Weight gain with inches lost on a diet and exercise program?
My wife is on a diet and exercise program. Simple calorie counting along with daily exercise. This week she did Pilates four days and walked until fully out of breath on one. When she measured today she was down or equal inches in all areas. Overall she was down almost two inches. Yet between her doctor's visit on Tuesday and this evening, she's up five pounds!? It just doesn't make sense. Her thighs are a bit swolen due to her period time coming up...could the water gain account for five pounds in four days?
Public Comments
- You can retain many pounds of water. Also, muscle weighs more than fat, so she may have gained some muscle over the past few weeks or months. I recommend you ignore the number on the scale and go by how your clothes fit and how you look in the mirror.
- Not unusual to build muscle and gain weight when getting into shape, muscle is much higher density than fat so you can still lose inches and gain weight. If this is whats happening, it would still be a good thing.
- That could be it... It could also be muscle gain.
- yep- water weight and muscle gain.
- Seriously Dude ... muscle weighs more than fat ... She is becoming Arnold Swartzeniger and you are not concerned ... Did you not mention that her monthly moon - hair growing and claws with fangs screaming in the night looking for something to kill - time is on her ... AND YOU ARE NOT AFRAID??? Dude ... did you not mention she LOST NO WEIGHT AND INSTEAD GAINED IT - STAYING ABOUT THE SAME SIZE ... RUN MY FELLOW MAN ... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE BEFORE HER THIGHS GROW TOO BIG FOR YOU TO ESCAPE - Peace; Aintmyfault
