Been Maintaining and Now Gaining?

skinney1357
skinney1357 Posts: 68
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi All,
I have been maintaining for over 6 months now. I started running and working out a lot more. I started eating more protein and taking vitamins. I have noticed a huge improvement in overall health and muscle tone but not on the scale. I have gone down a size in clothes but have been slowly gaining a pund each week or so. I am not sure if it is my scale, sodium, or what. Should I cut my calories back and go back on a 1200 calorie diet or? I was at 140 pounds pretty steady and I weighed in today at 145. I don't want to jump on the "muscle weighs more than fat" bandwagon but how can this be right? How can I be fitting into all my clothes and looking good but the scale says I am gaining?

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  • 4mybaby33
    4mybaby33 Posts: 13
    Now that you haven been working out and uping your protein you are gaining muscle! Don't get discouraged!! You are still losing over all fat just getting more muscle mass!
  • purpl3sox
    purpl3sox Posts: 38
    Muscle and fat weigh the same, however, muscle is more dense and therefor takes up less space in the body. It is quite normal for an athlete to look smaller but weigh more than someone of the same size who looks bigger. I have had the same thing happen to me in the past four months. I lost 10 lbs and dropped a size but now I havent lost in a month and yet I am still getting smaller. The number on the scale is only one way to judge fitness, and it is a poor one at that. If you are happy with your shape, figure and abilities the number on that scale doesn't matter.
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