I have been tracking my weight since the start of this semester.
1/12 I weighed 161.5
1/29 I weighed 166.5
That comes out to about 2.05 lbs/ week.
Is it possible that that is all muscle or is most of it just fat?
I just got frustrated last semester when I got stuck at 160 forever and couldn't gain a pound. So I upped my calories from 3500 to 4000. It seems like that 500/day difference is making me add 2lbs/week instead of the 1 I had aimed for.
Should I cut back to 3500? or stay at 4000?
It's hard to tell whether I'm gaining fat or muscle since it's such a short period of time to judge.
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01-29-2009, 03:25 PM #1
Possible to gain 2 lbs muscle per week?
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01-29-2009, 03:27 PM #2
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01-29-2009, 08:11 PM #7
Hah, I've probably taken more math than 99% of the people on this forum. I realize that it was probably a bad assumption, but I was merely frustrated and trying to vent and exaggerate my point.
Under a more sophisticated statistical analysis I got a gain of 0.2252 lb/day or 1.58 lb/week. I suppose I need more days to get a more reliable number. For example, if I assumed that an additional 1 lb day was due to additional water weight (I drank an unusual lot of water beforehand), my gain drops down to 1.35 lb/week.
Do most people weigh themselves naked in the morning or weigh themselves when they go to the gym? Because I find my weight fluctuates a lot during the day and it's preventing me from getting accurate values for my weight. I know in the long run it will average out, but if that long run means 1 month+, it could be too late and I could have already gained an extra 10 lbs of fat.
Edit: Decided to reduce the cups of oats I eat a day from 2 to 1. This cuts 300 calories, mostly from carbs, which I was a little heavy in.Last edited by mac520; 01-29-2009 at 08:14 PM.
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01-29-2009, 08:12 PM #8
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01-29-2009, 08:25 PM #9
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01-29-2009, 08:44 PM #10
There is nothing wrong with the laws of thermodynamics Not all forms of bodyweight contain 3500 calories per pound (muscle ~600-750 calories lb).
That being said it could very well be you were slightly undereating and increasing calories 500/day merely resulted in a water shift from the more complete glycogen storage.
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