Weight Gain with Insanity

Ride it out and drink more water even if you're already drinking a lot. As you change workout programs, something like Insanity can be a "shock" to your system. More than likely if your previous workout regimen was not as intense you are very likely retaining water. It's a natural reaction of your body to protect itself. If you continue to hydrate eventually your body will adapt and eliminate.

Edited: Also, just looked at your diary. If you have MFP set to lose X lbs per week you really need to eat back the calories you burn with Insanity. Frankly, you are not eating enough to fuel your body for the workouts. Go back and review the Insanity Nutrition guide and reset your MFP settings. I've found it's easier with Insanity to set your goal as Maintain and your Exercise at Very Active. This (for me) corresponds closely with the Insanity Nutrition guide recommendations. This way you DO NOT have to eat back your exercise calories and use those for the deficit to lose weight. Lastly, aim for the 40% carbs/40% Protein/20% fat for all 5 meals.

Muscle weighs more than fat!!! This is how you'll end up looking leaner but possibly weighing more xD Measure your INCHES, your neck, bust, waist, hips and thighs. Watch them AND scales at this point. Make sure you drink water - I gained 11 pounds in water weight after a massive hike the other day. It's only started to drop about two days after. Muscles hang onto water to help flush out toxins from your workout. You won't get a true reading unless your drinking loads (try meet your 8 a day) or until a few days after a major workout. Make sure you're eating enough - if you are eating the same before you started your workout regime your body probably thinks it's not getting enough energy to support basic bodily functions and will hoard everything in worry. Best of luck and GJ so far!

I gained a few lbs doing insanity. no biggie.

remember that muscle weighs more than fat!

They need a page that outlines terms. What is insanity and what is eating back calories?

They need a page that outlines terms. What is insanity and what is eating back calories?

Insanity is a home workout DVD program made by a company called Beachbody. They make a lot of different programs that you'll see referenced on the site including P90X, Chalean, Slim in 6, Power 90, etc.

Eating back calories: The way that MFP works is you provide the setup with a few of your goals. For example, you can tell it that you want to lose 2 lbs per week. Based on your age, sex, height, current weight, MFP will provide a recommended number of calories for you to "NET" to achieve your 2 lbs per week. However, if you exercise you basically earn more calories to eat since MFP has already reduced your figures by 1,000 calories per day (this is what if would take for you to lose 2lbs per week). If you don't eat your exercise calories back then you are eating 1,000 + Exercise Calories less than you should be. It'll work for a while but eventually you can stall out losing weight and you'll start asking "how come I haven't lost any lbs in a month!?"

Confusing I know but that's the general method behind the MFP calculations and why many people say to "eat back your exercise calories".

That has happened to me before (it's muscle) that your gaining

false.

I am guessing your muscles are retaining water to help them rebuild. Insanity does crazy stuff to your body!

No muscle gain here folks. You can't gain 3 lbs of muscles on a cardio based workout on a caloric deficit in ONE week.

No "starvation mode". I doubt she her TDEE is so low that eating 800-1000 calories will cause her to gain 3 lbs in a week. (Although I do recommend an increase in calories to accommodate such a high activity level)

It's water retention. Plain and Simple

No muscle gain here folks. You can't gain 3 lbs of muscles on a cardio based workout on a caloric deficit in ONE week.

^ This

i hate hearing "muscle weighs more than fat". a pound of muscle = a pound of fat. she has not gained INCHES/THREE POUNDS of muscle in ONE WEEK.

she's retaining water.

yea, but when people say that they dont mean literally. a pound of muscle looks much different than a pound of fat, it is much denser so it looks smaller, so where 2 pounds of fat can take up you can fit like 5 pounds of muscle. thats not accurate whatsoever but it gets the point across.

Looking at your diary, I would say that you aren't eating near enough to fuel your body for Insanity. I have done Insanity twice. Also, when you work muscles, you retain water, too. Just give it some time. And my honest opinion-eat at least 1500 calories a day to fuel those intense workouts. I had amazing results and got really cut with Insanity, and you will too!