Should I buy bigger pants?

BlueFisherKing
BlueFisherKing Posts: 28 Member
Hey everyone, this is a weird question...

I heard that muscle builds faster than fat burns, so you get bigger even though you're working out; my question is, how can I avoid this, or is it impossible? Have any of you experienced this when you first started exercising? Should I just give it up as a force of nature and buy bigger pants in advance?

Thanks!

Replies

  • La_Malfaisante
    La_Malfaisante Posts: 1,509 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Pants?! We don't need no stinkin' pants...

    Seriously, you won't build muscle faster than you will burn fat. You will, however, retain fluid in your muscles when you work out which can make clothes feel a little tighter. That is temporary.

    Short answer: no, you don't need bigger pants.
  • DBoone85
    DBoone85 Posts: 916 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!

    this!
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!
    so glad you're back to share your wisdom with us :flowerforyou: \m/
  • Laurenloveswaffles
    Laurenloveswaffles Posts: 535 Member
    No Pants Party!
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!

    Heck, I've totally ditched all clothing until I hit my goal. Why buy more clothes that will only fit me for a few months. That's my money saving tip for the day (of course, if you can avoid the nudity in public fines).

    But, I suppose, you could just use electrical tape pasties and some old undies to satisfy the prudes that wanna ruin the party for us.
  • La_Malfaisante
    La_Malfaisante Posts: 1,509 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!
    so glad you're back to share your wisdom with us :flowerforyou: \m/

    Aww I'm glad to be back too! Now take off your pants. :bigsmile:
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    "Muscle builds faster than fat burns"??

    laugh.gif

    Don't I WISH. Muscle is impossibly difficult to built. Exponentially harder than losing fat.

    You can't even build muscle and burn fat at the same time, anyway.
  • DBoone85
    DBoone85 Posts: 916 Member
    No Pants Party!

    IN.
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    I would just avoid wearing pants all together!
    so glad you're back to share your wisdom with us :flowerforyou: \m/

    Aww I'm glad to be back too! Now take off your pants. :bigsmile:
    don't have to tell me twice.....\m/
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Pants?! We don't need no stinkin' pants...

    Seriously, you won't build muscle faster than you will burn fat. You will, however, retain fluid in your muscles when you work out which can make clothes feel a little tighter. That is temporary.

    Short answer: no, you don't need bigger pants.

    +1
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    "Muscle builds faster than fat burns"??

    laugh.gif

    Don't I WISH. Muscle is impossibly difficult to built. Exponentially harder than losing fat.

    You can't even build muscle and burn fat at the same time, anyway.

    your correct but in the same week you can do that^
  • BlueFisherKing
    BlueFisherKing Posts: 28 Member
    Oh, thank goodness, it isn't true ? *phew*
    I just had a few friends who started exercising + eating clean and noticed that their pants suddenly became too tight, and all the difference they could tell was that their thigh muscles had gotten larger. Maybe it was unique to their body, or something.

    So if I keep jogging I will lose the fat in my legs faster than muscles will build?