My weight went UP with exersize!!!!
kiknitwite
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I was devastated when I got on the scale on Saturday guys! 
I weighed 255, and I'm so sick of seeing that number. 2 weeks prior I was 252 and was really confident that I would be in the 240's, not UP 3 pounds. I'm terrified that keto is betraying me, and I'm worried. I know its not a race but still 2 weeks and up 3 pounds?! I've been constantly in moderate keto PLUS I started working out (HIT) 5 days a week. Shark week is not for almost 2 weeks and I don't know why I would be gaining. I'm frustrated!!! HELP guys! I read that working out may make you gain water weight and give it days for it to drop. I JUST started my workout plan last Monday so maybe the weight hadn't dropped? I just think it's taking so long for consistent loss.
I weighed 255, and I'm so sick of seeing that number. 2 weeks prior I was 252 and was really confident that I would be in the 240's, not UP 3 pounds. I'm terrified that keto is betraying me, and I'm worried. I know its not a race but still 2 weeks and up 3 pounds?! I've been constantly in moderate keto PLUS I started working out (HIT) 5 days a week. Shark week is not for almost 2 weeks and I don't know why I would be gaining. I'm frustrated!!! HELP guys! I read that working out may make you gain water weight and give it days for it to drop. I JUST started my workout plan last Monday so maybe the weight hadn't dropped? I just think it's taking so long for consistent loss. 0
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P.S. I did lose some inches though... So maybe I burned fat and it's water weight??? Bust stayed the same but waist, hips, thighs an arms went down an inch in the last 2 weeks. Maybe I'm just acting crazy huh?0
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This happened to me also. It's just water weight. When I stated exercising I gained, then lost the next week. Last week, I started boot camp and I gained almost a pound. I bet this week I will be back down. I weigh myself weekly, but I am trying to focus on my month to month changes in weight and measurements. The weekly weigh-in fluctuate too much.0
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You lost INCHES, so that's great! You won't always see simultaneous progress with the scale and measurements, so just enjoy whichever one you see results in. Just stick with it - it will pay off.0
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It's probably muscle mass that has grown since you started exercising. HIT will do that and it's a good thing, as all that extra muscle will burn extra fat when you're resting.0
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P.S. I did lose some inches though... So maybe I burned fat and it's water weight??? Bust stayed the same but waist, hips, thighs an arms went down an inch in the last 2 weeks. Maybe I'm just acting crazy huh?
You never know where you gain lean mass - and it's probably not healthy to run DXA scans on a weekly basis, so you'll have to let your body "do its thing". I've been back on keto for the last 6 weeks, and two weeks ago I resumed my resistance training scheme - promptly my weight loss slowed down dramatically. It doesn't matter - give the body some time to "rearrange". As long as you're losing inches (milestone: need new belt), everything's just fine.0 -
It happens, you might be gaining lean mass and burning fat. I never bothered about scale and always relied on bod pod/ body scans every week or every other week. Pro-athletes get bod pod/ body scans every week, nothing unhealthy about them.0
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If I work out to hard I will completely stall or gain by the scale but will lose inches. I was in a 6 week "stall" of gaining and losing the same 4 pounds. I finally cut out the cardio and upped my calories by 500. When I did the scale started consistently moving down again. If you are tearing down muscle then you will hold some water for repair and it may takes a couple weeks for the whoosh. If you are a newbie lifter you may be seeing small LBM gains even if you are eating at a deficit. KCKO.0
