What’s the deal with my weight???

KaleiAlanaSmith

Okay. So I know I’ve seen two posts deal with weight but I want to hear input personally.

I gained 11 pounds in nursing school (125 to 136). I’m 5’8 as well.

5 weeks ago today, I started working out 5-6 days a week doing cardio and weight lifting together, either full body, arms and abs, or legs. I also count my calories to eat around 1200.

Within these 5 weeks I’ve dropped to a steady 134. This morning for my weekly weight in, I’m 138??? What’s the big deal, 4 pound gain!? Not on my period, no bloat, in fact, yesterday I never got the chance to eat dinner!

Is this weight gain due to all the muscle I’m gaining? I’m not trying to gain weight, I’d love to lose my fat and equal out and get down to 130. Is 5 weeks too soon to judge weight? How long did it take for y’all to see weight loss results?

Thank y’all .

malibu927

You didn’t gain four pounds of muscle. On 1200 calories I’m sure you gained zero muscle.

Have you recently had a meal high in carbs/sodium? Are you ovulating? You’ve been losing about half a pound a week, which is perfect for your size.

Seffell

Hi, there are two topics in the forum at the moment just next to yours with the same problem. It can be helpful to read the coments there. The replies to yours will be the same.

LivingtheLeanDream

Why are you only eating 1200 calories, that is NOT ENOUGH for your height.

You are at a healthy weight for your height as it is so IF you want to lose a little bit you should be aiming for 0.5lb a week loss and no more.

Realistically you don't need to lose weight so don't focus on the scales but on how you feel since you started exercising.

It takes months and months to gain muscle. If you are eating at 1200 there's no way you're gaining muscle, in fact you will be losing it and that's never a good idea.

Forget the scales and if you can't, learn that weight fluctuates all the time for a host of reasons.

theknitpicker

Yep @JerSchmare, I've found the same thing - I can swing a whol kg between morning and evening some days depending on my workouts that day, water retention, food intake & type...

@KaleiAlanaSmith have you tried downloading Happy Scale, Libra or one of the other apps that tracks daily averages? I've found it gives a way better overall picture than life's little fluctuations, as it looks at averages & trends...

aeloine

You can't look at daily fluctuations. There could be a millions reasons why you're up from one day to the next. For example, this week I "gained" 5 pounds and "lost" a pound and a half from yesterday. It was all sorts of crazy in between. That's why I have a weight trending app.


And here's mine:

theknitpicker

Yep @aeloine! I'm such a convert to trending apps now

meritage4

I think 130 at 5 8 may be too low of a goal.

malibu927

meritage4 wrote: »

I think 130 at 5 8 may be too low of a goal.

It’s a BMI of 19.76. That’s not too low.