Doctor, I started to do physical education, for two weeks now, and the weight immediately flooded up! I immediately gained 1 kg. How can this be? Is that muscle?
Marina
An endocrinologist, a specialist at the Moscow State University clinic, a doctor with 23 years of experience, Dr. Pavlova, is trying to figure out the situation.
In general, the most common cause of weight gain is overeating. Often enough, starting to play sports, people allow themselves too much food, they say, I will work in the gym.
Of course, the safest thing is to write down on your phone (always at hand) what you ate during the day.
For instance, drank not just coffee, but cappuccino - and this is additional calories from milk. And, let's say, they allowed themselves a cookie or a croissant - but they didn't allow it before.
It's autumn now, a lot of fruits - perhaps you have a plate of grapes on your table, from which you pinch off a berry, "persuading" a whole brush in a day.
Believe me, I do not judge (myself), but with such small steps you gain yourself extra grams, which add up to kilograms.
Therefore, the first rule is realize where you overeat and decide what to do about it. For example, I never have any cookies or fruits within my reach, because a person is weak).
The second reason for weight gain is slight swelling after exercise. Since our body conducts all transformations through inflammation, after physical activity the muscles ache and become slightly inflamed. The inflammation always comes with slight swelling. Plus, it can be associated with swelling on certain days of the cycle. As we know from the literature, weight fluctuations can be up to 2-3 kg (as I understand it, this is for non-fragile women, and for fragile women it is noticeably less).
There is still a chance that added muscle masswhich is heavier than fat. Not a whole kilogram, but, say, 200 grams can. Muscle mass grows when you eat a lot of protein and do strength training. Squats, which I always advocate, are also strength training. But in order for the muscles to begin to grow, you need to squat at least a hundred times a day. If you add push-ups, then you add strong arms, back and good posture to strong legs.
Time will judge. If it is water, then it will subside in the first days of the cycle, and the scales will show a decent difference.
And to analyze what you eat, I still recommend in any case. Especially after the get-togethers with girlfriends.
Your Doctor Pavlova
