Muscle weight

kateguy1981
kateguy1981 Posts: 68 Member
edited November 25 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi All just asking for advice! I’m trying to loose weight as I’m overweight and so I’m eating at a deficit I’m also slowly increasing exercise after injuring my hip last year but currently exercising moderately! I have started weight training over last three weeks along with yoga and HIIT but my weight loss has dramatically lessened although I do feel better in myself! Would this be enough time to gain miscle mass as I know this weighs heavier or do you think I should eat a bigger deficit (not eat back some of my exercise calories?.... I don’t tend to eat them all or over indulge)??

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited March 2018
    Starting to train more will often cause your body to retain more fluid as a way to help it repair itself.

    If weight training is a new thing, you may experience some muscle gains whilst in a deficit, but probably not enough to counteract fat loss....

    Keep it up!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    3 months would be a more reasonable timescale to build a little muscle.
    As said above the most likely assumption is water retention from soreness caused by the new exercise routine.

    Increasing exercise and decreasing calories would be a poor choice.
    Success shouldn't just be measured by your bathroom scales, there's so much more to health than that.
  • kateguy1981
    kateguy1981 Posts: 68 Member
    Thanks guys I think I just have to be patient!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited March 2018
    It takes months to see muscle growth but there could be newbie gains.

    Exercise calories are meant to be eaten back - its just a question of how many. Some people are confident in their food logging and their exercise burns aren't being overestimated so they eat theirs all back. I ate most of mine back and still lost weight.
    You wont gain muscle whilst at calorie deficit, its more likely eating at maintenance calories or at a slight surplus.
  • kateguy1981
    kateguy1981 Posts: 68 Member
    Thanks x
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