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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / May 2006After 2 Months Exercise, Gained 1 lb
In March I started working out for the first time. In summary, I walked in March and then began cycling in April, while keeping food intake level. I have gained one pound. I'm interested in your feedback on this. It's not entirely unexpected, since I have read that initially when you work out you may not see any change on the scale. But after 2 months I thought there would be at least something. In March I walked 51 miles, and estimate that the energy burn would be around 3300 cals. In April I cycled 4 times weekly, starting with a 30 min ride and finally building to a vigorous 60 min ride. My estimated energy burn for the month was about 7500 cals. Strictly speaking I may have expected to lose about 3 pounds, but it hasn't happened. Looking in the mirror, my gut does in fact look smaller and tighter, and my clothes seem a tad looser, so I feel like something is happening. Possibly I have added some muscle, but it seems unreasonable to add so much in such a short period, especially since I am not using weights at the moment. I recently turned 45, and I am about 8 pounds over what I would consider to be an ideal weight (the weight I was at in high school). Given that I don't have a lot to lose it may be a tougher, slower fight than I expected. Thanks for any info. 1 lb is in the noise. Keep doing what you're doing and you'll be fine. Well, you could start lifting weights, too. You're probably eating more than you realize, though. Create an account at www.fitday.com and start tracking food intake. But don't worry about 1 lb. :: In March I started working out for the first time. In summary, I :: walked in March and then began cycling in April, while keeping food [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] :: Given that I don't have a lot to lose it may be a tougher, slower :: fight than I expected. Thanks for any info. I do in fact use Fitday religiously, I have been for over 3 years. I would have to say it's probably the #1 factor in keeping off the 60 lbs I lost. Try eating less. > In March I started working out for the first time. In summary, I > walked in March and then began cycling in April, while keeping food [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Given that I don't have a lot to lose it may be a tougher, slower fight > than I expected. Thanks for any info. > In March I started working out for the first time. In summary, I > walked in March and then began cycling in April, while keeping food [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Given that I don't have a lot to lose it may be a tougher, slower fight > than I expected. Thanks for any info. If you are doing exercise, the tape measure is pretty valuable. In cycling, my thigh muscles developed nicely, and there is a cycling thigh look. It doesn't take much thigh gain in muscular thickness to be a few pounds. You could easily have another half pound in the arms as there is some arm development in cycling. For the most part, you can't predict where the fat will be lost. It sounds like you could use the tape measure in addition to the scale in your case of trying to lose by exercise. It is also pretty easy to overeat as a byproduct of exercise. Feeling good can increase appetite, and you might feel better from the exercise. You might even take photos to see more objectively if the body is changing from muscle development. Keep on plugging, and try to take better data to tell you whether you are doing the right things or not.  Signature1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book 2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book 3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins book 4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other) > In March I started working out for the first time. In summary, I > walked in March and then began cycling in April, while keeping food > intake level. I have gained one pound. I'm interested in your > feedback on this. It's not entirely unexpected, since I have read that > initially when you work out you may not see any change on the scale. > But after 2 months I thought there would be at least something. In the first few weeks the muscles hoard glycogen and the water it is dissolved in. Two months in you likely gained a pound of muscle. But that's in the noise unless you weigh daily and do some sort of averaging. > Looking in the mirror, my gut does in fact look smaller and tighter, > and my clothes seem a tad looser, so I feel like something is > happening. Possibly I have added some muscle, but it seems > unreasonable to add so much in such a short period, especially since I > am not using weights at the moment. Muscle is less dense than fat. Gain a pound, lose some volume or size. If I could drop a belt notch I wouldn't care if I gained pounds in the process. > I recently turned 45, and I am about 8 pounds over what I would > consider to be an ideal weight (the weight I was at in high school). > Given that I don't have a lot to lose it may be a tougher, slower fight > than I expected. Thanks for any info. That clsoe to ideal it takes cutting calories. Is it worth further reducing your calories? Only you can answer that. more dense In news:1146694861.308437.159110@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com, Doug Freyburger <dfreybur@yahoo.com> stated | Muscle is less dense than fat. Gain a pound, lose some | volume or size. If I could drop a belt notch I wouldn't care | if I gained pounds in the process. > more dense > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > | volume or size. If I could drop a belt notch I wouldn't care > | if I gained pounds in the process. Fat floats .... usually Muscle tends to sink. Toss a steak and a piece of fat into a pan of water. Signature1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book 2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book 3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins book 4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other) I agree that if you kept your food intake constant and increased exercise to this degree, you can calculate that you expect to lose 3 lbs, so gaining 1 means there's 4 lbs to be accounted for. I also think it's extremely unlikely you put on 4 lbs of muscle in two months, especially without weight-lifting. Maybe a pound or two, but 4 seems unlikely. However, weighing yourself isn't *that* accurate. It can be +/- 2-3 lbs easily just based on how much water you're retaining and whether or not your gut is "empty" when you weigh. It's easy for someone losing 5 lbs per month to see a downward trend because it's a large enough loss to show past the "noise" in weight measurements. But... I think when you have such small amounts of fat to lose, you really need to use something other than a scale to measure your progress. You want to develop a goal based on tape measurer measurements or bodyfat composition or such. You say you've seen some progress in that you see your gut is smaller... so if you want to quantify your progress reshaping your body, you need to measure that. |
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