Gaining Muscle??

[atkinsrox]

Hey..i have been losing VERY VERY SLOWLY...
so i decided to start exercising hoping to see faster results.....last week i purchased a treadmill...
i have been brisk walking + a lil bit of running on the treadmill..
i went down a kg a day after i started brisk walking + a lil bit of running.
well...it has been five days since i started exercising..i weigh myself this morning and i m 1.5kg up AGAIN!!!...
so i m back to my starting weight...
am i gaining muscle??
i duwan 2 gain muscle...i need to LOSE WEIGHT!!!HELP!!!
what should i do?
i have been constantly losing 1.5kg n gaining it back...
i just can't seem to lose more than that..
WHAT SHOULD I DO???HELP ME PLEASE!!!MUCH THANKS!!

[jennbeingme]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

but are you losing inches? Your weight will fluctuate quite a lot from day to day. I weigh myself at the local health center every two weeks- I refuse to have a scale in my house- it would drive me crazy. But without knowing what you are eating etc... I have no way of knowing if this is the case. If you feel confident in your program, following atkins and exercising, then your weight is just doing the normal fluctuations that it goes through.

[atkinsrox]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

hey jennbeingme...tnx a lot for the reply...
nope...sadly i m not losing inches either...
haha...yea yea..i use to b a scale obsesser too..
but now i try to limit myself to not weigh more than three times a week...LOL..
i love doing atkins...i think this is the only diet that really works for me and i m confident i can continue eating this way for the rest of my life...i also think that atkins is the healthiest diet ever...so yeah..i m gonna continue doing atkins and exercising..hopefully i'll lose weight...

[Georgiana]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

No, the reason why you've gained 1.5 kg is not because you're gaining muscle -- you cannot gain 1.5 kg of muscle after 5 days of exercising on the treadmill. What happened is that you are probably not used to so much exercise and now your muscles are retaining water to recover. So those 1.5 kg are water weight not fat.

[atkinsrox]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

hey gerorgiana...tnx for the reply..
but my stomach is bigger though...my calf are still the same..i think..
didn't measure after and before...*grin*
but i often go hiking...i stopped going about a month ago because there was a robbery happened in the hiking place i used to go so after that my parents advice me not to go anymore..LOL...
that is the reason why i m running on treadmill now..haha

[planetclaire]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

Gaining muscle doesn't happen overnight, or even with a few workouts. Unless you are a body builder consuming large amounts of protein and lifting heavy heavy weights, you can expect to gain 1 pound of muscle in about 6 weeks.

As Georgiana stated, its most like water retention Drink lots of water, more than the 64oz minimum required, that always helps with water retention. Good luck!

[Georgiana]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

but i often go hiking...i stopped going about a month ago because there was a robbery happened in the hiking place i used to go so after that my parents advice me not to go anymore..LOL...
that is the reason why i m running on treadmill now..haha

Other possible reasons for water retention are TOM or eating something salty. You'd have to eat 1000+ calories more than you are burning every day to put on 1.5 kg of fat in 5 days.

As Laurie said, water, water, water.

[atkinsrox]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

Gaining muscle doesn't happen overnight, or even with a few workouts. Unless you are a body builder consuming large amounts of protein and lifting heavy heavy weights, you can expect to gain 1 pound of muscle in about 6 weeks.

hey Laurie...tnx for the reply..oh see...phew..it's a real relieve to hear that...tnx a lot...
yea..guess that's probably water then..LOL...
i think mb it's coz of my TOM..but i m not sure..coz my TOM is ALWAYS IRREGULAR...sometimes it comes sometimes it dosen't..LOL
anyways..tnx again gerogiana..=D

[neihu]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

I am working out every day and losing very slowly too- I haven't remeasured myself yet - but my jeans feel looser.

It is a little frustrating, but I am sure I will appreciate it in the long run.

[kibskix]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

dont forget the scale is just a tool. woking out is good for you whether the scale shows a loss or not!

[atkinsrox]

Re: Gaining Muscle??

hello neihu, kibskix...tnx a lot for the reply...
yea..i m also losing vry slowly...
nvm...she shall not give up so easily and continue what v r doing...one day we will sure achieve what we want rite...LOL...
so yea..DON"T GIVE UP!!WE CAN DO IT!!!LOL...