So confused

Hollisamara

So I've been calorie counting since the end of February. (I have three stone of baby weight to lose)... so far I've lost 1 pound per week, not gained at any point. I weigh myself every Friday morning.
I hadn't excercised at all up until last week. I did two exercise classes and moaned on here that I'd still only lost 1 pound. That night (last Friday), I drank loads of water... weighed myself the following morning and I had lost another 3lb.
This week I stepped up my exercise and went to a body pump class last night. I am so achey and sore all over but I feel good for it. I stepped on the scale today and I'm 4lb heavier! So now I feel like rubbish.
I've been googling and trying to convince myself it's water retention blah blah blah... but 4lbs worth? Really??
Feeling so disheartened and ashamed of myself.

tiptoethruthetulips

Yes really water retention (plus perhaps other things hormones etc)...if you are feeling really sore you can guarantee water retention. The fluid has been retained to help with repair of muscles.

It's not fat, its fluid due to exercise and other things, its temporary.

Fluid retention is a natural bodily function, there is no reason to feel ashamed of yourself. This is how our bodies work.

psuLemon

jellytot3 wrote: »

So I've been calorie counting since the end of February. (I have three stone of baby weight to lose)... so far I've lost 1 pound per week, not gained at any point. I weigh myself every Friday morning.
I hadn't excercised at all up until last week. I did two exercise classes and moaned on here that I'd still only lost 1 pound. That night (last Friday), I drank loads of water... weighed myself the following morning and I had lost another 3lb.
This week I stepped up my exercise and went to a body pump class last night. I am so achey and sore all over but I feel good for it. I stepped on the scale today and I'm 4lb heavier! So now I feel like rubbish.
I've been googling and trying to convince myself it's water retention blah blah blah... but 4lbs worth? Really??
Feeling so disheartened and ashamed of myself.

I carry 2-3 lbs of water weight constantly due to exercise. Is it worth it? absolutely! Because your body will change in much better ways and you will be able to eat more calories and still lose weight by exercising. Personally, I could care less what the scales says. And I would much rather be 175 and fit, then 165 and flabby.

malibu927

Unless you ate 14,000 calories over maintenance for the week, it's water

deannalfisher

on top of the water retention from working out - any chance its close to your time of the month? that can also cause water retention

moonstroller

Try not to feel ashamed, you're working out and that's great. This is water retention and the same thing happens to me after a hard cardio work out and I drink lots of water. I can jump anywhere from one pound to three and a half pounds, depending on the intensity of my work out and the quantity of water I drink.

seska422

A new exercise program is something that causes many individuals to hold on to extra water for a while in order to do muscle repair.

It's normal for weight to vary. Focus on what your weigh trend does over time rather than day-to-day or even week-to-week. Think of each time you weigh as a new data point rather than being important all by itself. Here's a recent trend for me where I was at or under my calorie goal every day:

StaciMarie1974

Achey, sore muscles are going to be retaining water to prepare themselves. Part of a natural process. Its temporary.