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2005/07/23, 07:59 PM
OK, I know maybe I'm getting just a bit paranoid and everything. Since I started weight training, and actually consistently eating what FreeTrainers deemed should be my daily caloric intake, I have gained a few pounds. However, at the beginning of this week on the scale with shoes I was around 125 and now I am just a little over 123 when I went into the gym today. I know everyone says throw out the scales because they don't help you see how much your body is changing if you had just looked in the mirror or measured yourself, but is this reason to be alarmed, I am worried that my 2700 calories I am taking in for my weight is only getting me maintenance, but that wouldn't make sense because I know I wouldn't have been able to put on these few lbs in the month or so, but the rest of the weight is coming so hard, it seems like I'll never be heavier than 122 lbs soaking wet... any thoughts on this?
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2005/07/24, 03:12 AM
could be waterweight fluctuations....you're also heavier at night than in the morning...
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2005/07/24, 05:57 AM
Have you tried creatine and whey?
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2005/07/24, 11:18 AM
Gaining weight is all about diet, just as losing fat is. If you are staying the same, that means you are eating no more than maintenance. You must increase your caloric intake. Just because a formula of some kind spits out a number, this does not and cannot take into account your system, metabolic rate, etc.
As far as day to day changes, this is water weight.
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2005/07/24, 12:34 PM
Well, over the course of a few weeks, I have been steadily gaining weight with the caloric intake I have right now, and I suppose I would have seen very little or next to none if this was my maintenance level... I'll just start being a little bit more patient... all things come in time :)
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Quoting from bb1fit:
Gaining weight is all about diet, just as losing fat is. If you are staying the same, that means you are eating no more than maintenance. You must increase your caloric intake. Just because a formula of some kind spits out a number, this does not and cannot take into account your system, metabolic rate, etc.
As far as day to day changes, this is water weight.
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2005/07/25, 09:54 AM
Likely it's water weight...however keep in mind that as you gain weight your required maintenance calories will go up as well. While it's not a huge amount from lb to lb it can add up over a few weeks or months. Evaluate your diet ever week or 2 and make sure you're keeping up with your maintenance calories. Then make sure your getting a few hundred calories over that.
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2005/07/29, 08:49 PM
y`all don`t think training is the key.when you are bulking if you stop gaining you just add more calories making sure they are quality calories.At a 125 you need to concentrate on the basics.throw all your bodybuilding mags away and start training two to three days a week squatting,benching and deadlifting you can use the 5x5,routine or pyramid it doesn`t matter just as long as you are trying to move big weights or you rotate your rep scheme in a heavy,medium,lite format.Concentrate on moving heavy weights in good form
something like this
squats 10-8-6-4
stiffleg deadlifts 10-8-6-4
benchpress 10-8-6-4
bentover rows 10-8-6-4
military press 10-8-6-4
barbell curls 10-8-6-4
twice a week it is that simple
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