Weight has gone down several pounds, but not trying to lose weight and feel fatter. Why?
I have been working out intensely as usual, but notice that my weight has begun to average around 3-5 lbs. lower than what it mostly would sit at. I feel like I've been getting fatter, but at the same time more muscular, but my weight has gone down.
From what I can tell, when you get more muscular your weight should go UP. I have seen more arm muscle size with measurements and have been cutting back on cardio due to losing focus and not sticking to my old routines, but I've still lost some weight while adding more muscle size -- and strangely I feel fatter. I have not made any dietary changes/energy expenditure changes/etc.
Why would I be gaining muscle size and feeling "fuller" and fatter, but be losing weight?
I can't be getting leaner because I wouldn't feel fatter -- and I can't be losing muscle because I'm seeing size improvements that are both visibly more noticeable and measurably larger too.
So why would I be losing weight slowly? I'm not losing fat nor muscle, so what else could it be?
It's not "chronic" changes -- more so it just seems that a couple of pounds have shed away from nowhere. I don't feel or look leaner, and I'm more muscular -- so why would I lose instead of gain?
Interestingly, I did more cardio before and ate less my weight always stayed steadily at 162 lbs. I do less cardio and eat the same, but now my weight is going down. Why? I'm not trying to force or change my weight -- I'm just noticing that it's going down and wondering why, if anything, it's not going up some due to more muscle. I'm male, 25, ~5'10" and around 162 lbs. at 13% bodyfat.
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Chances are that the weight lost is from water. You would need to be in a 500 calorie deficit to lose 1 pound of fat per week, and it's doubtful that you are since you're not eating less.
Check your macronutrient and micronutrient ratios. Limiting carbs and sodium will cause you to retain less water.
it just seems that a couple of pounds have shed away from nowhere. I don't feel or look leaner, and I'm more muscular -- so why would I lose instead of gain?
A few things:
A couple of pounds difference will not result in much visible change
Losing weight, whether its water or fat(you definitely did not lose this much muscle), will make your muscles more defined. Your skin will look tighter.
Losing weight makes your mid section smaller before it does your upper body, and this will aid in the illusion that you are more muscular. Professional bodybuilders seek to maximize this illusion.
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