Do you lift weights?
Weights are important for so many reasons. But some quick one’s that usually help woman make that mental transition are the fact that muscle is a living tissue and will burn calories, so the more you have the more calories you can burn. If you add weight bearing exercises you can help ward off osteoporosis. And who doesn’t want to firm up those abs, arms, shoulders, thighs?
I have tried incorporating strentgh training in my workout regimen but I have noticed that I seem to gain weight when I do. Is this normal? I feel like I retain more fluid so I stopped.
Are you working on losing weight so the weight gain mentally stopped you? There is a transition period of approximately 2 weeks that you could see a slight weight gain on the scale but then it will drop back down again. The majority I work with do not see that weight gain as they are being strict on their diets so they are still losing.
If you are retaining water I would double check your sodium intake.
The majority of issues I run in to are clients not sticking to their diets or losing weight slower than they want. So their clothes may get tighter until they decide to get strict on the eating like they are supposed to. The muscle will be building but unless you get the fat off the top of it then it gives the impression that you are gaining weight.
Instead of the scale as your deciding factor, how did the clothes feel? How was your posture? We all look much slimmer when we can hold ourselves up tall