Scales gone up but inches gone down?

maria_elaina
maria_elaina Posts: 53 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does this mean I've put on muscle?

I thought it was near impossible to put on muscle in a caloric deficit but I don't know what other explanation there is?

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  • dg09
    dg09 Posts: 754
    Water weight?
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    If you've recently changed your exercise routine, then it's likely to be water weight. That'll subside fairly rapidly though.

    If the scale stays up and you stay as small (or even get smaller) then it's possible body recomp - although you generally have doing some sort of weights programme.... but don't really know what your specifics are?
  • maria_elaina
    maria_elaina Posts: 53 Member
    Haven't changed my routine...guess time will tell!

    I have a full body day, a legs day, an arms day and an abs day. 8-12 rep range on all exercises, full body takes about an hour and a half, the other 3 take about 45mins. Short rest times of about 1 minute. I do a weights workout 6 times a week.
  • iceqieen
    iceqieen Posts: 862 Member
    if it is impossible to build muscle on cal def then the machine that measures body composition lies! :P Cause according to that I traded off 2kg of fat for 2 kg of muscle over a period of 6 weeks.

    I think that the part about "cant build muscle on cal def" should rather be "cant build significant amount of muscle on a cal def"? or maybe those that say it just underestimate how adaptive our bodies are :)
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    You can build muscle on a cal deficit (as long as it's not too large), you're getting plenty of protein and you're relatively new to lifting weights. If you haven't changed up your routine lately, then you've probably put on some muscle. Congrats!

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