Weight Gain and Cellulite

I had the opposite happen to me, but for that reason I’m going to tell you to give it a few weeks before you panic.

I also lift, started about six months into my loss, still not super heavy, but enough to challenge an old chick.

During my large weight loss, I would have these insane episodes of body changes. One morning I woke up and my buns had collapsed like balloon curtains, if you happen to remember those 80’s monstrosities. I was in tears. Alllllll my hard work.

A couple of days later, they’d lifted and tightened, like I’d had plastic surgery.

Ditto bat wing collapsing and then becoming taut.

One morning I woke up and I had thick, bumpy cellulite from hips to knees. It looked like I’d been hit with spray foam insulation.

Yep, a couple days later it was gone and replaced by smooth hard muscle.

When you are working on your body, trying new things, new foods, higher weights etc, it struck me that your body goes through a period I call “rearranging the furniture “. It’s looking for convenient places to move stuff. No not there, let’s try over here.

So before you panic, give your innards a chance to try that sofa/cellulite in a new location to see if it likes it. But carry on doing what you’ve been doing in the meantime.

There’s no reason it couldn’t work for small gains as well as losses.

And BTW, I have intentionally gained a fair amount over the past nearly four years of maintenance, to allow for muscle growth. Have remained same clothing size as I was at my lowest. When my jowls got flappy a few months ago, within a couple weeks, I noticed my neck firmed up and turkey wattle disappeared.

I had some weird stuff happen the other day, and lo and behold-years into this process, now in occasional gain mode- it still holds true. Thighs have thinned out and gained definition “curves” just in past few days.