Struggling to accept weight gain

lozzah8791
lozzah8791 Posts: 24 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I am trying to gain a bit of weight as I have lost all my curves but find it difficult seeing the weight go on and the numbers increase. any tips on how to deal with weight gain?

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  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I concur lift for the look you want specifically, not a number on scale.
  • TomHayward78
    TomHayward78 Posts: 20 Member
    I think you just need to be firm that it's what you want to happen. I've been seeing my weight drop consistently for over a year, now it's slowly going back up (intentionally) but it's still weird not recording lower numbers each week.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    lozzah8791 wrote: »
    I am trying to gain a bit of weight as I have lost all my curves but find it difficult seeing the weight go on and the numbers increase. any tips on how to deal with weight gain?

    make up your mind... whats more important, a number on the scale, or how you physically look...?
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    lozzah8791 wrote: »
    I am trying to gain a bit of weight as I have lost all my curves but find it difficult seeing the weight go on and the numbers increase. any tips on how to deal with weight gain?

    make up your mind... whats more important, a number on the scale, or how you physically look...?

    My thoughts exactly.
  • CJ_Holmes
    CJ_Holmes Posts: 759 Member
    Take pictures.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I always focus more on the areas that are growing in a good way, and less on the areas that aren't.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    lozzah8791 wrote: »
    I am trying to gain a bit of weight as I have lost all my curves but find it difficult seeing the weight go on and the numbers increase. any tips on how to deal with weight gain?

    I totally get you. I got down to a low BF and wanted it to stay that way but the path to what I wanted (beach body)was through increased weight (bulk). It's taken several months for me to accept the extra bit of fat around the midsection as a result of bulking, but I've also found that the weight/lean body mass ratio for a particular height person varies so, so much. Someone thin and curvy who's lifted weights and bulked might look like they don't weigh much but they weigh 20 lbs more than the 'just thin' person. Muscle mass is where it's at.

    Give it time, try to accept that more weight will probably look better.
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