Why do weight levels rise even with regular gym visits? Factors range from medications like Prednisone and antidepressants to vitamin deficiencies and digestive issues.
Smoking not only increases your risk of developing lung cancer and heart disease; it also causes you to store fat around your middle. Despite its ability to squelch hunger pains, a study published in a 2012 issue of "PLoS One" found that smokers had more belly fat than their non-smoking counterparts.
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When you gain weight, it usually creeps on slowly over several weeks or months -- not all at once in one day. Weight gain occurs when you consume more calories than you burn. A 3,500-calorie surplus -- 3,500 calories in addition to those you use every day -- will make you gain about 1 pound.
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You're doing your best to lose weight by watching what you eat and reducing portions, but the pounds continue to pile on. Decreasing your calories doesn't bring about weight loss unless you're consuming fewer calories than you burn daily.
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Downing way too much food can make your tummy ache with the pressure. Rest assured that it's nearly impossible to make your stomach burst, even if It feels as if it might. Overeating stretches your stomach, but once the food passes through your digestive tract, your stomach shrinks back to its normal size.
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