Weight gain when starting gym

Red2502

Is it normal
I've gained 3kg since starting the gym 7 weeks ago and I'm gutted about it...
Im doing cardio, some weights, combat hit class and yoga
Am I doing something wrong

Lietchi

There are two important factors to consider:

1) Are you logging your food? Exercise can make you hungrier and it's easy to inadvertently eat more than you were eating before (and even eat more extra calories than the calories you are burning through exercise).
2) Exercise, especially a new routine, can cause water retention (for muscle repair) which can cause an increase on the scale. (in the long run, you could also be gaining muscle mass, but after 7 weeks that will be minimal).

I would start by carefully monitoring your food intake, if you aren't already. Weight management is all about calories in versus calories out. Exercise alone is no guarantee for weight loss.

Dogmom1978

Exercise is for health. Eating in a deficit is for weight loss. Are you weighing and measuring your food? Checking for accuracy to make sure the database is correct? Not overestimating calories burned doing said exercise? If you are adding your exercise in to mfp, make sure that your daily activity level doesn’t already reflect your exercise.

B_Plus_Effort

What is your goal? Is it weight loss? If so then are you consuming any supplements ie protein shakes, protein bars, etc.? If so ditch them, supplements are for peak athletes who can not consume enough calories do to their incredible exertions as a regular person you don't need them, if you are trying to loose weight you sure don't need them, especially how fraudulent most of them are since they are not regulated.

When you start a regiment like you said you have you should be loosing some weight even when you are building muscle, the loss of fat should outweigh the muscle gains, so you are probably consuming too many calories still.

And contrary to popular belief you can build muscle even in a slight calorie deficit.

slade51

Exercise is good for you. Starving yourself while exercising just to drop weight is counterproductive.
Continue with the gym, and use the mirror as well as the scale to gauge progress.