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missjane · 06-10-2009, 09:32 AM

How do you know you are eating the amount of calories you state? Are you weighing ALL of your food and strictly tracking it?

The body fat measurement is not very accurate...you can trend with bioimpedence at best.

If you are showing an "up" trend in weight, then you are taking in more calories than you are burning. So, either your tracking is off or you aren't weighing everything (ie, are you using a tablespoon to measure that peanut butter or are you weighing out 16 grams....BIG difference!).

Muscle gain isn't THAT fast for us women. I've seen it stated that 1/2 lb a month is GREAT progress for a woman and you need to eat and train for that!

06-10-2009, 09:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
missjane Scale Watch: 130.2 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,017	How do you know you are eating the amount of calories you state? Are you weighing ALL of your food and strictly tracking it? The body fat measurement is not very accurate...you can trend with bioimpedence at best. If you are showing an "up" trend in weight, then you are taking in more calories than you are burning. So, either your tracking is off or you aren't weighing everything (ie, are you using a tablespoon to measure that peanut butter or are you weighing out 16 grams....BIG difference!). Muscle gain isn't THAT fast for us women. I've seen it stated that 1/2 lb a month is GREAT progress for a woman and you need to eat and train for that! __________________ Jane My Training Log My eBay Store ~This is an lolcat-free zone~ ~This is a no "bro" zone -- sooooo sick of that word!~ "If someone says I can't, then it makes me all the more determined to prove that I can." -- Michael Phelps