Ok so in the past two weeks, I have played six soccer games, completely cut soft drinks out of my diet and done pushups and situps every day. And yet I have gained 5 pounds. I don't understand and I haven't eaten horribly by any means.
Ok so in the past two weeks, I have played six soccer games, completely cut soft drinks out of my diet and done pushups and situps every day. And yet I have gained 5 pounds. I don't understand and I haven't eaten horribly by any means.
You are building muscle mass, muscle is heavier than fat. Plus, you may have been dehydrated when you weighed in the first time.
Either that or gravity has suddenly gone all wonky. 
dont weigh yourself--your clothes will tell you where you are--a crap is 3.5+ lbs, and if youre a-holdin, thats 7+lbs thats not really you. funny--the brain is 3.5 lbs too. lay off the animal products--you wont lose fat eating oatmeal either--its great for the colon as a sweeper, but its all carbs. at least they arent flower or rolls with butter--stay away from splenda and the other fake sugars--they cause a chemical reaction that manifests methanol in the brain, leading to brain tumors. wood alchohol causes degenerative damage all over the body-- lemme have another diet coke--my friend just lost his short term memory from daily diet cokes over the last 30 years- he always had one a workin. organic grains [brown rice ] and vegs will drop you back in the zone in 8 months if you dont cheat. tofu, kombu--[kelp] alfalfa [super high octane foods] negate the need for a vitamin pill. be persistant-- look up macrobiotics and grow in strength as well. I was on it for 2 years in 03 and went into a police academy- lots of running and my stamina was off the charts-- at 43 yo I was running with 24 yo ex marines and wanting to talk--they would gasp for me to shaddup-- I never got hired--seems they dont want old farts
In reply to thummmper:
The whole methanol in the brain thing is one of the big reasons I am swearing off diet drinks. I don't know how much I really trust that whole methanol thing but why risk it.
EastCoastMojo wrote: You are building muscle mass, muscle is heavier than fat. Plus, you may have been dehydrated when you weighed in the first time. Either that or gravity has suddenly gone all wonky.
How much more does muscle weight then fat?
And according to the accelormeter in my iphone we are still good on gravity. 
Quite a bit, its much denser. People have told me I'm dense, but not in a good muscular sort of way... 
Don't weigh yourself, you will know by how your clothes fit, and how good you're feeling that you're on the right track.
93EXCivic wrote:EastCoastMojo wrote: You are building muscle mass, muscle is heavier than fat. Plus, you may have been dehydrated when you weighed in the first time. Either that or gravity has suddenly gone all wonky.How much more does muscle weight then fat? And according to the accelormeter in my iphone we are still good on gravity.
Fat floats in water. Muscle sinks, quickly. That's about all I know.
You need to weigh yourself at the same time, in the same conditions, in order to get an accurate picture. Best would be in the morning, before eating, and after a trip to the bathroom.
Last summer, I worked my butt off running 2-3 times/week, rock climbing 2-3 times/week, and doing yoga 2-3 times/week (usually climbing and doing yoga the same days). I think I lost about 2-5 pounds. I lost 2 inches off my waist though.
Can't claim I'm doing a very good job of it at the moment, but I do know how to lose weight with diet.
No sugar, no red meat, no enriched flower and no hydrogenated oil. I know it sounds too simple, but it really is that easy. I was pushing 220 a couple of years ago. 190 ain't where I want to be, but it's better than where I was. When I first started getting serious about my weight I did what I laid out here. Lost 5 lbs. a week for three weeks. Crazy. I started running and lost more. Like everything, I slacked off. I was down to about 180 at one point, but kinda settled in here at the 190 - 195 zone.
Shoot. I really need to get 20 lbs. off.
I remember getting back on my mountain bike after years of not riding. I did not drop any weight, but went back to a 30 inch waist.. but had a hard time with regular fit jeans due to the muscles in my upper legs
When I was in high school, I was trying desperately to get from 170 to about 195. Then I went down to 160. Fast forward three years to now, and I am at 198 and I want to get down to 180. Go figure.
mad_machine wrote: I remember getting back on my mountain bike after years of not riding. I did not drop any weight, but went back to a 30 inch waist.. but had a hard time with regular fit jeans due to the muscles in my upper legs
I've always had very strong legs, and I have the same problem as you. Right now, I have about a 34 inch waist, but I have to wear 36-38 inch jeans in order to have room in my thighs and... um... well, in my upper-lower region. Always have a belt near me (although I wish suspenders would come back in style).
