Started P90X3 and am gaining weight and inches?

kearbear101
kearbear101 Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I'm on day 6 of p90x3 and I know, it's not that far, but I normally weigh and measure myself on a weekly basis. So I started last Monday but was out 2 days with a serve cold. And before I started my waist was 28 inches and my hips were 32. I weighed 138ish. Today, I weighed 140.8, my waist 32 inches and waist about 28. So I guess my measure to haven't gone up too bad but when I logged it on October 16, I had 26.5 inches on my waist and 31 inches on my waist. I don't know if I was pulling it too snug, or something like that. Because if know early on I was pulling the tape too snug around my waist so some of my measurements are off. So please help. I need advice pleaseee :)

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    measuring weekly will just drive you crazy... you wont see results that fast.

  • Cyndal25
    Cyndal25 Posts: 9 Member
    Are you making sure you are taking the measurements at the same spot every time?
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    As for the weight gain, you're probably retaining water due to your new workout. That's what muscles do when they start getting worked harder than they're used to. Its completely normal.

    The measurements are probably just due to the error of tape measuring (meaning pulled a different tightness, in a slightly different spot, etc). I measure weekly and my measurements can be all over the place. I've gotten better at it over time. Either look at measurements more as a trend (meaning frequent measurements, but ignore individual results) or measure less frequently (only 1x a month or every other month). You could also be fluctuating due to your monthly cycle (I'm assuming you're a woman).

    Just keep working and pay close attention to what you're eating. Remember that to gain one pound you have to eat 3500 calories OVER your maintenance level. Unless you were gorging yourself silly for the past week, you didn't legit gain almost 3 pounds.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    How many calories per day are you eating?
  • TFaustino67
    TFaustino67 Posts: 551 Member
    I_Will_End_You wrote: »
    How many calories per day are you eating?

    it's your diet. Adjust accordingly.

  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    If you bothered to read the booklet that comes with the program you'll see it tells you to take measurements only monthly, not weekly. You will see fluctuations if you measure more frequently than that which will drive you crazy. You need to cut back to your weigh-ins and measurements monthly, not weekly. If you can't do this, then frankly you're too obsessive about it and not in a state of mind to where you can safely do a program like this.
  • kearbear101
    kearbear101 Posts: 15 Member
    Yea I did read the booklet but I guess I missed that part. And I know I shouldn't be measuring every week but sometimes I just can't help it... I'll try harder this time to only measure per month
    contingencyplan wrote: »
    If you bothered to read the booklet that comes with the program you'll see it tells you to take measurements only monthly, not weekly. You will see fluctuations if you measure more frequently than that which will drive you crazy. You need to cut back to your weigh-ins and measurements monthly, not weekly. If you can't do this, then frankly you're too obsessive about it and not in a state of mind to where you can safely do a program like this.

  • kearbear101
    kearbear101 Posts: 15 Member
    I_Will_End_You wrote: »
    How many calories per day are you eating?
    I eat 1500 calories which I was eating 1300 before I started the workouts
  • kearbear101
    kearbear101 Posts: 15 Member
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    As for the weight gain, you're probably retaining water due to your new workout. That's what muscles do when they start getting worked harder than they're used to. Its completely normal.

    The measurements are probably just due to the error of tape measuring (meaning pulled a different tightness, in a slightly different spot, etc). I measure weekly and my measurements can be all over the place. I've gotten better at it over time. Either look at measurements more as a trend (meaning frequent measurements, but ignore individual results) or measure less frequently (only 1x a month or every other month). You could also be fluctuating due to your monthly cycle (I'm assuming you're a woman).

    Just keep working and pay close attention to what you're eating. Remember that to gain one pound you have to eat 3500 calories OVER your maintenance level. Unless you were gorging yourself silly for the past week, you didn't legit gain almost 3 pounds.
    Yes, I am a girl. And My cycles been kinda off so that could be bloating, or the water retention due to the new workout. Thanks!

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