adnixon's Journal, 09 June 2014

I hear sometimes you stay the same weight or possibly gain a little, when strength training and you are growing.gaining muscle, but if that is the case, it will pay off later and burn the fat faster later on. 

Give your body some time. If you are working out a good bit, your body will hold water which is uses to repair and build muscle. This is a good time to use the tape measure. It is more accurate during the first 8 weeks of a new exercise program. 

I agree with other posters...the scale is not a good measure! How do you feel? use a measuring tape or your clothes to see how you feel. I have not lost weight in a long time but am smaller and wearing a smalleer size clothes because of my weight lifting.  

Awesome job on the exercise! From purely a work our perspective, I would like to suggest that you increase your protein intake. Your average last month was only 55g per day. If you are exercising you will get the most benefit if you support your workouts with adequate protein. At the minimum you should consume 100g of protein per day. (Your ideal weight times .8) So for you, 124 X .8 = 99.2g. This is the minimum. Some suggest 1g per pound of ideal weight (lean body mass) so that would be 124g for you. So if you can get in 100-120g of protein per day that should be beneficial for your workouts and will provide the fuel required to repair and strengthen your muscles, which in return will burn more calories. :) 

I agree with Brent. I use a whey protein isolate as a supplement because it's not easy to get that much protein food wise for me. There are vegan protein supplements as well such as brown rice and pea protein. 

Thanks for all the encouragement and advice. I feel good regardless of what the scale shows. I will work on better eating habits and esp. on getting more protein.