Why am i gaining weight when im working out?

Count your Calories and keep a journal of everything you eat! I have found this works for me.. Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits.. Nothing containing sugar..no regular soda's chips or candy... Go easy on the starches. A man can consume more calories then a woman my son loses 3 pounds a week on a 1,500 calorie diet I lose 2 pounds a week on a 1,200 calorie diet.

so u know ur gonna gain a little weight at first becu ur body not used to working out

Exercise is never the solution to weight. Remember this... YOU CAN ALWAYS EAT MORE THAN YOU CAN BURN!! The solution to weight and fat is diet. Eating a proper diet means eating the right foods and the right portions. That's how you control your weight. Your exercise routine should be planned around fitness goals (strength, endurance, etc), not fat goals. Check out these fitness facts. • If you consume fewer calories than you burn, you have to lose fat eventually. There are no exceptions to this fact. • There are only two nonsurgical things we can do to sculpt a better body and they are (1) lose fat and (2) build muscle. This fact assumes muscular atrophy and fat gain will not sculpt a better body. • A pound of fat will yield about 3500 calories (Kcal) of energy. • An average person must run or walk about 5 miles (8 km) every day to burn one pound of fat per week assuming their diet allows for fat consumption. • An average person must run or walk about 350 miles (563 km) to burn 10 pounds and their diet must allow it. If they walk 350 miles (13.4 marathons) at 3mph it will take them 117 hours or about three full 40 hour work weeks to burn 10 pounds of fat. • If an average person consumes 500 calories per day less than they burn, they will lose about a pound a week with no extra time or physical effort required. •Running does not burn any more fat than walking as long as the distance remains the same. • It does not matter if a person runs or walks a given distance…they will burn the same number of calories. Calories are energy and energy expenditure is not time dependent. How fast a person runs has nothing to do with how many calories they burn. Only the distance determines the calories burned. • There is no exercise which will remove fat from a particular place on the body. Your body (genetics) determines where you lose fat, not you nor your diet nor your exercise. • It doesn’t matter how hard or how long you exercise, you will not lose any fat if you eat too much. When it comes to burning fat, diet always trumps exercise. • There are no supplements which will make your body burn fat. Only you can do that with diet control. • Refined protein supplements are a much worse form a protein than a balanced diet of nutritious natural foods which includes all essential amino acids (fish, meat, dairy, grains, etc.) because most of the nutrition has been lost in processing If you need help understanding how to eat properly, here are some links which may help. A MUST FOR DIETERS -- http://www.freedieting.com/ BEST DIET TOOL ON THE WEB - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ SCOOBY (Website) - http://scoobysworkshop.com/general_philosophy.htm SCOOBY (YouTube) - http://www.youtube.com/user/scooby1961 NATIONAL INSTITUTE for HEALTH - http://nih.gov/ NUTRITION DOT GOV - http://riley.nal.usda.gov/ MAYO ON FITNESS - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/strength-training/HQ01710 Be sure to check out Scooby's website and YouTube videos. He has a lot to say about diet as well as bodybuilding. Good luck and good health! ♠ PS: If you think you're gaining weight because you're adding muscle, you're not. Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/user/scooby1961#p/search/0/Xcuhi6RaZ24

Hey there! 3 pounds is not that much. Usually, when you go to the gym, you gain muscle. Muscle is heavier than fat,so even if you burn off a bunch of fat, you can still gain weight if you're adding muscle. Anyother thing might be the amount of fecal matter you have in your body. 3 pounds is not that much. My bother went to the bathroom to take a dump and came out 4 pounds lighter. True story. If you wanna lose weight and NOT gain muscle, then do a lot of cardio. Add plyometrics, boxing, and yoga into your workout as well.

u should do light weight and more reps, here are few diet and exercise tips Diet: ---- First tip is turn vegetarian, have 5 time meals rather. You can have seafood also. breakfast of cereals, milk and egg only, lunch u can have beans on bread, dal rice, bread with baked/ boiled vegetables have light dinner, again u can have bread and salad, rice with gravy avoid chicken, cheese, paneer, pizzas and junk food, learn some recipes for healthy food.. Exercise: -------- Divide muscles in 3 groups Chest / Triceps: Bench press, dumbell Flies/ Curls (lying on bench), inclined dumbell press, pecdec overhead dumbell tricep curl, narrow grip bench press, narrow hands push ups, dips, bending triceps dumbell curl, overhead barbell tricep curl Shoulders/ Legs: Shoulder press with dumbells, shoulder press with barbell backside, military press, front dumbell raises, side dumbell raises, shoulder shruggs Squats, spot running, lunges, Calve raises, dumbell squats, leg pullies Back / Biceps: Pull ups, Front Pullovers, back pullovers, barbell rowing, dumbell rowing, single dumbell raises, Biceps curl with dumbell, hammer curls, biceps curls with barbell, biceps curl with bend barbell, concentration curl, reverse curls You can combine Abs/ wrists workout each alternatively with above muscle groups, you can do wrist curls with light dumbells, barbells, reverse curls etc. For abs you can do crunches, leg raises etc. Reps: For 1st month make stamina and muscle strength in you. Do sets of 15-20-25 reps with light weights (reducing weights increasing reps) You will become lean and well shaped with above workout Now come to gain muscle size, start with moderate heavy weight now, u will do 12-10-8 reps now (increasing weight reducing reps), if require take someone help to lift heavy weights. We call it spotting. (((((((((Please rate my answer if you like..))))))))) u can anyway mail me or im me for more info.. all the best..

Try lowering your calories a little more. Only work out 3 times a week, your muscles need time to recover. Oh! Don't listen to people saying "you are gaining muscle", muscle and fat weigh the same and you can't gain 3 pounds of muscle before you lose fat. Good Luck!

Your gaining weight bc your muscles are growing after workouts. And lifting is only going to add more. My suggestion would be to only run. Run a couple miles a day abs don't lift. Also you have to eat right. Eat healthy foods and small portions. Instead of having 2 or 3 big meals a day eat 5 small ones. This will help speed up your metabolism, also don't eat right before bed. Go to bed on an empty stomach. Excessive sleep can cause fat storage, so don't over sleep but rest enough. 6 to 9 hours preferably.

i would lessen calories by at least 400 also, just starting with cardio can help you lose and shift the weight where weights make you gain muscle pretty quickly

Well i never gain wait but, i ko my aunt had that problem and she went to the doctors and found out the had diabetes... idk if that helped yu out a lot but i was worth a shot.