EastCoastMojo wrote: You are building muscle mass, muscle is heavier than fat. Plus, you may have been dehydrated when you weighed in the first time. Either that or gravity has suddenly gone all wonky.
Just about impossible to put on 5lbs of muscle mass in 2 weeks.
Lots of muscle turns to flab when you're old. Therefore, I choose not to build up the muscle in the first place.
Weight is a god awful measure of fitness. Even moreso as the years creep up on you. measure your fitness by what you can do. I have run almost 55 miles this month. I am here with kids literally young enough to be my kids who can barely finish a mile and 1/2 (and yes, I let them know it at every opputunity).
6 soccer games in 2 weeks? Thats like 3 miles of wind sprints every other day!
A note on pushups, do them every other day. Muscle doesn't actually build when you exercise, it does it during recovery and you need a day for that to happen. Abs are different, but you should still have a recovery day.
Finally, how much are you eating? If you have stepped up your body's demand for energy and not upped your calorie intake, you may have inavertantly put it into starvation mode where it keeps all it can.
One of the hardest lessons to learn is that to lose weight, you need to eat more. My wife lost 60 lbs in a year. For the first month she had to eat so much it would almost make her sick. But you are trying to fool your metabolisim .
If you have the means, get a resting metabolic rate test done. Find out how many calories you need just to breathe. Then you can adjust for exercise.
Well I serious doubt you've built up 5 lbs of muscle mass in just two weeks.
You say you haven't eaten horribly by any means. I suspect you actually have.
Do understand, eating to lose weight is very different than eating in a way that you think will help you lose weight.
mtn wrote: (although I wish suspenders would come back in style).
Why wait? Be an innovator! (or maybe just a hipster)
foxtrapper wrote: Well I serious doubt you've built up 5 lbs of muscle mass in just two weeks. You say you haven't eaten horribly by any means. I suspect you actually have. Do understand, eating to lose weight is very different than eating in a way that you think will help you lose weight.
I have been eating exactly like I have before I started working out.
Mental wrote: Finally, how much are you eating? If you have stepped up your body's demand for energy and not upped your calorie intake, you may have inavertantly put it into starvation mode where it keeps all it can.
I really doubt that is the case. I ate too much before I started doing the working out and haven't really reduced the amount I am eating.
to put it into perpective on muscle weight versus fat weight.
10 years ago my sister gave birth to my niece. My sis was a VERY muscular girl. Years of aerobics, dance, and the like gave her a rock hard body with just enough curves not to be butch.
I wanted to strangle the nurse practitioner that would yell at her for not gaining enough weight. My sis stopped working out as her pregnancy progressed and the muscle turned to fat. It got to the point that my sis went into pre-eclampsia (mispelled?) because of all the weight she had to put on to satisfy that idiot... she wound up on bedrest for the last month and a half of her pregnancy.
Thankfully both Mother and daughter are fine
You might want to try a different type of exercise. I started doing Yoga about a month ago and it's blowing my mind how different the results are compared to running, calisthenics, weight training or active sports I'd done in the past. Add the fact that I'm frequently the only guy in class and the uhh...scenery...is glorious, and I'm hooked.
I've lost about 7 pounds, but I'm a pretty lean dude anyway. 5'7" and 150 lbs currently, I'll bet my BMI is in the single digit range. I feel stronger than I have since getting out of the Marine Corps, and my six-pack is back. Best of all, I'm told (mostly by myself) that I look fantastic naked. Call it hippy crap if you want, but it's been treating me really well. YMMV.
Nothing wrong with Yoga. Once I get my shoulder straightened out, I have been thinking of looking into it myself
Yoga has really worked for me. If you've got a job that requires a lot of sitting, anything that leaves you stiff at the end of the day, it's a great way to work out those kinks. Plus, it just plain feels good.
There have been pockets of increased gravity reported though right? I mean, the one near my bathroom scale adds like 10 pounds!
mtn wrote: (although I wish suspenders would come back in style).
I know of a certain Captain that would argue they are in style still...
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