it" now than you were before.
Is Irish Whisky a laxative?
Such "helpful" info :) Ben, you gained weight due to your mother in law's cooking.JB, maybe we can get a grant to study the side effects of Irish Whiskey. Daveo, shower before Canoecopia:) Capt'n, meet you at the IHOP. Ron, you get the award for compassion.
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