ARGHHHHHHH! I've been eating healthy for FOUR WEEKS! (with a couple of missed, but not pig outs) I've been going to the gym for FOUR WEEKS! The first week was great, lost 1.5kg. Ever since? I've ****ING PUT ON! Not a huge ammount (.15 of a kg, and .10 of a kg) but **** OFF YOU STUPID SCALE!
Now logically, I know the old "muscle is denser then fat" and that's why the weight isn't moving, but I DON'T CARE! MOVE DAMN IT! MOVE DOWN!
Im sorry to hear that, Im not used to kg, I mainly use stones and/or pounds so its harder to know what exactly it is u lost and gained.
What types or food was u eating? wat exercise? typical day?
how many calories?
Right, to put this in perspective... you "put on" 100g or 150g That's half a big bar of chocolate. That's like 2 Mars Bars (weight wise) OR it's 100ml or 150ml water. And I'm sure it IS water weight.
Try to change things up a bit during the week. Also if you are weight training, then yes muscle will hinder the scale's progress but that's ok because we want to keep hold of our lovely muscle and loose the squidgy fat. So I'm sorry the scale's being a pain, but it will move again if you keep doing things right.
I know it always sucks to put on weight-- but as you said, it's probably muscle. What you might want to do is take a tape measure and measure yourself-- hips, waist, bust, arms, legs-- and then every few weeks measure yourself again. You may have put on weight, but you may have lost inches. And in the end, I think that's what really matters.
If you've been working out that seriously, then your muscles are retaining water. It happens. Stop working out for about a week or two weeks and you will see the scale drop by 3 or 4 pounds. Resume working out and it will go high again. But if you really are working out that hard, then you really don't want to stop. You will keep losing size whether you lose pounds or not. It is much better to be smaller (where people can see it) than be lighter on the scale (where people can't).
There is a site you might like to read, John Hussman has written some seriously intersting information about how our bodies change when we are losing fat. Read some of these articles and I think you will feel better : http://www.hussmanfitness.org/theScale.html
I agree with what the others said and I'm experiencing the same thing right now. As I've mentioned in other threads I've plateaued (or actually gained a little) scale wise, however, I tried on a pair of pants yesterday I hadn't worn in a couple weeks and they were looser. So am I losing fat. I just started a new lower body routine and have been SORE so I know I'm just packing on some muscle right now. You are doing the same and don't worry. Just don't get frustrated and give. Keep doing what your doing and don't put too much stress on the scale (even as I wrote that I hate me because I KNOW how important the scale feels!). Just hang in there :hugs:
Thanks guys. I know I'm not really putting on (as my contact at SureSlim said yesterday, I've barely put on a small bottle of Coke) but I want to see changes damn it! I've defentitly lost cm (2cm from my gut alone this week) and we're going to do that every week (and measure other parts beside, bust, waist and chest) until I start seeing some difference on the scale, because I need to see, with numbers, that I AM losing something off my body.
don't let it get you down renny. it is way too easy to just focus on the numbers but try and think about how you are feeling aswell - and how your clothes feel.
how about avoiding the scales for a couple of weeks ( ).
*boots scales across room*
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