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Not Gaining Weight - Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:09 AM
Ok, I've being working out for about 1 month now. The thing is I've only gained about 0.5kg so approximately 1.1lb. Before doing weights, I was having about 3 square meals with a very small breakfast. Now since doing weights 4 times a week, I eat about 5 times a day, around 2300-2400 calories a day or maybe less as I don't always have time to eat and my weight as you can tell (47kg, 103lb) is very light.

This happened like last time during summer. I had a 4 month period off, and I was doing weights as well but not as intensive and I only gained 3 kilos within the 4 months. Does this mean I'm not eating enough? I've calculated so that I eat 500 calories above my maintainence level but I seem to be gaining weight at a very slow pace. Btw, I have Crohn's Disease so I'm not sure if that could be effecting it. 
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RE: Not Gaining Weight - Sunday, August 13, 2006 3:13 AM
if your diet is in check the only thing that could be holding you back from gain weight is that your burning off too many calories thus bringing you back to a maintenance level of calorie absorbtion. if you have a active lifestyle add another couple hundred calories into your diet and see what happens.
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RE: Not Gaining Weight - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:50 AM
i have around 2-3 bowel movements a day, could this also effect it?
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RE: Not Gaining Weight - Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:46 AM
if u into supps im takin N-large II right now i just started monday so havent seen much yet but that taste is pretty good. i got the strawberry. it might help u get over a plateu that u are stuck on. first i would increase your cals. and see if u start to see much of a change.

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RE: Not Gaining Weight - Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:51 AM
i didnt notice u mentioned u had Crohn's Disease that could play a role in not gaining weight. i did some research and this site is pretty good.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/index.htm#what
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