My body weight wont budge

hide9_seek7

Hello everyone.
So i have been working out and eating relatively clean for 3 years now! I started at 165lbs then slowly and surely got to 138lbs. I know its not much but from the pics anyone can see the huge difference.
Well, now i kinda changed my work out pattern. While in the past i was doing more cardio, now I am totally into strenght training. I go to gym 5 days a week and work out all my muscle group according the days. However i noticed i gained couple of pounds and its been 1 month i am stuck at 140lbs. I dont know why i wont lose weight. I am hoping its cuz of muscle gain but i am worried anyway.
So i was wondering if i am doing anything wrong:/ my ideal weight is 127lbs. I am 5.3 btw.

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks:)

malibu927

Are you counting calories?

singingflutelady

You didn't gain a few pounds of muscle in a month. It is probably water retention.

hide9_seek7

malibu927 wrote: »

Are you counting calories?

i started counting calories again. i am not going over tho

snickerscharlie

Your answer is in here somewhere:

DisneyDude85

Water retention from a new workout routine is my guess.

hide9_seek7

singingflutelady wrote: »

You didn't gain a few pounds of muscle in a month. It is probably water retention.

any suggestion how i can avoid it?

hide9_seek7

snickerscharlie wrote: »

Your answer is in here somewhere:

thank you this is very informative:)

kshama2001

singingflutelady wrote: »

You didn't gain a few pounds of muscle in a month. It is probably water retention.

hide9_seek7 wrote: »

any suggestion how i can avoid it?

You've already retained the water. It will go away in a few weeks. Prepare for a weight loss woosh!

I'm assuming you are consuming plenty of liquid - yes? That can help reduce water retention, but it won't prevent it from starting weight lifting.

hide9_seek7

kshama2001 wrote: »

singingflutelady wrote: »

You didn't gain a few pounds of muscle in a month. It is probably water retention.

hide9_seek7 wrote: »

any suggestion how i can avoid it?

You've already retained the water. It will go away in a few weeks. Prepare for a weight loss woosh!

I'm assuming you are consuming plenty of liquid - yes? That can help reduce water retention, but it won't prevent it from starting weight lifting.

i am trying to consume a lot of water but sometimes i forget:(

oh and i also drink protein powder after my work outs. I forgot to mention that.


so you are saying weight lifting may be the culprit for the water retention?

P.S. thank you for info btw:)

JeromeBarry1

"now I am totally into strength training" Since you introduced the discussion with this assertion, I infer that you are lifting weights that are heavy to you and increasing the heft of your lift frequently. That's the way strength training happens (along with some other details). Doing that to your muscles causes micro-tears in your muscle tissue. This is the cause of muscle soreness on a day after you hit a muscle group. That muscle soreness is your body repairing the muscle and trying to make it stronger than before. Your body needs extra water at the site of the repair to do the repair. Accept that pound of water as a badge of victory,

cerise_noir

Are you using a food scale to measure all your solid and semi solid foods?
Do you weigh the protein powder?