Eating healthy and exercising, but gained weight?
I started a healthy eating and exercising program a few days ago thanks to my friend who is a personal trainer. Within 3 days I had lost 1.1kg which I was surprised about. I continued doing what I was doing, but when I weighed myself yesterday I had gained 0.7kg. Could that just be muscle? My friend said I can have one day off a week, and although I still did my exercises and ate healthy for most of the day, I did have a handful of hot chips with my dinner, which was grilled chicken and veggies. Could that have made me put that weight back on?
Is it just a matter of time until I start losing the weight again and begin to slim down?
Thanks!
It takes time to slim down and tone up but don’t worry about gaining weight. Muscle is heavier than fat and most of the time, when you don’t have a lot of weight to lose, you will gain weight because of the muscle you are putting on. Never trust the scale. Trust measurements. It’s better to weigh more and be toned and healthy than weigh less and be flabby. Good Luck!
Don’t worry so much about weight, worry about body fat, they’re different. Your trainer friend should be able to help you with that. Also keep in mind that muscle weighs a lot more than fat, so if you’re gaining muscle mass, you’ll probably gain weight, just not in a bad way 😉
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It takes time to slim down and tone up but don’t worry about gaining weight. Muscle is heavier than fat and most of the time, when you don’t have a lot of weight to lose, you will gain weight because of the muscle you are putting on. Never trust the scale. Trust measurements. It’s better to weigh more and be toned and healthy than weigh less and be flabby. Good Luck!
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