Im eating healthy, doing a lot of cardio and minimal weight lifting why am i...

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Becky

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...gaining weight? Im at 18 year old female. im 5' 8" and I weigh 155lbs...im eating so healthy and working out at least 6 days a week doing and doing at least an hour of cardio each time. Im not doing weight lifting to avoid gaining muscle weight... what am i doing wrong and how can i change this?
 
You ARE running, and that is working out your leg muscles. That makes gaining muscle

The way to change that is drink plenty of water each day and just eat healthy foods.
Some people who run loose weight and don't gain a lot of muscle, and some people are just born muscular, like body builders
 
Females do not have enough testosterone in their bodies to gain a great deal of muscle. So put your mind to rest on that. Many females have the mentality that they should restrict their calorie intake too much which is counterproductive to weight loss. If you are taking in between 1200 and 1500 calories daily and burning 600 to 1000 calories in cardio you put your body in too much of a deficit. Your body requires calories for its normal functions, then you put the stress of cardio on it, which burns more calories, which is great, but you need to make sure you replenish your energy stores again.

There is so much to explain here but bottom line......eat healthy, keep up the cardiovascular activities to keep the heart and lungs healthy, strength train (or weight lift) 2 times a week to keep the muscles and bones strong (I can't stress enough the importance of this) and you will begin to see your body transform the right way. Your weight is not bad at all so don't worry about it so much. Have your body fat measured and keep that within the healthy range. You'll look fabulous!!
 
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