Working out and gaining weight?

[Ali W 2]

I am getting frustrated...well first, let me tell you that I did something that I said I would not do, and that was weigh every day. I started the gym on Monday with a trainer, and have now been 3 days straight. I have or had lost about 22 lbs, but now the scale has me at just 20 lbs. A 2 lb gain in 3 days? I am just 3 weeks out from my surgery and on high protien drink for Breakfast, sliced turkey/cheese stick for lunch and about a 3/4 cup of chili for dinner. So the calories and fat are rather low. It just makes me frustrated. I guess I need to stay off the scale and only weigh 1 x a week like my original plan was...but that scale makes me curious!

[Tiffykins 672]

When we build muscle mass, muscles tear, and need Water to repair and rebuild. It's Water weight, you'll start losing inches so take measurements if you haven't already.

Measure:

Neck

Chest

Waist

Upper Arm

Hips

Upper thigh

Calf

If you insist on weighing (I was a scale whore so no judgment from me at all), take measurements every couple of weeks as well.

A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle. The big difference is volume. Fat is bumpy, lumpy and takes up a lot of space, muscle is lean, thin, and isn't bumpy therefore taking up less space in the body and you'll lose inches sometimes, but you won't actual pounds.

It is NOT physically possible to put on 2lbs of fat in 3 days. . . No way, no how especially during the losing, low calorie, high Protein phase. It's just not going to happen.

[Ali W 2]

Yes!! Measuring, I was more focused on what the scale said...thanks for the reminder! I am going to do that and weigh just 1 time a week now.

I am very diligant on getting my Water in, so I guess that is some of it too.

Thanks Tiffykins!