Walking = muscle weight gain

NHchick27
NHchick27 Posts: 3 Member
edited January 12 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been walking a lot on the track (about 5 miles a day) for the last month or so and I've gained about 3 pounds. Is it possible that I'm developing the muscles in my legs, and that is why I weigh more on the scale? I don't see much of a difference in my leg tone, but I also look at them every day. My clothes don't feel looser or tighter. Any insight would be appreciated. :happy:

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  • Loftearmen
    Loftearmen Posts: 380
    Walking doesn't build muscle unless you were really, really, really sedentary for a long period of time before you started walking. Even then it would be dependent on your diet and you still probably wouldn't be able to gain more than 3lbs of it unless you were also extremely heavy.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    Weight loss is 100% diet. Are you tracking what you eat?

    Calories in < calories out = weight loss

    Exercise helps on the calories out side of the equation but you can't out exercise a bad diet.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Not likely. Walking isn't a big muscle builder and putting on muscle is a lot harder than that.
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