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Why do I gain weight when I exercise?
It seems like everytime I add exercise to my healthy eating I tend to gain weight instead of lose. After several weeks of trying to be patient and give the exercise program (mostly aerobic walking) a chance, I tend to get frustrated and give up exercising because my goal is to lose weight not gain it. Does this happen to anyone else? Am I not giving exercise enough time to see the benefits? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The reason why muscle weighs more than fat is simple; muscle utilizes water to synthesize protein. In order to build muscle you must eat protein. However, when you first start working out, your muscles will fill with water in order to repair and create more muscle. Most of you are right, one pound of fat would be equivalent to one pound of muscle, however, if you take one pound of muscle and fill it with water it will weigh more than one pound of fat. Everyone's muscles contain water but when your body is just beginning to get used to exercise your muscle is a bit shocked which causes water retention. The only thing I can say is do not give up, maybe up your water intake, and do a caloric zig zag diet. Otherwise, taking in too little calories can cause weight gain. In every diet you are supposed to continually reduce your calories or up your workout and if you start at 1,200 calories and you plateau if your keep reducing your calories you will end up eating nothing.
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A pound is a pound, no matter what it is; it's simply that some things are denser (molecules are tightly packed) than others.
Technically, JT, you are absolutely correct. A pound of gary and a pound of muscle weigh exactly the same ... One pound. But here's another question for you. Which weighs more, one cubic foot of fat or one cubic foot of muscle? Skill, the logical answer, of course, is muscle.
On the human body, we have a somewhat limited
On the human body, we have a somewhat limited
Technically, JT, you are absolutely correct. A pound of gary and a pound of muscle weigh exactly the same ... One pound. But here's another question for you. Which weighs more, one cubic foot of fat or one cubic foot of muscle? Skill, the logical answer, of course, is muscle.
On the human body, e have a somewhat limited
On the human body, e have a somewhat limited
I joined atletics last year and id been in good shape haelthy and all but in pe and I joined athletics and track then I stared gaining weight (not just muscle) and gettin more and more out of shape it fustrates me cuz at the beginin I waz quite skinnky at 126 and now im 140 and I have a slight bellt >( this has to quite a few of of the people in my atlthics program at my school
I joined atletics last year and id been in good shape haelthy and all but in pe and I joined athletics and track then I stared gaining weight (not just muscle) and gettin more and more out of shape it fustrates me cuz at the beginin I waz quite skinnky at 126 and now im 140 and I have a slight bellt >( this has to quite a few of of the people in my atlthics program
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