Weight indicates weight gain, even though you eat and exercise the same amount? You wonder what you are doing wrong. There can be many reasons for this. Here are a few of them.
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Lifestyle
Do you live under constant stress lately, you don’t have time to sleep and quit smoking? No wonder body weight is increasing. Many studies have linked too little sleep to weight gain. It was reported that of the group of women who slept less than 7 hours, 12 percent became overweight and 6 percent became obese. What it comes from? On the one hand, when you sit up late at night, you feel hungry and snacking. Extra meals are extra calories, often from unhealthy snacks. On the other hand, lack of sleep causes changes in how the body works, including an increase in ghrelin levels. This in turn increases the feeling of hunger. In turn, cortisol comes to the fore in stressful situations. Its constantly elevated level also increases the appetite. If you add the habit of relieving tension with food, weight gain is guaranteed. We wrote about how bad habits affect the figure in ‘Why am I getting fat’.
Leki
Unfortunately, weight gain is a side effect of some medications. Above all, we should mention antidepressants, steroids, antipsychotics, antiepileptics, anti-migraines or lower blood pressure. It is difficult because diet or exercise will not change it, and discontinuation of such drugs is unlikely to be an option, especially on your own. However, it is always worth talking to the attending physician, who may prescribe something else that will not harm the figure. Remember that with antidepressants, weight gain is sometimes because you start to feel better and your appetite improves. In addition, depression itself affects body weight. In the case of steroids, the increase most often results from disturbed water management and water retention in the body, as well as increasing the feeling of hunger. Some people also notice that while taking medications, fatty tissue begins to accumulate mainly on the abdomen, neck and face area.
Diseases
The thyroid gland controls our metabolism. So, all the diseases associated with her affect the figure. The most common problem is hypothyroidism, where, in addition to gaining weight, you notice fatigue, weakness, or a constant feeling of coldness. It is worth emphasizing here that even if the level of thyroid hormones is normal, but within its lower limits, you may notice weight gain. Also, health problems related to the central nervous system or adrenal glands can cause weight gain. Also PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), Cushing’s syndrome, Turner syndrome and many other ailments are associated with excessive fat storage. In the case of diseases, overweight is a consequence of changes in the body taking place during them. We wrote about it in ‘Where does obesity come from’.
Birth control pills and menopause
In the event of the menopause, the hormonal changes that occur can affect body weight. They also affect the distribution of fat in the body. At this time, the body more readily begins to accumulate fat around the abdomen. Menopause is also associated with a decrease in metabolic rate, which slows down with age, and therefore, even though you eat the same amount, you start to gain weight. If you additionally reduce your activity, gaining weight becomes a fact during this time.
In turn, women of childbearing age blame hormonal contraception for weight gain. Indeed, it was a common problem with old-generation drugs. Currently however, most birth control pills do not have these effects side effects. Some ladies may experience weight gain over time taking medications as a result of water retention in the body. However, this is usually a short-term effect. If anyway you are concerned about the effects of the pills on your body shape, talk to yours about it gynecologist.
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