Working so hard... GAINED 6lbs in a week.

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  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    It's got to be the scale. Ignore it for now, drive on, and weigh in next week. If your clothes are fitting more loosely, then it's doubtful you gained.
  • coolb
    coolb Posts: 1
    The engineer in me wants to clear something up - 1lb of muscle is only the same as 1lb of fat on the scales. Of course they weigh the same but they will be vastly different in size. Muscle is more dense that fat so 1 lb of muscle is smaller in size than 1lb of fat. ie. a cup of fat will weigh less than a cup of muscle. This explains why you might not see the scale move in the right direction for the first few weeks of an exercise/diet plan yet clothes will start to fit better.
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)
    You've seriously been here since 2009 and you posted that? What are you thinking? You KNOW she doesn't actually think the unit of measurement changes. You KNOW she's actually talking about density. Eleventy bazillion threads since the time you started on muscle weighs more than fat/a pound is a pound is a pound. But you did this anyway? Seriously? Since 2009, and it is still an unsettled matter for you? And now we're gonna down this road for the rest of the thread. Dear. Lord.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)

    Actually, in this context she is not right on the rest. You do not gain 6lb of muscle in a week.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)

    Actually, in this context she is not right on the rest. You do not gain 6lb of muscle in a week.

    I was saying she was right on the rest "Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! "
    who the heck gains 6 lbs of muscle in a week? I'd like to know what they're doing if they do it!
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)
    You've seriously been here since 2009 and you posted that? What are you thinking? You KNOW she doesn't actually think the unit of measurement changes. You KNOW she's actually talking about density. Eleventy bazillion threads since the time you started on muscle weighs more than fat/a pound is a pound is a pound. But you did this anyway? Seriously? Since 2009, and it is still an unsettled matter for you? And now we're gonna down this road for the rest of the thread. Dear. Lord.

    Maybe they didn't realize it.
    SMH that you're flipping out over something so trivial :P
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)
    You've seriously been here since 2009 and you posted that? What are you thinking? You KNOW she doesn't actually think the unit of measurement changes. You KNOW she's actually talking about density. Eleventy bazillion threads since the time you started on muscle weighs more than fat/a pound is a pound is a pound. But you did this anyway? Seriously? Since 2009, and it is still an unsettled matter for you? And now we're gonna down this road for the rest of the thread. Dear. Lord.

    I love it when someone responds with , "No, muscle just takes up less space", when actually, an inch of fat takes up just as much space as an inch of muscle.

    Everyone knows, or should know by now, that when people say muscles weigh more, they mean by volume, I have never ever seen anyone actually state that 1lb of muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat, but that's the bit pedants try to refute - Madness!
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Y'can kinda see where the whole thought came from, though. When people are slender and toned, they are obviously smaller and weigh less than someone who is morbidly obese and sedentary.
    Please someone tell me you understand what I'm trying to say here. I'm not always the best at explaining my thought process. (Thank heavens for my husband who I can make a random noise at and he knows it means cookie, lol)
  • TeresaC79
    TeresaC79 Posts: 316 Member
    You have to remember that muscle weighs more. If you are exercising hard and your clothes fit you better....................... that is not weight gain............... it is muscle. Muscle raises your metabolism which is half the battle. With a new scale, you need to forget what you weighed prior. Today is a new day. Do not get discouraged! You are doing GREAT!!!! :bigsmile:

    Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. That's like saying 1 lb of bricks weighs more than 1 lb of feathers. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less space. You're right on with the rest. The fact that the OP is still trucking along despite a discouraging week proves that she's pretty fabulous ;)
    You've seriously been here since 2009 and you posted that? What are you thinking? You KNOW she doesn't actually think the unit of measurement changes. You KNOW she's actually talking about density. Eleventy bazillion threads since the time you started on muscle weighs more than fat/a pound is a pound is a pound. But you did this anyway? Seriously? Since 2009, and it is still an unsettled matter for you? And now we're gonna down this road for the rest of the thread. Dear. Lord.

    over reaction much?
  • darrcn5
    darrcn5 Posts: 495 Member
    It's the scale. When I replaced mine, I gained 4 pounds overnight. Apparently my old one was weighing in low!
  • Lozze
    Lozze Posts: 1,917 Member
    Everyone knows, or should know by now, that when people say muscles weigh more, they mean by volume, I have never ever seen anyone actually state that 1lb of muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat, but that's the bit pedants try to refute - Madness!

    LOL. You clearly missed the thread where a poster insisted hat 1b of fat weighs more than 1lb of muscle all proof to the contrary.
  • caytee118
    caytee118 Posts: 55
    maybe try your old scale? Also, maybe it's water retention (I've heard that's possible). Also if your just starting out maybe your body is in shock right now and check next week :)
  • millers617
    millers617 Posts: 21 Member
    The first week I started the 30 day shred, I gained 2 pounds in water weight. I was SORE!!

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