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Recipe Introduction

Resource: Mayo Clinic and Weight Wathcers.

Recipe Link: tinyurl.com/2hegu7

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First off, The scale only gives you a limited picture of what's happening in your body. It only tells you the total body weight, but nothing about body composition.

Your body is a combination of different things such as Fat, Muscle, Tissue, Gycogen, Water and Blood.

When most people start a exercise program, they will notice a small weight gain. This is a normal body function. We don't shed pounds as soon as we start exercising.

You need to understand that exercise induces a series of normal biological changes. Some factors in gaining weight after exercising.

For new exercisers, you tear your muscles more than a seasoned exerciser, because your muscles are not used to the exertion. It often takes at least three weeks to six weeks to see the scales move in the right direction.

Water weight, after exercising your body will retain water, muscles retain water to help repair themselves.
Sometimes it has to do with what we eat. Carbohydrate type foods, like pasta, breads even whole grains. Carbohydrate is very "hydrophilic" meaning it attracts water, so extra scale weight is a result of water to your muscle Glycogen.

Also depending on what type exercising you do. Weight lifting is not normally considered an aerobic exercise. It's designed to increase muscle and tone. When muscles are building it is very likely your weight will increase.

The female body just isn’t programmed to grow “manly” muscles. Genetics, hormones, body fat, and body type all prevent that. Even if you want to grow big muscles, you’ll soon discover that without dangerous steroids it’s virtually impossible.

Women’s muscles get leaner, not bigger, with an average increase in size of a quarter to half inch, even after years of training. Although women can get stronger indefinitely, muscles respond by getting denser, not bigger.

When exercising make sure you drink plenty of water and you are getting in your 8 healty guidelines in,. This helps your body function properly.

Don't let this minor change in scale weight discourage you from exercise. Focus on your long term weight loss goal. Over time you will see a drop i body fat that will show on your scale.

Note: When figuring AP points, make sure you are figuring them right. Most people over estimate their AP points.


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