Gained 3 lb but lost 2.3% body fat, not sure how to feel

jardane1
jardane1 Posts: 58 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been seeing a personal trainer five days a week for around two weeks now, it has been super hard and I am sore most days. Since the last time I stepped on my scale (Aria 2 smart scale) five days ago I went from 370 lb to 373 lb but my body fat percentage went from 47% to 44.7%. Honestly before I compared the body fat percentages I was upset that I have been working so hard and eating right but somehow gained weight. Honestly I don't know how to feel now.

Any advice?

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Don't live and die by the body composition numbers from your scale. It uses BIA (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis), which is notoriously inaccurate and has a large margin of error.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    If you want to lose weight, eat less and move more, and focus on the eat less part. Try to keep emotions out of the equation.
  • jardane1
    jardane1 Posts: 58 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    If you want to lose weight, eat less and move more, and focus on the eat less part. Try to keep emotions out of the equation.

    I already eat right, I keep within my calories and eat healthy food.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    It just water weight. And those scales are notoriously inaccurate for body comp. Chill. It'll all normalize over time. Don't live and die by scale weight changes over short periods of time.
  • makkimakki2018
    makkimakki2018 Posts: 414 Member
    Believe in your trainer but most importantly believe in yourself. Like others have said its either muscle or water weight. Muscle will help you burn off fat faster and water weight will come off in a few days
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    makkimakki2018 wrote: »
    Believe in your trainer but most importantly believe in yourself. Like others have said its either muscle or water weight. Muscle will help you burn off fat faster and water weight will come off in a few days

    While he can easily gain muscle with his stats, it isn't three pounds worth in two weeks

    This^ not even on junk. .5 to 1 lb most.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Keep at it!
  • fb47
    fb47 Posts: 1,058 Member
    3 lbs is nothing to worry about, continue what you are doing, of course if after 3-4 weeks, you're still stuck at that weight then I would question the number of calories you're eating.
  • tbright1965
    tbright1965 Posts: 852 Member
    edited July 2018
    Look at it mathematically. Three pounds when your starting weight is 370# is less than 1 percent.

    It wouldn't shock me if the scale had a 1 percent error tolerance.

    It wouldn't shock me if you lost 2# of fat, gained a pound of muscle and three pounds of water because you are retaining water due to building and working out hard. (Just made up numbers, no math applied, it's an example, not a scientific theory here.)


    As was said above, if you stay the course and still see your weight going up, not down, start questioning some of your methods, including how you measure the food you are eating and how much work you are doing.

    You may also wish to take other body measurements to see if your waist, thighs and other parts may be getting smaller as you burn fat and replace it with muscle.

    Muscle is more dense than fat, so you can stay at the same weight and have your body measurements drop as you drop fat and build muscle.

    Although, before others say it, it is really hard to build muscle in a caloric deficit, so I wouldn't totally hang my hat on that theory.
  • Zoejohnse91
    Zoejohnse91 Posts: 227 Member
    jardane1 wrote: »
    I have been seeing a personal trainer five days a week for around two weeks now, it has been super hard and I am sore most days. Since the last time I stepped on my scale (Aria 2 smart scale) five days ago I went from 370 lb to 373 lb but my body fat percentage went from 47% to 44.7%. Honestly before I compared the body fat percentages I was upset that I have been working so hard and eating right but somehow gained weight. Honestly I don't know how to feel now.

    Any advice?

    What everyone else has said, water weight. New routine and your body is repairing - give it a week or so and you'll be thrilled! Well done for your lose! Body fat down by 3% is incredible 💕
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