Gym weight

[JodieWodie]

HI all

As some of you may recall I have joined a gym and I have been working BLUDDY hard at it too!
Doing the program set for me... extending that.. also doing a bit of running on top. (About an hour and 10 minutes 4 times a week)

It has been exactly 2 weeks since my first 'session', so I thought I would weigh myself

I am HALF A STONE HEAVIER than I was when I started
Now, I heard that because you gain some muscle you will not lose as much as you want for a while, but I haven't lost anything at all!!! It's the bluddy reverse

Surely I should have burned off a lot of fat and that would balance out gaining the weight of the muscle
I was feeling better in myself. Thought my face looked thinner, trousers looser, but was that just positive thinking and it is all in my head??

Now I know my weight I feel fat as sh*t again

I just can't get my head round half a stone.
Jeez

*Edit: AND I have been eating healthy. Salads, supplements, veggies....
Pooie
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[Shaun]

If you feel better in yourself then what's the problem?

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[byke95]

Half a stone in two weeks does sound a bit odd (it's be quit a good target for those trying to put weight on, not lose it) but I wouldn't be too concerned, it's early days yet and your body is going to need to get used to the change (it may be trying to 'fight you', storing every calorie it can)

You mention supplements, what kind of supplements? Taking on more proteins and calories (in healthy food) will make your body put on more weight (if it amounts to more than 'normal', and is not burned up by work out). This isn't much of a problem either as it sounds like you're more toned.

As stated, don't worry: being healthy is not always about weight. You sound like you're seeing physical benefits already, this will continue if you keep it up; over time your metabolism will speed up and burn more calories; after about 6 months you'll feel (and look) a different person.

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[byke95]

[JodieWodie]

[flat spot]

There is no way the you've built up muscle in that time. It takes a lot longer to build muscle than to lose fat. As I think someone said it's a bit of a shock reaction by your body to all the sudden exercise.

Thing is to take it easy at first then increase as your muscles get used to the idea. If you don't want to build muscle then do a lot of reps with a small weight. To gain muscle, should you want to. Do very few reps with heavy weights.

[Annabella]

Silly question:


Are you drinking more water than normal?

Go by how you feel, not what you weigh
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[intrudersteve]

Mmmm If you do not want to bulk out and just become fitter you need more reps and less weight, from what you have said you are not rearly doing a great deal that would cause weight gain.

I would normaly expect 20 mins on machines and an hour in the gym followed by 15 mins rowing, twice a week plus swimming and a jog and remain the same size. So I would think it just your body setteling down so give it a month and seem how you goes.
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[Mary Jane]

Last year, I paid out more money than I actually had for a personal trainer to help me get in shape. After about a month, I felt great, my pudgy tummy wasn't poking over the top of my jeans as much, and I was feeling like I was finally getting back to being "in shape".


I was very diappointed when I weighed myself at the gym to find I'd GAINED 10lbs. When it got too expensive, I stopped going to the gym and over the next few months of travelling constantly for work, gained even more.


I've been trainng on my own and watching what I ate recently. I don't own a scale though, so I've only been noting my progress by measurements and how loose my clothing has been getting. It's a lot more encouraging to do it that way, becuase I can see actual progress, instead of just relying on a number on the scale.

So I say: go by how you feel, and how your clothes are fitting, and forget about weighing yourself.

[Cillit-BANG]

It sounds to like a classic case of 'Gym' sydrome.

Either that or they are slipping something odd in your drinks to keep you coming back for more to loose the weight.

Gym's aren't my thing, and reading this has just confirmed it even more. Jo, please if you must go, then just do it to enjoy yourself. Worrying about weights/calories/muscle size or definition shouldn't be part of the equation.

[byke95]

[colin1]

its easier to lose weight by eating less. it takes a long time to burn off calories

obviously eating less, and exercising is best

but exercising alone aint really gonna work in my opinion

[SoulRider]

Dont starve yourself and cut to mega low calories. If you starve yourself your body actually retains fat and stores anything you eat so therefor it is harder to loose weight. Each the recomended calories but all healthy food.

Do more cardio and less weights as its the cardio that burns the most calories.

And 2 weeks is to soon, weigh yourself and look at how much fitters and toned you are in about 2 months time.
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[freestyler_onli]

I've been off work now for 3 months (im back on the 18th Feb) after a leg injury which prevented me from running etc...

I decided to turn to weights and bulk up - which i have. My weight has gone up by 2/3 pounds but i feel better for it.

I've said it once and i'll say it again: you cant judge people by their weight

[craigie b]

IF you've lost body fat (and you can see your lighter as your face is thinner and your clothes looser) then don't be so concerned. What your doing must be working. People are far to obsessed with scales and weight as opposed to their actual health and what their body looks like. If the fat is coming off and the muscles toning up you don;t need to rely on the scales.

[craigie b]

Is it just me of is a 900 calorie a day diet ridiculously low?

[McGee]

No not really shaggy done a low cal diet cant remember how low.

I have a bad habit of loosing all my weight and just putting it back on
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[Louise]

Isnt muscle heavyer then fat?
DOnt forget, if your doing lots of excercise your motab will be higher, you will want to eat more.
I found this. I didnt put alot of weight on but my body looked and felt good

[Louise]

900 cals a day is too low. I done this, posted on here somewhere a while ago. Lost 2 stone in a month. I was ill - Wont be doing it again.
Need to change your cals each day, your motab 'thinks' ahead. Thinks its getting 1500 cals a day, when infact you give it 1000 - then it will start to eat the fat.
If you do anyless, it will eat at the muscle.
This is what ive been told

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