Weight loss issues...?!
Question: heres my deal, everyday i run 2 miles on my treadmill, i watch what i eat and i have been doing this faithfully for over a month now. i weighed myself today and i gained 6 pounds!!!! what am i doing wrong? should i measure and see if i am losing inches instead? im so frustrated.
Answers: heres my deal, everyday i run 2 miles on my treadmill, i watch what i eat and i have been doing this faithfully for over a month now. i weighed myself today and i gained 6 pounds!!!! what am i doing wrong? should i measure and see if i am losing inches instead? im so frustrated.
really, weighing scales don't mean anything. people look at each other and see each other's bodies, they don't pick each other up to gage an acceptable weight!
most likely, as someone's already said, you're just developing muscle tone which is heavier than fat so that's why the scales are saying what they do.
surely you feel better in yourself and that's what matters because you can hold yourself with more confidence. if you can look in the mirror and be happy with what's looking back then that's the reward from all your hard work, not numbers on a scale.
the most effective way to lose weight is to combine your cardio with resistance training, ie. weights and that has loads of other benefits other getting slimmer like sustaining healthy bones.
also, although I completely admire your motivation to be doing 2 miles everyday, try it every other day- your body needs time to recover and maybe do lower impact exercise of your 'days off'.
keep on going!! I have nothing but admiration for you
Don't measure your weight, measure your body fat %. muscle is much denser than fat.
yes definitely ....... the scales dont represent anything it is what u feel that u have achieved from eating healthy and running ... do u feel better and more comfortable in clothes ......... r u happy with what u seeing if so then u shouldnt worry about the scales because u have probably gained muscle in ur legs from running ... if u r a numbers person that likes to c the numbers on the scale going down then by all means off course measure urself and compare that to ur old measurements
im sure that u havent gained fat :)
xxn0haxx
yup its likley you have burned the fat and put on muscle instead.
Body fat % is a better way of looking at it and so is body image just look in the mirror or compare to an old photo, do you look slimmer? feel healthier?.
Also you didnt say when you weighed yourself in the morning you tend to be lighter (no food, reduced water content) so if your watching pounds always weigh yourself at the same time of day.
Good job on the running but make sure you vary your programme otherwise you'll plateau and stop losing fat and getting fitter , try some other form of fitness mixed up with the running
you may have just converted some of the fat into muscle.. muscle weighs more than fat... but looks a lot better.
stick with it
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