Wanting to loose weight but my muscle keeps tippin the scale

farminguitarist

Hello, I have lost 23 pounds and want to loose another 37. I am very active and have a lot of body muscle. It seems if I exercise my jiggle goes away but the scale goes up , I can see my muscles bulge. I want to weight less but the more I exercise the heavier I get. Any thoughts?!

SuggaD

Highly doubt this.

Azuriaz

I will take muscle and no jiggle any day, even if the scale goes up 1000 pounds.

arditarose

So...you're saying that you are gaining weight? Is it just a fluctuation or are you consistently gaining on a weekly basis? You need to be in a calorie deficit if you want to lose.

tatilove1988

Do you want to weigh less for insurance reason??? Because gaining muscle mass isn't a bad thing. In fact, you look leaner when you have muscles.

zoeysasha37

If your eating at a deficit, its unlikely your building that much muscle.
Something isn't right with this story at all.
Are you eating at a surplus or deficit ?

shadow2soul

I'm going out on a limb, but I'm pretty sure your experiencing water retention. New exercise or increased intensity in a workout routine will result in your muscles holding onto water for repairs. This causes a temporary increase or stall on the scale. It's normal and happens to everyone.

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The other side of the coin, is that your actually eating in a surplus and that is causing your gain. However, in this case you would gain regardless of whether you exercise or not.

Alluminati

wut

oh_happy_day

Maybe some more details would help.

What's your calorie intake? Current weight and height? Are you experiencing fluctuations or are you consistently gaining?

LumberJacck

SuggaD wrote: »

Highly doubt this.

Yep, me too. I recall someone wanted to be as slim and muscular as the Victoria Secret models, and she gained about 25 grams of muscle a day doing lots of exercise (Poppy Cross). That's not a lot. Losing say 100g a day with diet and exercise is not particularly difficult.