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Is it possible to be gaining weight yet look thinner than before?
I'm a 17 yr old girl. I've started running a few days a week and I walk everyday. Obviously at 17, I don't live on gluten-free, wheatgrass smoothies, but I also don't live on pizza and Mcdonalds either.(pasta and rice and beans are a cheat for me), and I'm at a target weight for my age/ height.
Anyway, my question is that I've gained some weight in the past few weeks. I don't need to lose any weight, it's just that two people within the past 2 weeks actually said I look thinner, which I don't get if I gained weight.
Is it like muscle or something from running, or fat being replaced with muscle? I'm not sure, what do you guys think?
3 Answers
- TheTerminatorFanLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Muscles weigh more than fat.
Gravity pulls everything down, exercise pulls everything back up again.
You gain weight, but look thinner.
Which is a good thing.
Source(s): 25 years of weightlifting. Get rid of the bathroom scale. - Anonymous9 years ago
Yes it is posssible :) I'm proof I aint got manly muscles or anything but I gained 10lbs and my stomach, thighs, butt are smaller tighter harder and not flabby have muscles now :D I went from 110 to 120. I had kid went from 130 to 110 then started gaining becuz muscle and now stuck at 120 I still exercise and that's where I have been and plan on staying or I can lose or gain lil long as my body stays this way I don't wanna lose my figure its perfect lol
- 9 years ago
The weight you are gaining is most likely muscle. There is no possible way you could be gaining fat from running. Keep running!
Source(s): years of jogging
