Why am i putting on weight while excersising?

Question

i have been useing a treadmill 3 times a week 30 mins for 2 or 3 weeks i am 6"2 tall 14.6 stone i started at 14.2 stone. is it muscle that is makeing me heavier i am trying to eat healthier and less.

i am eating less calories easily under 2500 and trying to avoid fatrty food and mass carbs, i drink plenty of water. i am starting to feel fitter but am concered why i have put on 4 pounds in 2- 3 weeks. i do some sit ups and curls after i use the tredmill

Answer 1

By doing regular exercise, you are turning fat into muscle.

It is not so much that muscle is heavier than fat (e.g. 1lb of muscle weighs the same as 1lb of fat), but 1lb of fat takes up much more room than 1lb of muscle (hope u understand what I mean by that).

Therefore, while you may have replaced fat with muscle (which could explain the weight gain), you will probably be losing in terms of inches.

I know that this sounds rather complicated, so I will try and give you another example. I joined a gym just over a month ago, and while I have been participating in regular exercise, I have not lost weight, but I am slimmer as I have lost 4.5 inches from various parts of my body. This is why it is important not only to weigh yourself, but to measure as well.

Often, when you start to exercise, you will build muscle first, and in turn, the muscle will then go on to burn fat. Many people therefore experience loss of inches to start with, followed by loss of weight (once the muscle has been built up).

I get measured round the chest; waist; abdomen; hips; thighs; and upper arms.

Answer 2

Check your diet . . . Try and keep track of what you are eating. Maintain that one diet. I did not say start a diet. I monitor what you are eating. Work from there.

Aw, that's stupid. maybe, but you most likely increased your intake when you started working out. Often, if not recorded, people who begin working out and like eating, justify the increase in the intake. You could be eating healthy, but a little too much.

Stuff like juices and sodas . . . carry a lot of empty calories. You intake in starch can cause you to gain weight, too. What out for those bread products.

Diet plans . . . Most diet plan with all the fancy powders are basically, protein plans. You can get a cheap protein powder drink and create your own protein diet plan. I would not call it diet. You have to create a liftstyle.

Your problem lies in your food consumption . . .

I would say you have to check and monitor your diet. While you are on the threadmill, try to stay at 60% heart rate. You should also look at some sort of weight program in addition to the threadmill. Another idea is create some other alternatives to the threadmill. The threadmill could get boring. You are not building much muscle on the threadmill. You are doing a cardio workout.

Answer 3

I think it is unlikely that you have put on 4lbs of muscle on top of any fat loss in the three weeks that you have been exercising. It is possible that you were slightly dehydrated when you originally weighed and since you have been exercising and eating healthily you have retained some fluid. remember a litre of fluid weighs about 2lbs! Also, you havent really given yourself time to lose any weight as yet. The amount of exercise you have done will only have lost you about 1/2 lb in fat assuming you have eaten the correct amount of food (the average man your size will burn between 2200 and 2600cals per day).

Answer 4

nice to see how many people know that muscle weighs more than fat, take measurement at waist, I find I can judge just by which notch my belt is on, if its going in and you are putting on weight its all muscle, but don't forget your upper body, if you don't wish to do weights, use the cross trainer instead of the treadmill now and again, or as well if you can, maybe 20 Min's on each or mix it up with cycling or rowing.

keep it up

Answer 5

It could be some muscle, but not likely. It sounds like you are retaining some fluids. Are you drinking enough. Are you really sweaty when your done working out. Be sure to replenish fluids on a continual basis. You body can't absorb all it needs at once, and you will simply void extra.

Answer 6

YOu are building muscle mass. Do not panic. This will happen and eventally all the fat stored in yoru body will go to muscle and then you will drop the weight.

Answer 7

You are gaining muscle mass. When I was in basic training in the Army, the drill instructors told me that soldiers who were overweight would lose twenty pounds and soldiers who were normal or underweight would actually gain twenty pounds due to muscle mass.

Answer 8

your gaining muscle, but make sure you take all your measurments. You are gaining muscle and burning fat. So you are getting thinner! Sounds weird but muscle weighs more than fat. You may be losing inches of your waist! Thats why you should go try on old pants!!!

Answer 9

I say do what you are doing if you feel better that is good .sometimes you may lose 3to 7 pounds and then stop. this mean you are toning up and it is true that muscle does weight more then fat.

Answer 10

Could be bloating. Note down what food you're taking and ask a nutritionist about their "side effects".