how can I be gaining more when I'm excersiing more!!?

Question

I'm 5'2 and was 130 pounds. I have been doing some weight training on my arms and thigns for about two weeks. I got on the scale and now I'm 141! I do not look like I have gained, I havent been drining that much water, so what gives????

Answer 1

YOUR GAINING MUSCLE, IT WEIGHS MORE THAN FAT

Answer 2

You want to drink water, it speeds up your metabolism, plus don't use weights so much muscle weighs more than fat. Try confuseing your body by not sticking to a fat free diet all the time, if you do your body will go into starvation mode and will store fat. Also eat lots of healthy natural fats like nuts, coconuts, and most dairy except milk. All the healthy trans fats will get rid of the other fats in your body thus reducing your weight.

Answer 3

You are building muscle mass that will eventually become a fat burning machine. Quit looking and focusing on weight! Firm muscle weighs more than soft flab. Enjoy the results, just watch the intake of calories.

Answer 4

Weight training can help you gain weight as well as lose it. Your diet may be the culprit. When you exercise, you can have a tendency to eat more to replace the nutrients burned during the workout. Look at how many calories you consume. Every regimen needs to be balanced. Get advice from a knowledgable person.

Answer 5

Sorry, but in 2 weeks you haven't gain that much muscle!
The answer may be your eating habits. Working out makes you hungrier, so you may be ingesting extra calories, causing the gain. Be sure to exercise and diet, because doing one without the other will not get you results.

Answer 6

When fat is converted to muscle, this can often happen. Fat is more porous than muscle, so it can weight less. What you need to track is inches. See if you are gaining and/or losing inches as a result of the exercise. BTW, you SHOULD keep up your water intake, as exercise will cause you to lose more water than normal and you need to keep hydrated or you may have health issues as a result.

Answer 7

When you begin a weight training program it is normal to gain weight the first few weeks. If you keep at it and don't increase your fat and calorie intake, you should see substantial weight loss begin after about 1 month.

Answer 8

Have you not heard that muscle weighs more than fat - you should know by the way you feel as to whether you are losing fat and inches.
Keep up the good work as it will show soon on the scales as muscle burns more calories than fat.

Answer 9

Like everyone else says, muscle weighs more than fat. So although you have probably lost fat, through doing weights you've added muscle. This weighs more than the fat lost so it looks like you've gained weight. But all you've done is get more toned and healthier, so don't worry!

Answer 10

You are gaining muscle

Answer 11

You are building muscle which weighs more than fatty tissue.