RichardGlover

math is hard.

Bikeforumuser0022

Plenty of good advice here already.

Several years ago I let myself go during one winter and gained flab. Got disgusted with myself, smartened up my diet, and upped my kettlebell workout frequency.

One day a guy I worked out with who hadn't seen me for a while said I'd lost weight. So I checked. And I hadn't. I still weighed 100Kg -- my weight had not changed, altho I looked more like myself.

So if you're doing everything correctly, and you're not seeing scale movement, ignore the scale. Keep doing your good eating and exercising, and you'll see results in how your clothes fit.

I don't know what your motivation is. Looking good naked is mine. I truly don't give a krap what I weigh.

Chaco

First of all, human metabolism is not as simple as calories in, calories out. See this article for a more thorough explanation of this.

Second, your weight will fluctuate quite a bit from day to day, due to factors virtually impossible to account for. I weigh myself every day, but only do it to have a feel for the trend. The daily weight is never going to be "accurate". For example, yesterday I was exactly 2 pounds heavier than I was this morning. I ate the same diet, and did the same exercise. That's the equivalent of 7,000 calories. There's absolutely NO way to account for that difference by looking at food or exercise.

Last year, I did a century that, due to 30 mph headwinds, took me 10 hours. I probably burned about 8,000 calories on that ride. The next day I found I had gained 1.5 pounds!

The daily measurement is around 75% real, and 25% noise. It's only the trend that's truly meaningful.

TysonC

Believe it or not guys, there was a point where I was in really good shape and followed workout programs and diets pretty religiously. So I'm somewhat knowledgeable about this. 3500 calories does not always equal one pound (too many variables) nor does it mean that if it did equal one pound, that the weight lost would be pure fat. Everybody's body is different and will react to stimuli in a relatively unique manner.

I forget what this effect is called but there is a noted effect where the body will slow down the metabolism and attempt to store fat and water if it is physically over-stressed. Then the body will start breaking down amino acids and muscle tissue to feed itself as muscle tissue requires calories (fuel) even when at rest. It's an evolutionary auto response.

Then we have to remember with more than one grain of salt that muscle weighs twice as much as fat due to density. So therefore, big number losses in the beginning are usually due to dehydration and muscle loss.

The vast majority of bodybuilders have known for some time that losing fat and gaining muscle are conflicting goals. It's even noted numerous times that cutting fat and maintaining muscle mass requires a very controlled macro nutrient diet.

To the OP - two lbs is no biggy. If you're hydrating better and were relatively dehydrated before your body is now distributing water to muscle groups/organs that may desperately need it.

If anything, I bet your BMI would have dropped a tiny bit even with the weight gain because the gain was not fat nor was it redistribution of water too adipose fat cells.