Muscle weight

kateguy1981

Hi All just asking for advice! I’m trying to loose weight as I’m overweight and so I’m eating at a deficit I’m also slowly increasing exercise after injuring my hip last year but currently exercising moderately! I have started weight training over last three weeks along with yoga and HIIT but my weight loss has dramatically lessened although I do feel better in myself! Would this be enough time to gain miscle mass as I know this weighs heavier or do you think I should eat a bigger deficit (not eat back some of my exercise calories?.... I don’t tend to eat them all or over indulge)??

livingleanlivingclean

Starting to train more will often cause your body to retain more fluid as a way to help it repair itself.

If weight training is a new thing, you may experience some muscle gains whilst in a deficit, but probably not enough to counteract fat loss....

Keep it up!

sijomial

3 months would be a more reasonable timescale to build a little muscle.
As said above the most likely assumption is water retention from soreness caused by the new exercise routine.

Increasing exercise and decreasing calories would be a poor choice.
Success shouldn't just be measured by your bathroom scales, there's so much more to health than that.

kateguy1981

Thanks guys I think I just have to be patient!

LivingtheLeanDream

It takes months to see muscle growth but there could be newbie gains.

Exercise calories are meant to be eaten back - its just a question of how many. Some people are confident in their food logging and their exercise burns aren't being overestimated so they eat theirs all back. I ate most of mine back and still lost weight.
You wont gain muscle whilst at calorie deficit, its more likely eating at maintenance calories or at a slight surplus.

Azdak

If it helps, I have seen someone gain as much as 2-3 lbs of water weight after jumping into a weight training program after not having lifted for a long time.

kateguy1981

Thanks x