weight loss or muscle gain?

nikki2609
nikki2609 Posts: 128
edited September 25 in Health and Weight Loss
hi, im managing 4 gym sessions a week, cardio & weights, and eating all the correct rubbish (instead of the ever so yummy rubbish i love to dream about!)
anyhows, my weight is moving reeaallyy slowly and im confused as to whether the weight is actually changing to muscle? isnt this defeating the object of weight loss? should i be telling myself im going to get fitter and toned and to live with weight im at?
please help, im one very confused person x

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  • ladyshills
    ladyshills Posts: 58
    Nikki, are you new to exercising this much? When starting out an exercise program your muscles will hold water sometimes. As long as you are eating healthy and exercising you will both lose weight and tone up. Good luck!
  • Newfiedan
    Newfiedan Posts: 1,517 Member
    as hard as it is for some to get past that scale related or weight related point of view start to look at it from a health point of view, get measurements this will tell you the true story, how do your clothes fit now? I would not be surprised if they fit much better. You can pack a very healthy you into a much smaller but equally heavy package, the number on the scale does not equate health.
  • suelimpert
    suelimpert Posts: 1
    I know for me personally, when I took up running a year ago, I added a solid 5 lbs on in the first 2 weeks. I was very frustrated. I always thought running of more a cardio thing but it uses so many muscles and is a real strengthener. And as you probably already know, muscle weighs more than fat so based on what your workouts are, it seems like you can definitely count on adding muscle weight and replacing fat with it. And I bet that will do the job of toning and strenghthening and still decrease your % body fat and give you better overall fitness. So maybe not so much weight loss as fat loss. Def keep it up! Hope I was helpful :) -Sue
  • cbs1974
    cbs1974 Posts: 98 Member
    when i started this whole fiasco i was mainly doing cardio

    when i got to a weight i was happy to start pumping iron aswell as my cardio
    for a couple of weeks i was stuck at the same weight !!!
    must have been the old wifes tale regarding muscle weighing more per cubic cm than fat!!!

    anyhow the scale started to drop after a couple of weeks !!

    a good idea is to do light weights & more reps for toning

    sorry about the grammor xx
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    hi, im managing 4 gym sessions a week, cardio & weights, and eating all the correct rubbish (instead of the ever so yummy rubbish i love to dream about!)
    anyhows, my weight is moving reeaallyy slowly and im confused as to whether the weight is actually changing to muscle? isnt this defeating the object of weight loss? should i be telling myself im going to get fitter and toned and to live with weight im at?
    please help, im one very confused person x

    http://www.hussmanfitness.org/index.html
  • nikki2609
    nikki2609 Posts: 128
    thanks everyone, i only have 12 pounds to lose so i know its going to take that little bit longer, been doing the gym for two months now but its only the last 2 weeks that ive really upped my game so its a bit early to see changes but heres hoping ;0)
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