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In order to gain fat you must eat more food than your body can metabolise. If you are not gaining fat (and you want to) then you should eat more food, you need a higher caloric intake.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoLack of exercise and poor diet
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How is body weight misleading when talking about fitness?
You can be losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time, bringing your weight up. This is not necessarily bad at all. You may be getting quite a bit healthier losing the less dense fat and gaining healthy, toned muscle.
If you are gaining weight but losing fat is that ok?
Yes. If you are working out and gaining muscle tone, then it is reasonable that you may gain a little weight (a few pounds) or not lose as much weight as you normally would have if you were just losing "fat" weight. It is good that you are losing fat! In addition, you may be putting on some water weight as your body adjusts. This will go away completely within a few weeks or so. If this is not the case, and you are losing "fat" but still gaining weight, you may want to see a nutritionist or doctor to find out why that would be happening. Absent of that, there is nothing wrong with gaining a few pounds of muscle as you lose fat.
I started to do exercise at the gym around 6 hours a week but I didn't lose any weight why?
You're gaining muscle! It's more dense than fat and retains more water. This means that you are gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time.
Do you gain weight before you lose it?
It depends if you get fat then go on a diet, or if you lift weights, you gain muscle,and muscle weighs more than fat.
Can you gain weight even though your figure and size hasn't changed?
Yes. Losing fat and gaining muscle will cause your body to become heavier as fat weighs twice that of muscle, and your size will remain the same.
Can running help with fat reduction of the hips and thighs?
If you choose to pick running up as an exercise, it could greatly help your legs out by losing fat there and gaining more muscle.
When you start to loss weight you always gain weight - why is this and what should you do?
Well if you're ONLY dieting than the diet is probably the wrong one. But if your EXERCISING then you're probably gaining muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat, so your losing fat on your body but gaining muscle mass. You should do a body fat percentage for your body, it will help you understand the weight gain.
Why are my clothes loser but I weight the same?
You could be losing fat but gaining muscle. Remember that muscle weighs more than fat and that muscle generally shows up in OTHER areas. Just remain healthy. What you weigh is far less important than your BMI.
They say you always gain muscle before losing fat when dieting so how much muscle can I expect to gain before I start losing?
It is true that you often gain muscle prior to losing fat. This is a natural process, and it is helpful because a higher level of muscle produces a healthier metabolism. Each person has a different amount of muscle they will gain prior to losing fat, though many people gain muscle for months prior to losing fat.
You are cutting down and excercising and you look and feel slimmer but am not losing any weight?
You're probably gaining muscle, which is heavier than fat so it may not seem like you're loosing fat, but you are.
Will gaining muscle help lose belly fat?
yes.
Why can't you skip a meal?
If you intake less than what you need, you will also be losing muscle as well as fat. Although you are losing fat, the muscle you once had is dissapearing.
