My weight

[Natalia2]

Since the new year I started exercising a lot, I was riding my bike 3km 5 times a week (to and back from school) and I started doing MMA two days a week, Tuesday and Thursday, the trainings were only one hour long but they were somewhat intense. Anyway, around 2 months ago I had a visit with my GP, I weighed myself there and I was 61kg, on the 3rd of July I weighed myself again and I was 65kg, yesterday I was eating constantly, to the point where I was full all the time, because I was at my friends grandparents house and they kept feeding us ;-; and I weighed myself today and I weigh 68kg, I also continued exercising every two days since I'm on holiday. I was controlling myself today because I'm absolutely terrified of weighing 70kg, I'm turning 14 in less than a month, and I'm around 5'4", I honestly have no idea what's happening, I don't know if I'm actually getting fatter or my muscle is just compacting or tightening or whatever it's called. But I don't even look overweight, that's what I think anyway. And I really wanted to lose any of the fat I have remaining, I'd highly appreciate it if you guys gave me some advice

 

[MrNiceGuy1]

Hello Natalia and welcome to the forum.

Due to your age, an increase in weight isn’t necessarily a negative. Since your body is still developing, your organs and exercised muscles will be increasing in size. As such, their increased density will lead to weight gain.

Additionally, taking into consideration your level of activity, the weight of muscle mass attached to your bones will lead to increased density of the bones themselves, as they seek to support the muscle that protects them.

Your body is simply growing, while also adapting to the rigours of physical activity, Natalia. If you don’t consider yourself to possess excessive amounts of adipose tissue (fat), don’t worry about the figure presented when stepping upon the scales, since it doesn’t provide an overall representation of body composition.

As for the fat possessed, provided that you reduce simple/refined sugars and saturated animal fat to a minimum, opting to consume sources of complex carbohydrate, unsaturated fat, lean sources of protein and plentiful vegetables, instead, you’ll provide the body with the required nourishment as it continues to develop towards adulthood.

By replacing simple carbohydrate with complex varieties, you'll reduce the rate at which insulin is secreted, in addition to ensuring greater levels of satiety, due to the high fibre content that grains and pulses provide, for example. Moreover, as a general rule, a sustained release of insulin is considerably more beneficial to achieving weight loss, since sustained release makes it easier for insulin to continually 'unlock the door' to the body's cells, allowing glucose (circulating in the bloodstream) to enter, where it's converted into glycogen and stored as energy.