That cannot be normal?

ZoeyRobinson
ZoeyRobinson Posts: 301 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So I have been doing the Butt Bible for 4 weeks and I have gained 5 pounds. But I have lost a lot of inches (about 10) and now my thighs and back are really muscular. However, my stomach seems bigger but when I press on my belly it is pretty darn solid. A lot less squishy than before. But it feels so much bigger around. It is hard to explain. It feels like I am getting puffy with muscles and in need of deflating LOL. I really don't know how to describe it.

Does anyone understand what I am talking about or have experienced it?

Thanks for trying to understand my terrible description.

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  • AbiCusPeck
    AbiCusPeck Posts: 96 Member
    Sounds like you've built up muscle - well done for the 10 inches tho - that's fab!
  • Apocalypse_Meow
    Apocalypse_Meow Posts: 90 Member
    Go to a massage therapist or chiropractor and ask to have your Psoas Major muscle released. It's your main hip muscle and it can tilt your pelvis causing your belly to appear bigger than it really is. Hip opening yoga poses help too.
  • lifeissweet89
    lifeissweet89 Posts: 47 Member
    It is often better to measure your weight loss by inches lost instead of pounds lost because some of the weight you 'gain' is muscle and muscle weighs more than fat (sorry, you probably already knew that).

    I haven't really experienced the 'puffiness' feeling that your experiencing though. Sorry! I was probably of very little help :indifferent:
  • Phoenix59
    Phoenix59 Posts: 364 Member
    Well...you didn't gain five pounds of muscle. It's most likely water weight that you've gained. The loss of inches could be fat loss that allows you to feel the muscle you already had underneath.
  • T34418l3angel
    T34418l3angel Posts: 474 Member
    Ok I mean this in the nicest possible way I promise: you need to diet to drop the layer of fat over your muscles you are building up. Your gaining muscles but because you still have a layer of fat on to it makes it look round yet feel hard. Does this make sense? Adjust your diet and I'm sure it will not only reflect on the scale but will be visible as well :) and congrats!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    you havent gained pounds and pounds and pounds of muscle... sorry
    are you actually taking measurements?
  • j_wilson2012
    j_wilson2012 Posts: 293 Member
    Too much muscle in the middle area? Wish that was MY problem.
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