Started This and GAINED Weight?

LucyMcd1
LucyMcd1 Posts: 84 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hi! I'm new to this site, but I started dieting a tiny bit and exercising about a week ago. I was 230 and went up to 231 in the week I'd started eating better and exercising!! I don't understand how and I really want to lose enough weight to be considered 'average' weight. I don't mean to complain but has this ever happened to anyone?

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  • GODfidence
    GODfidence Posts: 249 Member
    When you start an exercise program your body fills glycogen stores and some people
    Gain water weight. If you we're in a deficit then it's impossible for you to gain fat.
    Keep tracking,eating within your goal,and exercising and the body will take care of the weight.
    Scales are liars that only give a number, not where that number came from.
    Good luck!
  • peopletalk
    peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
    i gained like 5lbs the first week i started. it happens.

    just keep at it and you'll start seeing results.
  • LucyMcd1
    LucyMcd1 Posts: 84 Member
    Oh okay thanks for clearing that up! I was so worried haha.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    yeh, it happens to me sometimes, it means I need to take a poo.

    problem solved.
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    Did you document/track your poop cycle before & after you began?

    If you weigh yourself after a meal and after drinking X ounces of fluids you will weigh in at substantially more (5-8 LBs) than if you weighed in after a morning tinkle.
  • LucyMcd1
    LucyMcd1 Posts: 84 Member
    Haha maybe I need to go potty! :tongue: It wasn't because of that but thanks for the laugh. :smile:
  • michelle34152
    michelle34152 Posts: 17 Member
    I was losing a good two pounds a week until I started 30 day shred; I've not lost a pound since but I've lost maybe a half inch off the fattest part of my gut, which is something.

    Plus I feel a billionty times better and can get through the workouts, which is something. I'm hoping it will pick up in a few weeks. If not I'll have to start eating 80% fat again. (I do low carb.)
  • stephaniemejia1671
    stephaniemejia1671 Posts: 482 Member
    Yeah.. I did that also. I started changing my eating habits; I switched to low carb low sodium and started drinking water like a mad woman and it seems to be doing the trick. Try to implement strength training and HIIT to help move results along.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    When you start an exercise program your body fills glycogen stores and some people
    Gain water weight. If you we're in a deficit then it's impossible for you to gain fat.
    Keep tracking,eating within your goal,and exercising and the body will take care of the weight.
    Scales are liars that only give a number, not where that number came from.
    Good luck!

    This^

    Don't give up, the water/glycogen weight can take a few weeks to go away.

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