the scale is mocking me

crystalinda

So I've been working out for the last 12 days in a row, my net calories consumed each day have been under 1200 (except for one day where I went over 100 calories), Last week I burned a total of 3900 calories. At Saturday's weigh in I was down another pound, after weigh in I did my 30 DS work out then went to work out at the beach for another 1.5 hrs for a special beach bootcamp session. As a result, I spent all day yesterday very sore but still did my 30 DS work out. So I thought I would weigh myself this morning to see if there were any immediate results, and there were - scale said I gained 2.5 pounds since Saturday!!!!

How is this possible? I know muscle weighs more than fat but 2.5 lbs in 2 days? c'mon!

I knew I shouldn't have weighed in, I try to keep it to Saturdays but sometimes I can't help my self. I'm not logging this gain and I'm going to wait until the end of the week like I should. Argh! :grumble:

Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet

Might be a temporary fluctuation. Keep with it and don't get discouraged.

nosey_rosey

So I've been working out for the last 12 days in a row, my net calories consumed each day have been under 1200 (except for one day where I went over 100 calories), Last week I burned a total of 3900 calories. At Saturday's weigh in I was down another pound, after weigh in I did my 30 DS work out then went to work out at the beach for another 1.5 hrs for a special beach bootcamp session. As a result, I spent all day yesterday very sore but still did my 30 DS work out. So I thought I would weigh myself this morning to see if there were any immediate results, and there were - scale said I gained 2.5 pounds since Saturday!!!!

How is this possible? I know muscle weighs more than fat but 2.5 lbs in 2 days? c'mon!

I knew I shouldn't have weighed in, I try to keep it to Saturdays but sometimes I can't help my self. I'm not logging this gain and I'm going to wait until the end of the week like I should. Argh! :grumble:

I feel ya girl!! I have been busting my butt allllll week and the scale didn't move what the heck?????

Jeepinmom4

Yea I keep going up and down 2 lbs myself. I won't lie I weigh myself allmost every day! But somehow on my weigh day I'm down a cpl lbs again,I don't know how it works it just does. When I'm up lbs I DON'T log it I pretend I didn't see it lol. Did you take measurements? If not do it! I've only lost 8 lbs in 6 weeks but I've also lost 4 1/2 inches and THAT'S what I'm more excited about! Good luck

dad106

Your muscles are prob. hanging on to water. Give it a few days and see what happens.. I know that my scale went up like 2 pounds after I saw my trainer.. I was highly annoyed with him that day.. but now its going back down.

alohabrie

Your net calories might be the problem. You said you keep them under 1200 - but how far under? If you are working out a lot - you may not be eating enough.

bmmadden

Make sure you measure yourself too, your probably losing lots of inches, as well and perhaps eat more of your exercise calories

kroessler1

This is happening to me too! Its sooooo frustrating.. just try and focus on measurements, not the weight. I no it is hard... but just do it, that is better.. You will see your waist line shrinking and who cares what the number is? Well, I do.. I know its hard, but try and focus on the positive and measure, dont weigh in!

McKayMachina

So I've been working out for the last 12 days in a row

You need rest days. Seriously. This is when your body repairs and balances itself and systems reset. Give yourself no fewer than one-two days of rest per week. I will bet money you'll see a shift in weight once you institute rest days off of exercise.

crystalinda

Yea I keep going up and down 2 lbs myself. I won't lie I weigh myself allmost every day! But somehow on my weigh day I'm down a cpl lbs again,I don't know how it works it just does. When I'm up lbs I DON'T log it I pretend I didn't see it lol. Did you take measurements? If not do it! I've only lost 8 lbs in 6 weeks but I've also lost 4 1/2 inches and THAT'S what I'm more excited about! Good luck

First off 8 lbs is great, congrats! I'm at about the same (before this slight gain that is). I did take measurements and they didn't seem to change at al even with the 2lb loss on Sat morning. Someone pointed out that it might be water retention and I did have 2 days in a row of 20+ cups of water so maybe that might be a contributing factor. I'm also going to try eating more earlier in the day someone pointed my calorie intake might be a little low.

I totally relate to your post, it made me giggle thanks for the pick me up!

crystalinda

So I've been working out for the last 12 days in a row

You need rest days. Seriously. This is when your body repairs and balances itself and systems reset. Give yourself no fewer than one-two days of rest per week. I will bet money you'll see a shift in weight once you institute rest days off of exercise.

But I'm doing the 30 DS? Should I still skip a day to rest and pick up where I left off after? I thought I was supposed to go every day for 30 consecutive? Besides, its only 20 minutes, a tough 20 minutes but still.

McKayMachina

So I've been working out for the last 12 days in a row

You need rest days. Seriously. This is when your body repairs and balances itself and systems reset. Give yourself no fewer than one-two days of rest per week. I will bet money you'll see a shift in weight once you institute rest days off of exercise.

But I'm doing the 30 DS? Should I still skip a day to rest and pick up where I left off after? I thought I was supposed to go every day for 30 consecutive? Besides, its only 20 minutes, a tough 20 minutes but still.

Well, you can stick with it and see how it goes or you can institute rest days and see how it goes. I'd personally choose the latter. But it's up to you.

pelester3117

Don't get discouraged, keep it up!

Jenscan

I see several issues working against you here.

#1 - eating under 1200 net ... it's not advised that you do that. You should be at 1200 net MINIMUM. Especially burning that many calories a week.
#2 - rest days ... yeah, 30DS is supposed to be consecutive, but if you're exhausted (because you're not eating enough for one) and you're super-sore, you need recovery.
#3 - muscle fluid retention.... that might be why the scale went up.
#4 - weighing every day .. this can psych people out. Ignore the scale for a few days, give thought to the above, and see what happens.

Good luck!

mfreeby

I read that when you work your muscles really hard, they retain water while they grow. So your muscles are probably just full of water. Make sure you get some protein to replace it! Also, track your sodium. If I go over on sodium one day, and weigh more in the morning I know why. It helps to make sense of it all!

pyro13g

It's inflammation(water) from "overdoing" it.

becalee26

your body is just getting used to a new routine. Don't loose hope, the weight will come off. When I started working out it took me 4 weeks to start to see the results that I wanted.

acontreras08

Ok, you need to STOP weighing yourself. LOL! Carolina and I use to do the same thing but I stopped after gaining a pound. I waited until the next month to weigh, then at the end of the month and that's when I saw results. :-) Be patient.

You are doing great though! Thanks for always motivating me to "run" faster during boot camp!

fh1951

when you start thinking in terms of being consistent in your change to a healthy lifestyle instead of what you weigh today you will be in a good place...