Started Diet- Gained weight

nbohling0424
nbohling0424 Posts: 1
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
So I started dieting (just all around, better choices) and staying at 1200 calories per day. I also workout 1-3 hours everyday, combo of strength training and cardio burning 600-1200 calories per workout. I didn't expect to see a huge drop in weight however, when I weighed my self on the same scale at the same time (first thing in the AM) 2 weeks later, I gained 6 pounds. I know muscle weighs more than fat but seriously!?! Is this normal? Any tips?

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  • bellevie86
    bellevie86 Posts: 301 Member
    Ok so if you are burning up to 1200 cals a day you need to eat more girl!!! As for the muscle I doubt it, I don't think it'd happen that fast and that much. Any chance the rest could be water weight? Do you drink alot of water? Even some "healthy" foods that I've found have alot of sodium so try to watch that!
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    1. It's not muscle. The average female can gain no more than .5lb/month while eating at a surplus.

    2. It's not fat. If you were under your calories and accurately measured everything you didn't gain fat.

    3. It's water weight (glycogen). If you just started working out recently, your muscles are retaining water to repair themselves. Don't worry about it. Take measurements and progress pictures. You don't want to lose weight, you want to lose fat.
  • savingsunday
    savingsunday Posts: 148 Member
    From other things I've read it sounds like you aren't eating enough based on how much you say you workout. Are you logging your exercise and eating those calories back? If not you're probably not netting enough calories per day. Say you are only eating 1200 calories and you are burning 600. Well 1200-600 is only 600 calories for the day. That is not nearly enough for your body to function.

    Here's a link that comes highly recommended from many people on MFP

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • murphy612
    murphy612 Posts: 734 Member
    1. It's not muscle. The average female can gain no more than .5lb/month while eating at a surplus.

    2. It's not fat. If you were under your calories and accurately measured everything you didn't gain fat.

    3. It's water weight (glycogen). If you just started working out recently, your muscles are retaining water to repair themselves. Don't worry about it. Take measurements and progress pictures. You don't want to lose weight, you want to lose fat.

    ^^^ Great answer, and I'll add .... be patient, it will come off.
  • nicolamoonbrains
    nicolamoonbrains Posts: 72 Member
    How do you feel in yourself though? Do you feel slimmer/more toned/more energy? I would pay more attention in the long run to things like your clothes not fitting, maybe take measurements once a month and just how you feel! Scales don't always show an accurate picture of what you have achieved!
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