I took out the battery for my scale a week ago and it said I weighed like 102. This whole week I've been excersising more and eating healthier. I havn't touched one sugary food for a week. I just put a new battery back in and it says I weigh 107!!! I think thats impossible! is my scale broken? or is it telling the truth. please no silly answers. I'm dead serious!!!
p.s. this isn't muscle and I'm 5'2. i've been trying to be healthier and trying to see if I can stick to a goal and lose at least 1 pound in a week.
2007-09-18 09:33:31 · 9 answers · asked by brittany 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
thanks so far but if its muscle, how do i excersise without gaining muscle? and for the people that said its water weight how do i lose that? please help me I would seriously do anything!!!!
2007-09-18 09:45:34 · update #1
I am going to agree with you when you say it probably isn't muscle. Gaining five pounds of muscle in a week would be crazy unless you have been hitting the weights like a mad woman.
It is likely a number of things. You may have gained some muscle mass. Whether you just ate, drank water, went to the bathroom, etc, could all throw your weight a pound or two in either direction.
At your size though I think you should be concentrating more on how you look and feel rather than a number on the scale. Measure your arms, waist, butt, and hips and concentrate on those instead if you need some kind of benchmarks.
2007-09-18 10:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Brian A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a couple of things...firstly you dont know for a fact that it isnt muscle.....because you cant see it doesnt mean its not there and its not the root of the problem...however its very possible that its water gain. If you've been drinking a lot of water while you work out and staying away from unhealthy foods, your on the right track and I wouldnt freak so much about it. My bet is its water gain...maintain working out and eating healthy and you'll be surprised what the scale says. But that leads to another thing..scales are not so reliable....it could be that as well.
2007-09-18 09:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Macky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay being 102 already is plenty skinny enough, you don't need to loss weight. But when you start working out you can vary in weight. Just earlier today I weighed myself before working out and than after, I lost 5 whole pounds. But it was just water weight. Plus your weight varies throughout the day, even when you aren't working out. You could weigh 107 in the morning and than drop a couple pounds by the afternoon.
2007-09-18 09:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Manda Panda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Target and stand on all different scales. See what number comes up most often. Simplest way to know the truth.
2007-09-18 09:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is muscle! But you will gradually become a better shape as a result. Muscle weighs more than fat.
2007-09-18 09:42:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess what? it IS muscle. anytime you exercise daily and consistently you build muscle tissue, and it weighs more by volume than fat. Suggest that you be more concerned with a tape measure than with your scale.
2007-09-18 09:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're 5'2 and 107 pounds, you don't need to lose weight. You're actually considered underweight.
2007-09-18 09:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by Skelli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most reliable scale is the one at your doctors office or sometimes gyms have it not the electronic ones. plus depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle it could be water weight.
2007-09-18 09:39:03 · answer #8 · answered by greenmay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably is muscle even though you can't see it since you have been working out.
2007-09-18 09:42:36 · answer #9 · answered by saved_by_grace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