Why am i gaining weight after working out for a week while still eating healthy?
Danielle asked:
I haven’t increased my calories that I was eating before I began working out. The amount of calories I was eating before I was working out was enough that my weight was very stable. So why is my weight going up, and I started working out to lose weight, not to gain it, so other than muscle gain why? And will it come down eventually? And when?
Jesus
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I haven’t increased my calories that I was eating before I began working out. The amount of calories I was eating before I was working out was enough that my weight was very stable. So why is my weight going up, and I started working out to lose weight, not to gain it, so other than muscle gain why? And will it come down eventually? And when?
Jesus
June 6th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Nathaniel
well muscle weighs twice as much as fat, so basically your just gaining muscle weight under your fat.
you need to change your diet, drink lots of water and you will probably see results (:
June 7th, 2010 at 5:04 am
Madison
your gaining muscle which weighs more then the fat your losing. eventually you will notice that your body will become slimmer and more toned as long as you keep up your routine and health eating. it just takes time, you didnt gain all your weight in a week so your not going to lose it that fast either. just be patient and it will happen.
June 8th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Juan
First of all muscle will weigh more than fat, and you are slowly building your muscle. That happened to me every time I did cross country and track in high school. Secondly, what kind of workouts are you doing? People tend to over estimate how many calories they burn. It takes around 3000 calories burned to lose a pound. I do not know what kind of workouts you are doing, but for example high impact aerobics only burns around 200 calories for 30 minutes. Over the course of a week that is only 1000 calories burned, a far cry from the 3000 needed to lose a pound.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Ayden
Your weight gain is coming from muscle gain. (:
June 13th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Dominic
It could be muscle. How much have you been working out? If your gaining a lot of muscle, you probably won’t see much weight loss, you’re turning fat into muscle. It’s a good thing.
June 16th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Connor
You’re adding on muscle weight. On the plus side, it means that you have gotten rid of a lot of toxins, because I know that your body prefers to detoxify first before building muscle. Now, with it building muscle more readily, it will make it that much easier for you to keep off the unnecessary body fat.