why is this?

[thebest6664ever]

Hi,
Why is it whenever I do weight training, I gain weight?

I haven't eaten any extra calories.
I weight train about 4 times a week.
I still do the same amount of cardio.

What's wrong?

Thanks

[Turbomunkey]

water retention??

[freebirdmac]

Uhhh, when you increase lean body mass without losing the same amount of bodyfat you gain weight.

[thebest6664ever]

So how do you stop this happening?

Do more cardio?

Thanks

[freebirdmac]

What are you trying to accomplish? Scale weight is really meaningless. Do you want to build muscles and increase lbm, or do you want to decrease bodyfat? Or both? What is your diet like in terms of foods you eat and calories? What's your height and weight?

[thebest6664ever]

I'm trying to lose weight but tone-up at the same time.

My diet looks like this.
BREAKFAST: 30g Protein Powder
50g Oatbran
Home Made Smoothie

SNACK: Fruit

LUNCH: Chicken + Vegetables

SNACK: Yogurt

TEA: Fish + Vegetables

I do 20mins Cardio 4 times a week and weight train 3 times a week.

Thanks for your help.

[Mindi912]

muscle weighs twice as much as fat does

it's a good thing why wouldn't you want it to happen - in order to look lean you are going to need to have some muscle or else you are simply going to look either A. Skinny Fat or B. Anorexic

as long as your BF% doesn't increase then you have nothing to worry about...imo

[freebirdmac]

How tall are you and what do you currently weigh?

[Thuirwyne]

Your bf% is the most important really; I have a client who was 126lbs and fit squishily into a size 8...now she's 135 and wears a size 4 without the squish.

[bttrthnb4]

Wait...what? No disrespect, Mindi, but since when does a lb of fat weigh more than a lb of muscle? I thought they just look different, lol.

[Mindi912]

Wait...what? No disrespect, Mindi, but since when does a lb of fat weigh more than a lb of muscle? I thought they just look different, lol.

mmmm maybe it came out wrong lol

no naturally 1lbs of fat is exactly the same as 1lbs muscle

I guess I was talking about the amount of space it takes up - thanks for picking that up

as shown in the discussion

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/16616.html

[bttrthnb4]

mmmm maybe it came out wrong lol

no naturally 1lbs of fat is exactly the same as 1lbs muscle

I guess I was talking about the amount of space it takes up - thanks for picking that up

as shown in the discussion

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/16616.html

Oh yeah I get confused easy, lol!

[Mindi912]

Oh yeah I get confused easy, lol!

so do I so I guess we're even

nah you made a really good point there, I guess I'm so used to the old saying that I forget it's totally D'uh and impossible

it's like saying what weighs more

1 ton of feathers

or

1 ton of Stone

(you wanna say stone because you know it's heavier but the weight is given to you)

[muslgrl]

Your bf% is the most important really; I have a client who was 126lbs and fit squishily into a size 8...now she's 135 and wears a size 4 without the squish.

I agree with you, the same thing happened to me. I used to be 135 lbs and wore a size 10 Now off season I'm 135 and wear a size 2-4