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GAINED 4 pounds!!! WHAT THE HECK!

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  • ademiter
    ademiter Posts: 176 Member

    THANK YOU!!! I don't do any strength training and I know I need to. Since I started in Jan. I have lost inches in my waist. I need to drink MORE water!

    If you don't strength train why did you think any of the gain would be muscle?

    The elliptical workout is very intensive for my lower body so I thought it might be muscle gained in my legs.
  • slim_photographer
    slim_photographer Posts: 310 Member
    Ok I'm on the same boat but my understanding is this:
    2 weeks ago I was 231.4 with 34% fat
    1 week ago I was 228 with 33% fat
    today I am 231.4 with 32.5% fat.
    If you do the math there's about a 4 pound re-composition from fat to muscle/fiber.
    So If you are training intensively chances are you are getting leaner.
    Plus think about how you feel, how your clothes fit, you probably feel great and you clothes should feel loose as 4 pound ago.
    There's also something to be said about undereating, working too hard and overstimating calories, just pay more attention to those variables.
    Overall stay consistent, eat right and exercise you will see results, sooner or later (later is not ideal but I'm sure you'll take it).
    :)
  • ademiter
    ademiter Posts: 176 Member
    Ok I'm on the same boat but my understanding is this:
    2 weeks ago I was 231.4 with 34% fat
    1 week ago I was 228 with 33% fat
    today I am 231.4 with 32.5% fat.
    If you do the math there's about a 4 pound re-composition from fat to muscle/fiber.
    So If you are training intensively chances are you are getting leaner.
    Plus think about how you feel, how your clothes fit, you probably feel great and you clothes should feel loose as 4 pound ago.
    There's also something to be said about undereating, working too hard and overstimating calories, just pay more attention to those variables.
    Overall stay consistent, eat right and exercise you will see results, sooner or later (later is not ideal but I'm sure you'll take it).
    :)

    THANKS SO MUCH! :)
  • lisakyle_11
    lisakyle_11 Posts: 420 Member
    likely overestimating the exercise cals... and possibly underestimating the amount of food you are taking in on a daily basis. i would cut the exercise cals in half if i were you. have you taken any measurements?
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    Ok I'm on the same boat but my understanding is this:
    2 weeks ago I was 231.4 with 34% fat
    1 week ago I was 228 with 33% fat
    today I am 231.4 with 32.5% fat.
    If you do the math there's about a 4 pound re-composition from fat to muscle/fiber.
    So If you are training intensively chances are you are getting leaner.
    Plus think about how you feel, how your clothes fit, you probably feel great and you clothes should feel loose as 4 pound ago.
    There's also something to be said about undereating, working too hard and overstimating calories, just pay more attention to those variables.
    Overall stay consistent, eat right and exercise you will see results, sooner or later (later is not ideal but I'm sure you'll take it).
    :)

    Sorry, but it is more likely that whatever you are using to measure BF% is inconsistent (is it a scale?) My boyfriends scale has told me I was between 24 and 28% over the last 3 days. They are VERY sensitive to hydration levels. You cannot turn fat to muscle and I really don't believe that even as a novice you can put on 4 pounds of muscle as a woman in a calorie deficit in 2 weeks.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Ok I'm on the same boat but my understanding is this:
    2 weeks ago I was 231.4 with 34% fat
    1 week ago I was 228 with 33% fat
    today I am 231.4 with 32.5% fat.
    If you do the math there's about a 4 pound re-composition from fat to muscle/fiber.
    So If you are training intensively chances are you are getting leaner.
    Plus think about how you feel, how your clothes fit, you probably feel great and you clothes should feel loose as 4 pound ago.
    There's also something to be said about undereating, working too hard and overstimating calories, just pay more attention to those variables.
    Overall stay consistent, eat right and exercise you will see results, sooner or later (later is not ideal but I'm sure you'll take it).
    :)

    Unless your getting a DEXA scan every time, there's no way those body fat numbers are accurate. Calipers have a 4% error margin, and Bodyfat scales and handhelds have about an 8% error margin.

    No way you dropped 1.5% body fat in 2 weeks, with no change in weight, because the math doesn't work. That would require a 2 week deficit of 21000 calories, or a 1500 calorie deficit per day. And with an extreme deficit like that, it would be physically impossible to add any muscle mass at all, you just wouldn't have the calories available to do it. Thermodynamics and math don't lie.
  • ademiter
    ademiter Posts: 176 Member
    likely overestimating the exercise cals... and possibly underestimating the amount of food you are taking in on a daily basis. i would cut the exercise cals in half if i were you. have you taken any measurements?

    I think this is the likely culprit too. My measurements are the same, so nothing has changed there since I last checked a few weeks ago.
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