Why do I gain weight?

MichalaCassandra
MichalaCassandra Posts: 7 Member
edited November 17 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone!
I've since December been exercing consistently and lost the weight that I wanted to.. I've also started taking my training very seriously (+ diet) and i'm working towards competing in Bikini fitness 2016..
But for some reason I starting to gain back the weight I lost..

I'm not sure if it's my body trying to get back to it's "sweet spot" weight.. Or could it be muscle/watergain?

I can definently see that my muscles have progressed.. but could that really cause a 4-6lbs gain?

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  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    If you're bulking, you're going to gain some fat along with muscle too. And obviously water etc. plays its part.
  • csman49
    csman49 Posts: 1,100 Member
    A = calories in
    B = calories out

    If A>B then weight gain. If A<B then weight loss. If A=B then maintain weight.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    How much are you eating a day?

    Do you weigh and measure all your food?

    Have you recently upped your training?
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    What is your weight and height?
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    csman49 wrote: »
    A = calories in
    B = calories out

    If A>B then weight gain. If A<B then weight loss. If A=B then maintain weight.

    I laughed. I laughed so hard. :lol:
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    csman49 wrote: »
    A = calories in
    B = calories out

    If A>B then weight gain. If A<B then weight loss. If A=B then maintain weight.

    Excellent.
  • MichalaCassandra
    MichalaCassandra Posts: 7 Member
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    How much are you eating a day?

    Do you weigh and measure all your food?

    Have you recently upped your training?

    I just started carb cycling 4 days ago.. so my macros are
    High: 210C/40F/145P
    Medium: 175C/45F/145P
    Low: 145C/50F/145P

    I measure everything! I don't train more, just harder :)
  • MichalaCassandra
    MichalaCassandra Posts: 7 Member
    aggelikik wrote: »
    What is your weight and height?

    I weigh just around 143 lbs and i'm 5"8.5
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    How do you look and feel?

    Last I checked, there isn’t a weigh in before the event. If you’re looking and feeling better, then who cares if you weigh 500 lbs? The obsession with weight is just silly.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    MichalaCassandra wrote: »
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    How much are you eating a day?

    Do you weigh and measure all your food?

    Have you recently upped your training?

    I just started carb cycling 4 days ago.. so my macros are
    High: 210C/40F/145P
    Medium: 175C/45F/145P
    Low: 145C/50F/145P

    I measure everything! I don't train more, just harder :)

    How many calories are you eating?

    Were you low carb before this?

    Increase in exercise can cause some water retention
  • MichalaCassandra
    MichalaCassandra Posts: 7 Member
    AllanMisner wrote: »
    How do you look and feel?

    Last I checked, there isn’t a weigh in before the event. If you’re looking and feeling better, then who cares if you weigh 500 lbs? The obsession with weight is just silly.

    It's not that i'm unhappy with my weight anymore cause I do feel better.. I just really wanna know what the reason for it could be :)
  • MichalaCassandra
    MichalaCassandra Posts: 7 Member
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    MichalaCassandra wrote: »
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    How much are you eating a day?

    Do you weigh and measure all your food?

    Have you recently upped your training?

    I just started carb cycling 4 days ago.. so my macros are
    High: 210C/40F/145P
    Medium: 175C/45F/145P
    Low: 145C/50F/145P

    I measure everything! I don't train more, just harder :)

    How many calories are you eating?

    Were you low carb before this?

    Increase in exercise can cause some water retention

    It depends on the days but around 1600-1800 cal a day :)
    Nope no low carb here

    My muscles do look bigger so it's probably water retention :)
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    MichalaCassandra wrote: »
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    MichalaCassandra wrote: »
    Iron_Feline wrote: »
    How much are you eating a day?

    Do you weigh and measure all your food?

    Have you recently upped your training?

    I just started carb cycling 4 days ago.. so my macros are
    High: 210C/40F/145P
    Medium: 175C/45F/145P
    Low: 145C/50F/145P

    I measure everything! I don't train more, just harder :)

    How many calories are you eating?

    Were you low carb before this?

    Increase in exercise can cause some water retention

    It depends on the days but around 1600-1800 cal a day :)
    Nope no low carb here

    My muscles do look bigger so it's probably water retention :)

    If go with that and just keep and eye on it. Slight change in diet and exercise can cause weird fluctuations.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Water, time of the month, an issue with your scale, some new muscle, inflammation, more food in the digestive track, etc.? Your weight is intended to fluctuate around 5% from week to week to allow you to deal with the world around you and the biology within you. I can take a poop and weigh 2 lbs less. Did I lose weight?

    How you look and how you feel. Body composition matters, overall body weight does not.
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