resistance weight training

Resistance training and weight gain, confused?

Hi, I’m a 34-year-old who had an eating disorder for a long time thus forcing myself to maintain a weight of 115 @ 5’6″ for years by starving, binging, purging etc. So, 6 years ago, I stopped all of that, ate very cleanly but no starvation, and added power yoga and resistance training into my workout. I weigh between 120-125 (always depends on the day, as we know) and am wondering if you can put this type of weight on through resistance training with cardio. I am not bulky just much more muscle mass than I’ve ever had in my life. Anybody have words of wisdom? I have been in recovery for a while now but the number is freaking me out. I usually don’t weigh myself and now I know why……Thanks!

Well first off, congrats on getting over an eating disorder. It’s probably one of the hardest things to do. It show that you have determination.

Second—dump the scale!! Scales can be so misleading. Although muscle takes us less room on your body than fat does it does weigh much more. You can have two people side by side and the one who is the thinner one may weight 15-20 pounds more than a fatter person due to muscle. The muscular person will wear a smaller size and have no visible fat but the scale will trick them in to believing that they are fat when they aren’t.

Don’t freak out–dump the scale!!

You’ll be fine with what you have been doing over the last few years.