Muscles!!

Muscle takes a while to gain weight wise. It takes the typical female about a month to gain 1 pound of muscle weight. Recheck your food/calories. It not unusual to start overeating when you weight train. Women don't have the hormones to bulk up like guys so it makes it a bit harder and longer to gain that muscle mass. Don't be afraid of the heavy weights. Unless you start taking hormones you won't get that bulk! : )

don't let 3 meezly pounds get ya down !!! If your clothes are still fitting properly like you said. .then keep going. . . it's just 3 pounds. . .if you keep doing the right thing, exercising and let's say. . Keep up the good work. . . everything else will fall into place !!!

Muscle can be a good thing. . . just firming up can be even better !!! The scale does NOT have to move to know there is improvement in your life !!!

so OG, there are a few things that happen to your body when you start working out.

1st, and most importantly, your body chemistry changes, this can (and usually will) cause you to retain more fluid, some in the form of water, but also, much in the form of glycogen. Glycogen is what fuels the body during exercise. When you work out, you incorporate muscle fibers that you weren't previously using, this signals the body to store more glycogen, which is a heavy liquid. You can and will gain many lbs that way.

Also, when we work out it changes our electrolytic balance, which affects our water retention rates, this can cause our bodies to either become dehydrated, or retain extra water depending.

3rd thing is that when we work out, it forces our body to increase bone density, bones are relatively light, but if the change in exercise is dramatic and sustained over months you can gain a couple of lbs from it.

so take all this into account. All of it (with the exception of dehydration) is normal, and generally speaking, good for the body. I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you can see and feel the positive changes in your body, there's no need to worry about a 5 to 10 lb change.

so OG, there are a few things that happen to your body when you start working out.

1st, and most importantly, your body chemistry changes, this can (and usually will) cause you to retain more fluid, some in the form of water, but also, much in the form of glycogen. Glycogen is what fuels the body during exercise. When you work out, you incorporate muscle fibers that you weren't previously using, this signals the body to store more glycogen, which is a heavy liquid. You can and will gain many lbs that way.

Also, when we work out it changes our electrolytic balance, which affects our water retention rates, this can cause our bodies to either become dehydrated, or retain extra water depending.

3rd thing is that when we work out, it forces our body to increase bone density, bones are relatively light, but if the change in exercise is dramatic and sustained over months you can gain a couple of lbs from it.

so take all this into account. All of it (with the exception of dehydration) is normal, and generally speaking, good for the body. I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you can see and feel the positive changes in your body, there's no need to worry about a 5 to 10 lb change.

I totally agree. Since I started strength training I refuse to get on a scale. When I first started I decided to get on the scale and I had gained 2 lbs, I was so upset my husband hid the scale. Now I just go by how my clothes fit and how I feel. It was hard at first but I just put it in my head ,SLOW and STEADY. I don't have a deadline, this is for the rest of my life.

so OG, there are a few things that happen to your body when you start working out.

1st, and most importantly, your body chemistry changes, this can (and usually will) cause you to retain more fluid, some in the form of water, but also, much in the form of glycogen. Glycogen is what fuels the body during exercise. When you work out, you incorporate muscle fibers that you weren't previously using, this signals the body to store more glycogen, which is a heavy liquid. You can and will gain many lbs that way.

Also, when we work out it changes our electrolytic balance, which affects our water retention rates, this can cause our bodies to either become dehydrated, or retain extra water depending.

3rd thing is that when we work out, it forces our body to increase bone density, bones are relatively light, but if the change in exercise is dramatic and sustained over months you can gain a couple of lbs from it.

so take all this into account. All of it (with the exception of dehydration) is normal, and generally speaking, good for the body. I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you can see and feel the positive changes in your body, there's no need to worry about a 5 to 10 lb change.

This is GREAT INFORMATION- I just keep learning things daily on this site!!