Exercised and now stuck ughhh
 

So ive been on my weight loss journey since 7/11/12. ive lost 30+ lbs. One day last week i went to the gym and lifted weights. well i over did it and was sore for like 5 days lol. But thats not the problem. I havent been losing since i went and Im eating the same. I know muscle weighs more than fat but from one day? Is that possible? i havent gone back to the gym and weighed today and was down again. I thought exercise was good lol. Should I stay away from weights and just do cardio for a while???

Do you think the trip to the gym made you gain fat? Or do you think it was water weight? What is your motivation for lifting? I wonder if you need maybe more than 1 day of working out to judge whether or not it's right for your.

its probably water. I want to weight lift so i wont get loose skin when im done losing weight. Im just new at exercising so not sure what to do

All that soreness means muscle repair happening which uses a lot of water to do so. In order to build muscle you have to work it hard, that causes micro tears and the body uses glycogen and water in the muscle to repair it. This is why it looks like the muscle is "pumped" up after a workout and appears harder. It is not fat gain.
When people lift weights often enough, they may not see scale drops like before because your body will try to preserve the muscle you are using and get rid of the nonessential fat stores (this is good). Before you may have been losing muscle right along with fat and were seeing faster scale losses. Most people that lift will see sizes decreasing faster than the numbers on the scale. This is a better situation to preserve the muscle and lose the fat.
A better measure of progress would be a measuring tape, or just make sure you are weighing in at least a couple days after lifting weights. Once you get used to lifting, you may not get as sore for as long.
It is pretty hard for a woman to put on muscle very fast. Typical would be about a quarter pound a week if you are really lifting hard and eating at TDEE or above. Most of what you are seeing is probably water weight.
If all you care about is weighing less on the scale, keep doing all cardio, if you care about body composition and looking more fit, keep up with the weights at least 2-3 times a week and just take the scale weight with a grain of salt.
Good luck and I hope that helps!

i do 2 30 min cardio sessions everyday to burn fat n strength train everyday alternating different areas each day of course. when the muscles ache ur body retains water to heal them. daily weighing can be discouraging when strength training or heavy lifting. i just bought a tape measure to start keeping track that way cuz the scale is starting to tick me off lol. good luck!

Thanks guys :) I think ill use the measuring tape for a while and keep lifting. I felt amazing after