I just recently started working out regularly again. It's been a while since I have and it was really time to start - I'm not obese or any of that, it was just getting to the point where I was getting those pounds around the midsection that needed to go before it turned into something far worse.
I started this past Monday with the 6 day workout 'routine' I used to do as well as dieting properly. I think I've stuck to it very well so far, and have drank practically a gallon of water each day as well.
Here's the problem. I know its a chick thing to say, but I feel fatter and I've been gaining 1-2 pounds DAILY since I started. On Monday's weight in, I was at 182 (I'm 6 foot). This morning I'm at 190 and I can't remember the last time I weighed 190. That's 8 pounds in 6 days. What the hell is going on????
I know muscle weights more than fat and all of that. But there is no way I have gained 8lbs in muscle or not lost any fat between now and last Monday - that doesn't make sense.
I've been eating around 2200ish calories daily and have drank so much water it isn't even funny; some days right at a gallon or more. I have had a small slip and went with the gf to Denny's late Friday and went off the reservation with calories, but that's it - plus I was already up 6ish pounds by then anyways.
The only supplement I am taking is a whey protein shake I drink twice daily, that's all. Routine is cardio heavy on M/W/F on a treadmill. On T/Thr/Sun I hike/run with a weighted rucksack and then do weights at the gym in the evening.
I guess at this point I am doubting myself. What the hell is going on?? If it was just the scale, I wouldn't care much but I PHYSICALLY feel fat/bloated and even my pants are fitting differently/tight.
Ideas? Growing pains? Can someone give me some insight? I google'd this and everything came up as eating too many calories; thats not the case and thats what has me uneasy about this.
I started this past Monday with the 6 day workout 'routine' I used to do as well as dieting properly. I think I've stuck to it very well so far, and have drank practically a gallon of water each day as well.
Here's the problem. I know its a chick thing to say, but I feel fatter and I've been gaining 1-2 pounds DAILY since I started. On Monday's weight in, I was at 182 (I'm 6 foot). This morning I'm at 190 and I can't remember the last time I weighed 190. That's 8 pounds in 6 days. What the hell is going on????
I know muscle weights more than fat and all of that. But there is no way I have gained 8lbs in muscle or not lost any fat between now and last Monday - that doesn't make sense.
I've been eating around 2200ish calories daily and have drank so much water it isn't even funny; some days right at a gallon or more. I have had a small slip and went with the gf to Denny's late Friday and went off the reservation with calories, but that's it - plus I was already up 6ish pounds by then anyways.
The only supplement I am taking is a whey protein shake I drink twice daily, that's all. Routine is cardio heavy on M/W/F on a treadmill. On T/Thr/Sun I hike/run with a weighted rucksack and then do weights at the gym in the evening.
I guess at this point I am doubting myself. What the hell is going on?? If it was just the scale, I wouldn't care much but I PHYSICALLY feel fat/bloated and even my pants are fitting differently/tight.
Ideas? Growing pains? Can someone give me some insight? I google'd this and everything came up as eating too many calories; thats not the case and thats what has me uneasy about this.
