Today, I finished the first month of a diet and exercise program designed to help me lose weight. To keep myself motivated, I have avoided the scale the entire time. I weighed myself today. I've gained 6 pounds. FML
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Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, I was proud of going to the gym 3 times a week (instead of once a week) to get in relative shape. I even started doing light cardio and (I thought) started to eat better. I've gained six pounds, despite watching what I eat and even increasing the resistance on the exercise bike that I use. FML
Today, I finally weighed myself after going on a strict diet of only fruits, vegetables, and coffee. I gained weight. FML
Today, after a full year of vigorous exercise 7 days a week, and a strict diet of vegetables, fruits, and water, I can proudly say that I've lost half a pound. FML
Today, after drastically changing my diet, going to the gym regularly, avoiding excess sugar and carbs, upping my protein, I’m still as fat as ever. In fact I weighed myself this morning, and I’ve gained 12lbs in 2 weeks. FML
Today, I went in for a doctor's appointment. When I got on the scale, I was really excited to see that I'd lost ten pounds since the last time I weighed myself at the gym. The doctor then severely lectured me on the fact that I had gained twenty since my visit last year. FML
Today, stepping on a scale for the first time in years, I had to lift up my stomach to see the number. FML
Today, I stepped on the scale because I'm trying to maintain a good weight. The scale read that I had lost 6 pounds. Feeling really good about myself, I stepped off the scale only to see that the corner of the scale was sitting on the rug, making the scale mess up and tell me the wrong weight. FML
Today, it's my sixth month of working out 5 days a week, watching what I eat while my family eats like kings, and only losing 2lbs. It's also the day husband said he misses my 20 year-old body and no longer finds me attractive, but that's okay because he "loves me anyways and it's good to know where we stand." FML
Today, is the fourth day of my husband's and my new diet and exercise routine. I've already caught him eating junk food 4 times. He has lost 2 lbs and I've gained 3. FML
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imapyro1996 4
Muscle?
structuredchaoz 4
Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are excersizing and building muscle mass. That's why
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jpfan01 2
I wish people were smarter. All the people saying muscle weighs more than fat are morons. That's equivalent to saying a pound of feathers weighs less than a pound of bricks. You put on muscle mass in place of where fat was and you can pack more of it into that same space so it seems like you gained weight by numbers. This explains the weight discrepancy. Don't worry about your lbs. Measure your waist and keep up on your other health numbers. Pounds alone is a bad way to judge a diet's effectiveness because it can be misleading and off-putting to hear you went up.
stupdude3 8
Thats what people mean, you idiot. When people say "Muscle weighs more than fat" really mean "Muscle is denser than fat". If you actually talked to people once in a while, you would know that.
Daralea 21
I really really hope all the people saying "muscle doesn't weight more than fat, it's just denser" are trolls.
ChrissiPumpkin 10
Don't give up! Like #180 said, don't base failure or success on pounds alone. Measure, measure, measure! It might be a good idea to take a picture of yourself standing every month, so you can compare changes. :)
theMGM101 0
well it's actually because when you change your lifestyle and eating habits your body reacts to the chabge by stocking up grease it's a natural reaction designed to lengthen your lifespan in case of starvation, give it an extra week, you'll see a difference in no time!
RubenTheGreek 8
@181,no,6 pound gain in a month while also dieting is not possible,gains are the same even when you've barely had any exercise before,when you're dieting there is NO way you'd gain so much muscle,exercise along with protein rich foods are used when dieting to MAINTAIN lean muscle mass,gain and especially for a female while on a diet is not possible unless she does many sets and has 100g of protein everyday and even then it'd be a pound tops. OP,weigh yourself once a week when you wake up,weight can vary at different times of the day due to food and water,do a 500 callorie deficit diet and you should be losing weight fast. muscle doesn't burn fat btw,you just require more callories the more lean body mass you have. having second thoughts about writing a huge wall of text when so many "experts" are posting crap and actually insulting the OP while they themselves have the mental capacity of a chicken.
laundryninja 1
muscle weighs more than fat
Juggalettemom79 3
Duh, you gain muscle!
kaykat25 0
Because you're gaining weight in muscle, since muscle weighs more than fat. So, that's really a good thing as long as you've been working out a lot, lol
kristidgranger 3
Might be muscle you gained not fat!
Jollymanroper 1
You can't just gain muscle (unless you're on steroids) I swear people are retarded....
mariebiscut1242 11
You do realize that when they say "gain muscle" that they really mean to say "make the muscle stronger or bigger". You don't have to be a pretentious douche and make yourself seem smarter when you reall have no basic knowledge or human social skills.