Gaining Weight

So here is my problem...Im almost 11 months out and i am down 190lbs for the last 2 months i get close to that 200 pound mark and then gain 5 lose 3 gain 2 lose 5 back and forth..I lost considerable amount of muscle since the surgery and i know i was much weaker than before surgery...I have been back to the gym for almost 2 months now and am lifting very heavily which i enjoy again..i know im putting some muscle back on but i havent been able to get any weight off on the scale.. any veterans out there who have any suggestions who have started lifting weights again? i get plenty of protein i eat every couple hours and mostly protein.. take my vits and also take BCAA 3 times a day..i love what my new body has given me and want to enhance it with muscle but at the same time i want to get another 50 pounds of fat off of me..i almost feel like i BROKE my DS or something..

Good for you for working out! That's wonderful that you recognize the loss of muscle and you are taking steps to build it back up. You should be celebrating this as a major victory!

You can't break a DS. That's your scale frustration overtaking your common sense!

You are building muscle which weighs more than fat. You are likely losing inches and not pounds. That's how exercise works for everyone regardless of the DS.

At 11 months, your weight loss will slow. It will continue for at least the next year, but you won't see the big jumps in the scale like you have seen. You may hold your weight for a month, and then all of a sudden, look at the scale and realize you have lost 5 lbs and have no idea how it happened. And just when you start to think that the scale is your final weight, you'll lose a few more pounds again. That's going to happen for at least another year.

Exercise adds another twist. You will notice the inches lost before the pounds.

You have done very very well so far. It sounds like you are doing everything right! Keep on doing it, relax, and enjoy your accomplishments!

Congrats on your weight loss and getting back to the gym!

Here is a link of an article I found useful about muscle, carbs and protein.  Yes, we need the protein to build muscle, but we also need the carbs to give the body enough energy to let the protein do its job.  Best of luck!

http://www.premierprotein.com/blog/post/how-to-gain-muscle-in-healthy-proportion-to-your-body/

 

 

yes, muscle weighs more then fat at this stage look for nsv's. Lean muscle is what you want.

One pound of muscle weighs the same as one pound of fat. I am sure you meant to say something different?

Absolute brain fart on my part, yes a lb is a lb regardless of material. Density is where the difference comes in. Pardon my faux pas