Muscle vs. Fat

I lost quite a bit of weight in my first two months. I was doing mainly cardio and kickboxing and then I got into weight training. I have actually gained two lbs in the last two weeks but I am continuously losing inches. I can tell the changes in my body yet the scale lingers. Its evil, dont trust it. Trust how you feel, how you see yourself in photos and how your clothes fit. Measure yourself in inches, not weight because you will drive yourself crazy. I have been weight training for two months and love it!! Keep up the weight training because you want that muscle girl!!

I've commented on this a couple times, but what's one more.

When you're losing fat, you can safely lose 1-2 pounds a week if you try.

When you're working out really hard and have perfect nutrition, you can gain around 5 pounds of muscle a year, if you are an adult above the age of 20 or so. People 16-20ish years old can easily gain more than this, as they often put on more muscle than this during the tail end of adolescent development.

So I don't think the math will ever work out that you'll GAIN weight during any workout schedule, if you are still losing fat at the same time. Once you are at your desired bodyfat level, and maintain it, then you may start putting on half a pound a month, or so, of muscle.

What you often DO gain during heavy workout periods, is water weight, as your muscles will hold more water to aid in recovery from damage caused during these heavy workouts.

The other myth I dislike is that you can't gain muscle while losing fat. The bulk-cut cycle of folks who eat like pigs while exercising, then starving themselves to cut the fat they put on during the bulking cycle is harmful and unnecessary. Its easy to eat enough protein to gain muscle while remaining under your calorie limit for losing weight, if you eat from good sources of protein like chicken, turkey, fish, whey protein.