How many women notice weight gain following the start of physical activity?
Many complain that yes, they have heard that going on a diet is not enough, that going on a diet lowers the metabolism, that to burn more you need to do gymnastics.

But on the other hand, when they exercise, the balance tends to go up. So let’s see how weight gain and physical activity are linked.

WEIGHT INCREASE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: WHAT ARE THE FACTORS?

If the increase is one or two kilos.

• Exercising increases muscle mass and tends, over time, to reduce fat if you do not increase the daily calories. This is both because a calorie deficit is created from physical activity and because muscle mass needs more nutrients, more energy resources to develop. However, muscle mass also needs water to store starches in glycogen. This results in increased water retention.
• Therefore, if the muscle mass weighs more for the same volume of fat mass, even if only for the fact of retaining more fluids, people with more muscle mass obviously weigh more than those who, with the same structural conditions, have more mass. greasy.
• This phenomenon is obviously more evident at the beginning, when, following the first workouts we do, the body undergoes initial changes that are more evident to the eye, becoming stronger.

So this weight gain is normal if we’re talking about an extra pound or two.

If the increase is three or more pounds.

If, on the other hand, we gain three or four kilos or even more, according to a study this only happens to those who, without realizing it, have also increased their daily calories. So the advice, if we choose to do physical activity, is to use a calorie counting app, such as Fat Secret, or to keep a food diary. 

However, if we are certain that we are not eating more, and we see a leap of one or two kilos with physical activity, we must instead ask ourselves: how much does the scale count when I am losing body fat?
Because if the weight on the scale matters more to you than being toned, seeing yourself better in the mirror, reducing your body inches, then stop exercising.

In conclusion, if you choose the path of training, it will be the mirror or the tape measure to tell you how much weight you have lost, while the scale, especially in the first weeks, could make you want to stop all physical activity and give you unbridled panciollism.

So the advice is to pay less attention to the scale and train, being careful not to consume more calories than before.