Why is my job causing weight gain?

[Anonymous]

Before I started working, I was very inactive. I pretty much laid around in my bed on my laptop most of the day. I started a job at Target about a month ago and I work around 25-30 hours a week. I'm on my feet lifting and bending all day. Before this job, I had stayed around 100 pounds for the past 3 or so years. I noticed I started slowly rising when I started working. I just weighed myself today, I'm currently at 107. What is going on? I guess I do eat more since I started, but I'm also a lot more active. Can anyone explain this?

[FemWorship]

It's A-OK b/c you are building muscle, cardio and other life giving, enhancing & prolonging attributes. These will burn more calories, so long as you stay within a Mediterranean Diet... which you are not, according to your scale (suspecting fast foods easy to obtain). Revisit the Movie - Super Size Me.

[rjroy3]

Muscle and fat gain.
The only way to put on weight is to eat more calories than you burn. So you're definitely eating more. But if you don't notice a difference passed the number then you probably gained equals numbers of fat and muscle. So the visual look is about the same.

[fauchelevent]

Maybe it's muscle developing? You said you were lifting and on your feet all day.

[Asker]

I was thinking that, but I don't look more muscular or anything so I'm not really sure.

[GingerGuy]

It could be what your eating, did it change? It also could just be muscle gain (it weighs more then fat).

[Anpu23]

You are probably building muscle, and muscle weighs quite a bit.

[Pyrofox]

Is it muscle cause Muscle is heavier than fat.

[Asker]

I was thinking it could be, but I'm not sure how to tell if it is, cuz it wouldn't be a super noticeable difference.

[Pyrofox]

Well if guys are lifing a lot and eating a lot we can gain up to 20 lbs every 2 wks. but thats in the extreme.

[Anonymous]

If your clothes fit the same then muscle.

[Anonymous]

Muscle wieghs more that fat