Is gaining weight ever a good thing?
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Water Weight Gain
Your body weight will fluctuate throughout the day and throughout the month by several pounds because of temporary water weight gain and for numerous other reasons, but always remember this to help keep your sanity:
The only way to gain weight (excluding temporary water weight) is to consume more calories than you burn. All forms of exercise burn calories and thus can't contribute to weight gain. It doesn't matter if you lift light or super heavy weights you will burn calories and you will lose weight if your're consuming less calories than you're burning.
You can find several articles in our Blog on this topic:
1. Cathe Friedrich - 5 Reasons Why Weight Fluctuates Day to Day
2. Cathe Friedrich - Weightlifting Myths Debunked
3. Cathe Friedrich - Weight Gain Myths
Your body weight will fluctuate throughout the day and throughout the month by several pounds because of temporary water weight gain and for numerous other reasons, but always remember this to help keep your sanity:
The only way to gain weight (excluding temporary water weight) is to consume more calories than you burn. All forms of exercise burn calories and thus can't contribute to weight gain. It doesn't matter if you lift light or super heavy weights you will burn calories and you will lose weight if your're consuming less calories than you're burning.
You can find several articles in our Blog on this topic:
1. Cathe Friedrich - 5 Reasons Why Weight Fluctuates Day to Day
2. Cathe Friedrich - Weightlifting Myths Debunked
3. Cathe Friedrich - Weight Gain Myths
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Is it really that simple?
I wonder if it is really that simple? Are there other factors like hormones and or chemical imbalance? I have lost 2 clothing sizes but not one pound? What the heck? Doesn't metabolism have a lot to do with it also? Anyway, I feel like I am doing everything right but I am not losing at all
I wonder if it is really that simple? Are there other factors like hormones and or chemical imbalance? I have lost 2 clothing sizes but not one pound? What the heck? Doesn't metabolism have a lot to do with it also? Anyway, I feel like I am doing everything right but I am not losing at all
Stebby
Cathlete
Mickey, that most likely means that you are losing fat and putting on muscle. 1 lb of muscle is smaller than 1 lb of fat, so you can stay the same weight but be smaller and leaner. Your weight is staying the same because your calories in are balanced with your calories out. All in all, I would say it is a good thing! You are changing your body composition for the better!
Stebby
fit44
Cathlete
Why do you want to lose scale weight when your clothing size has gone down? I would say you are doing great to add muscle while losing fat. Most people lose both, and that's not good. Muscle is what gives you shape! Throw your scale out, and use a tape measure.
Thanks ladies. For me I have been fighting to get under this one weight amount for over a year now. I know it is just a number but that number represents a huge difference to me. I would be so happy to just get below that and then just workout happily to maintain. Last year I was here and didnt do anything. This last year of busting my butt feels so worth nothing because the scale reads the same. I just become defeated.
josiespcah6ojsh
Cathlete
when i weighed 127 i wore a size 6.now i'm 144 and wear a size 6.I dont look any different
laura
laura