how to balance out weight gain due to muscle gain or weight

kalebsmama07

what should i do i got 7lbs to go to my goal weight but wanted to start weight trainnin to tone.....what should i do or what has worked for u????? i want to tone but i dont wanna gain weight.... is it real true weight or muscle ive been doing weight trainnin for a week now.....should i keep with the weight trainnin and eventually will the weight fall off too????or just continue to lose weight????? help thanks in advance! any suggestions n help appreciated also so u know iam still continuing eatting healthy n clean with high protien n fiber! i have started to worry about measurements i just get discouraged n need suporrt that everything will work out ...i know u cant do both ive just never followed thru on weight trainin cuz of scale thing when i didnt know better but i just wanna know that things will balance out in the end i guess........why would the scale go up anyway??? just surious water muscles withholding????

NightOwl1

You can't gain muscle weight while you're losing weight. Your body only works in one of two modes, weight loss or weight gain. You can't do both at the same time. Strength training is an important part of weight loss, because if you don't do it, you'll be losing muscle in addition to losing weight.

Weight lifting won't cause you to gain weight as long as you are operating at a deficit.

mycrazyturtles

You have to remember that weight does weigh more than muscle but muscle burns more fat. So maybe you should re-look loose weight and look at loosing inches in stead. That way the weight things does not get you down. When I was in the army I lost no weight but I went from a size 14 to a 10. I would say that is progress.

teetee1281

Since you are only 7lbs away and want to weight train, I would go head and start. People often think that muscle weighs more than fat but that is not totally true, muscle is more dense than fat so it seems to weigh more (but it actually takes up less space than fat). Anyway, muscle help burn fat, so as you increase your muscle mass your will also burn more fat. So, you could probably do both, weight train and knock off those last few pounds. To totally see the difference, take your measurements so you can see the difference in inches if the scale does not budge. Hope that helps.

karensoxfan

You would have to work out A LOT (hours of weight training daily) to actually gain weight from building muscle. More often, the weight gain that results from starting exercising or starting strength training is the result of water retention while your body heals the tiny tears in your muscles from working them.

After that, even as you build muscle, your muscle:fat ratio changes, and as you build muscle, you're also losing fat. So even during weeks that your weight stays the same, you're probably getting smaller, because muscle is more compact/dense than fat.

Increasing your muscle % also increases your metabolism, so you'll burn even MORE fat.

Goal_Seeker_1988

Keep doin what you are doin. You are not goin to gain weight from weight training. I've been weight training since April 2008 I never once gained due to the fact that I weight train. In fact I lost weight. Finished my weight loss in July 2009 and I've kept it off since then. Are you weight training for 6 hours a day and takin in alot of protein?? You are NOT goin to gain weight from weight trainin. You're last 7lbs will take awhile!!!!! The last 10lbs are always the hardest to lose! Stick with it, don't give up and don't stop weight training!!!!!

dlaplume2

I think, becasue you are so close. and worried about it, you should measure the areas you want to tone and the areas you want to lose fat in and track your progress that way. You may go up in the scale but down in inches, while you are toning.