Thoughts please......

[sweetfanny]

Well as I have said previous, I am kinda new to this thing. I am about 5'5 and I was 84kg when I started working out. I am not new to weights, as I did start to train last year, but fell of the rails. So I have hit the weights hard and have been working out just over 2 weeks. I weighed myself today, and have put on 2kg!

for breakfast I have porriage with protien powder, and soda water

after gym, protien shake, lunch egg white omlette with cottage cheese, soda water, fruit for afternoon tea. Dinner chicken or steak and vege, no carbs.

I work out about 5 or 6 days a week, with legs one day, and top the next.

I am bench pressing 70-80lbs just. to give you an idea of weight I am lifting. So is it unusal to gain 2kg this quickly?

[marky65]

I think thats very unusual. IMO

With what you say you are eating and the exercise you should be dropping a few kgs.

How much water are you drinking?

What size are your meals?

Thats the only 2 things I can think of that could be hindering there.

It is alot o trial and error doing this as well until you learn what is working for your body. Just listen to it and go with it (you have to ignore it when it asks for chocolate though :evil: )

[Luigi]

are you male or female ?

are you taking creatine ?

[gazza]

imo it's not that unusual. when you start lifting weights it forces the muscles to adapt they do this as we know by growing, but they also increase in density.

i have a co-worker that is over weight who has started to hit the weights more frequently and cut back on cardio. he has visibly lost bodyfat from his midsection but was complaining he had put on nearly 4kg, increase in muscle mass/density \:D/

[sweetfanny]

Hey, I am a 37 yr old female, I only took creatine for a couple of days, since it was left over from when I last used it last year. I am aware that muscle does weigh more than fat, so that does not worry me, but it does not look like I have thinned out anywhere. I have Bourbon Belly, which is also left over from my child which I had nearly 7 years ago, But that does not even look any thinner. Hahahaha.

Chocolate is my only down fall. I have had one large bag of m and m's in that time, but I can not see how that would give me an extra 2kg.

[Varven]

Have you had a recent blood profile done?

If not, go to your GP and get one done.. a full profile, including thyroid.

What quantities of food are you eating and how strictly are you sticking to it ?

[sweetfanny]

Have you had a recent blood profile done?

If not, go to your GP and get one done.. a full profile, including thyroid.

What quantities of food are you eating and how strictly are you sticking to it ?

I have listed on my first post what I eat. I am pretty strict with it. If I stray, it is either with a glass of coke, or some chocolate, but not enough to gain that much weight. Meat at dinner, is the size of my fist, and my omlette is four eggwhite and one yolk.

[marky65]

Are you drinking heaps of water throughout the day??....Like 2 litres or there abouts

[sweetfanny]

No, I am not drinking that much, about 1.25 at the most.

[Varven]

Get your body fat % tested.

Secondly your quantities are vague.

Thirdly, I attempted a similar diet when I was at a high bf% and nothing happened.... I introduced carbs in to the first 4 meals of the day in tiny quantities and started to note changes.

[Optimass]

Are you drinking heaps of water throughout the day??....Like 2 litres or there abouts

not enough - increase to 3.5 - 4 litres (incl 750ml during training). Your water weight will change rapidly with your monthly cycle but you can reduce the size of the swings if you properly hydrate. Your body will retain water during ovulation. this varies based on a lot of variables but the easiest way to get a more consistant reading is to weigh yourself before a workout or 6 hours after / drink an even amount of fluids per day / use the same scale to benchmark against. Same time of day ....

[Optimass]

Get your body fat % tested.

Not sure why??? Accuracy of tests are pretty vague.

IMO take your;

Waist / Hip / Thigh and arm measurements. If you gain weight initially, which is normal as your muscle is going into shock from the exercise and will flood with fluids/carbs, but you measurements go down ...

you have nothing to worry about.

if your measurments go up .... your nutritional intake in your initial post is not accurate.

This is a way better option for monitoring beginner/intermeadiate female trainers.

Leave the bodyfat %s for competition prep.

[sweetfanny]

Thanks, I will take measurements tomorrow. I don't think there would be calipers big enough to take my body fat measurements at the mo. Haha