Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
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How did I gain weight??? HELP ME PLEASE

brittany82
brittany82
Posts: 9
Joined: 2006/04/03
United States
2006/04/03, 04:54 PM
I have been dieting for about 4 weeks now. I have been consuming between 1300-1600 calories per day. I was not exercising til the past 5 days. The first 2 weeks of dieting I didnt weigh myself period ! So I am not sure how much or if any weight I lost. Last week though I lost 4 and 1/2 pounds doing nothing different than from the first 2 weeks. Well for the last 5 days after this past weigh-in I have walked a total of 15 miles (@ 3mph). I have followed the same calorie intake and managed to GAIN 1 pound. How in the #$@! is this even possible? Someone please help me understand whats going on cause I am devastated. Thanks for reading!

Brittany
Fmccurdy
Fmccurdy
Posts: 1
Joined: 2006/04/01
United States
2006/04/03, 04:56 PM
you gained muscle
Mojo_67
Mojo_67
Posts: 1,299
Joined: 2003/09/23
United States
2006/04/03, 11:29 PM
Yeah, weight can sometimes be a poor gauge for progress. Taking measurements is sometimes more accurate, you may have gained a pound but lost inches.

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Stevept
Stevept
Posts: 44
Joined: 2005/11/06
United Kingdom
2006/04/04, 03:28 AM
You have started to improve the condition of your muscle, if you had weight portions of muscle and fat you would have more of fat, well conditioned muscle is more efficient at fat burning, so this gain is a good thing, as mojo points out measurment is a good indication of fat loss, stick at it, exercise and a good clean diet is the best way too loss weight.:)