Losing fat but gaining weight

Mrsashleyhowell wrote: »

Hello! I started my fitness journey 6 weeks ago. I have completely changed my diet (lots of salmon, eggs, chicken, rice and veggies) and I workout 4 or more days a week. I started out at 161 pounds and just weighed myself today and am 166.4 pounds. I’m really getting down on myself about those numbers, because I look and feel different. Any advice? I don’t own a scale at home so don’t plan on weighing myself again for a while. 😬 I have been doing cardio, yoga, strong by Zumba and strength training. Most of my workouts are from 30-60 min (mostly 60 min. because I do a lot of workout classes!) is there something that I’m missing, that I should be doing?

Were the top before and bottom before pictures taken at the same time?

You look young enough to be premenopausal. If so, I'd recommend comparing weights at the same point in 2 or more different menstrual cycles. 6 weeks wouldn't result in that for most women.

Further, a new workout routine commonly involves more water retention for muscle repair. You may still be in a stage where that masks some fat loss on the scale.

You look slimmer, so you're making progress. Eventually, the scale will reflect that. (I know that's frustrating.)

Fat loss is about calorie balance, not about workouts per se or quality of food. But since your scale weights aren't reflecting your appearance changes, and you're not at a point where scale weight comparisons are really assuredly valid, I'm intentionally not asking how you're tracking calories.

Best wishes!