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Gaining weight and not losing

lostemt76
lostemt76 Posts: 136 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
The subject says it all. I work out at the local Ymca and weight train 4 days a week n 5 days of cardio. My number on the scale are going instead of going down. Help what am I doing wrong could this be muscle that i am build or am I doing something wrong?:mad: Please help :flowerforyou:

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  • lil_pulp
    lil_pulp Posts: 701 Member
    Unfortunately, it can be hard to figure out why this happens sometimes. Are you logging your food intake, counting calories (to prevent over/under consuming), drinking lots of water, and eating your exercise calories? Just a few of the possible culprits... Good luck!
    -LP
  • LilBrat71
    LilBrat71 Posts: 59 Member
    How are your clothes fitting? I was working out for a while and lost absolutely nothing but my clothes fit better. I was advised that I was building muscle in place of the fat. If you have a pound of muscle and a pound of fat, they will weigh the same but the muscle is heavier and leaner than the fat so the scale didn't move but I definitely noticed a difference in my body. Are you taking measurements? When I get discouraged from lack of weight loss, I will measure myself and typically find a loss there.
  • lrbarr
    lrbarr Posts: 60
    Try interval training to lose weight! Some weights, then 1 min. of hard cardio, repeat for at least 30min. Don't forget to warm up and cool down! Good Luck!
  • sunshine79
    sunshine79 Posts: 758 Member
    Welcome to my world. I look forward to seeing the responses on this :huh:
  • PoleBoy
    PoleBoy Posts: 255 Member
    how long have you been doing this
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    As another poster said, drink your water! It's helped me drop pounds because I was so dehydrated and eating when I should have been drinking.

    Another I can suggest is try switching up your cardio and weights. Your body may be getting used to the exercises and stop responding as well. When I do my cardio, I switch between the treadmill and interval training on the elliptical. I do one day of each and alternate days.
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