GAINING NO LOSING!!!

Maybe it is water, your muscle hold onto water when you start a new workout program.

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Maybe it is water, your muscle hold onto water when you start a new workout program.

This is what happens when you are on a ultra low cal diet (500 cals/day) then go back to eating somewhat normal. Her metabolism has been damaged from under-eating for too long.

people you don't gain muscle that fast...it takes a year or so to put on 8-10 pounds of the stuff and that is if you are actually weight training. if you're gaining it could be due to water retention (where are you in your cycle) or if you have screwed up your metabolism with a radical diet it's gonna take some time to fix that. are you eating processed crap that has far from real food in it? that confuses your body too. you should read master your metabolism.....

You might just be gaining muscle mass. After all muscle weighs more than fat so you could be losing fat, but the amount of muscle you're gaining is still more than the amount of fat you're losing. I would wait it out a bit longer, if the weight gain is still persistent, than it might have something to do with your diet. You might not be eating enough. You could try spiking up your calorie intake for a couple days to see if that helps. I know when I'm at a plateau or start to gain weight as a result of working out, zigzagging my calories usually helps me get out of it.

http://www.maxdiamondelite.com/zig-zag-calories-for-weight-loss

Here's a website that might help.

Sorry my advice is a little vague, but weight loss works differently for everyone, so i'm not sure exactly what would work for you. Anyways, I hope I helped!

I didn't know she did the HCG diet, I agree that is why she's not losing. That is bad for your metabolism.

I only know as she told another member she lose 23 lbs in a short period of time on the HCG diet. No way to tell from the OP's posting, so she was not giving the community the whole story, before asking for advice.

You might just be gaining muscle mass. After all muscle weighs more than fat so you could be losing fat, but the amount of muscle you're gaining is still more than the amount of fat you're losing. I would wait it out a bit longer, if the weight gain is still persistent, than it might have something to do with your diet. You might not be eating enough. You could try spiking up your calorie intake for a couple days to see if that helps. I know when I'm at a plateau or start to gain weight as a result of working out, zigzagging my calories usually helps me get out of it.

http://www.maxdiamondelite.com/zig-zag-calories-for-weight-loss

Here's a website that might help.

Sorry my advice is a little vague, but weight loss works differently for everyone, so i'm not sure exactly what would work for you. Anyways, I hope I helped!

A woman would be lucky to be able to gain a lb or 2 of muscle of muscle in a 2 months let alone a few weeks or days, so it is not muscle.

HCG? Man, counting calories like this shouldn't become a diet where you place a time limit on your weight-loss. This isn't a diet; it's a way of life that takes time, effort, and a whole lot of dedication. If you're in this for the long term, you can comfortably be inside your optimum BMI range, but only if you're dedicated, not obsessed, but dedicated to losing the weight, keeping it off, and learning a little something about nutrition and exercise in the process. HCG is fast weight-loss that causes a lot of ohs and ahs for a short period of time, but the weight returns with a vengeance. The majority of people don't learn anything from this diet. People that eat the recommended amount of calories that counting calorie websites suggest, will eventually find themselves within his or her optimum BMI range. Again, this takes time, but the fad diet mentality has to die first.

Don't give up. You're building muscle and muscle weighs more that fat.

wrong, read the other responses, it takes weeks or months to build any measurable amount of muscle.