Weight Gain

_annyleigh

I've been logging my food for awhile now (didn't start getting as tight until about a month ago and I finally bought a food scale last week, so it'll become even more accurate now) and I was losing weight for a bit, but now I am gaining weight back. I exercise 3-5 times per week, usually for 30-50 mins at a time. I am still losing inches, though. About an inch or so a week per body part (depending what area but that's about average). Is this extra weight that I'm gaining due to gaining muscle, from retaining water, or just something else I'm not seeing? As encouraging as it is to be losing inches still, gaining weight again is really throwing me off.

L1zardQueen

Inches lost trumps scale weight every time!

_annyleigh

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

Inches lost trumps scale weight every time!

Definitely agree! It's just a pain when I step on the scale and see that I'm gaining weight even when I'm working so hard. It doesn't help that it's hard to see physical progress on yourself, too - other people mention that I look skinnier and healthier, but I just don't see it.

Muscleflex79

you are not putting on muscle that quickly or at a rate that would outpace fat loss.

you say you bought a food scale, but your logging shows that most foods you have measured in amounts/cups, not weights (I only looked back a few days, but almost everything is "one piece," "6 donuts" or "one cup"). buying a scale is not enough - you need to use it!

_annyleigh

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

you are not putting on muscle that quickly or at a rate that would outpace fat loss.

you say you bought a food scale, but your logging shows that most foods you have measured in amounts/cups, not weights (I only looked back a few days, but almost everything is "one piece," "6 donuts" or "one cup"). buying a scale is not enough - you need to use it!

It hasn't come in the mail yet - it's supposed to come today.

Muscleflex79

_annyleigh wrote: »

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

you are not putting on muscle that quickly or at a rate that would outpace fat loss.

you say you bought a food scale, but your logging shows that most foods you have measured in amounts/cups, not weights (I only looked back a few days, but almost everything is "one piece," "6 donuts" or "one cup"). buying a scale is not enough - you need to use it!

It hasn't come in the mail yet - it's supposed to come today.

you'll be in for an eye opener once you start weighing everything! do that for a few weeks and you should see a difference.