Need some advice/input on weight gain!

justrun52
justrun52 Posts: 74 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm wondering how much muscle I can build on average in a week.

Some background: I exercise about 5 days week, and alternate between strength training (lunges, squats, push ups, sit ups, etc w/ 10 lb weights) and my stationary bike vigorous effort. I've just started running again because I signed up for a 10k next week. I've been pretty sore since running and go about 3 to 6 miles 3 times a week.

I've put on about 3.5 lbs the last few weeks, and I have been upping my calories to about 1800 and burn about 200-300 each workout so I should be netting calories for maintenance (not weight loss or weight gain). I weigh 108 lbs and am 5'3''. My body fat is about 19% (according to my bathroom scale). Hope those stats help for you health gurus out there.

I don't think I necessarily look bigger in the mirror, but I'm a little concerned about the weight gain. Should I decrease my calories? Could I be putting on muscle? Is it water weight?

Thanks for the help!

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    For sure you didn't put on 3.5 lbs of muscle but you probably are retaining some water for muscle repair. You'll have to see how it goes over a few more weeks to know if you need to tweak your calories.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    water weight.. Little to no muscle gain... make sure you aren't underestimating your activity.
  • Cindym82
    Cindym82 Posts: 1,245 Member
    More than likely it's water weight. When you do intense cardio and haven't done it before you tend to retain water
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    You'd be lucky to put on 1/4 pound of muscle a month, and that's with using weights much heavier than 10 pounds.

    It's most likely water weight.

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