Gaining

Right so I was off my very physical job for 8 weeks whilst the country was on lockdown. Stood on the scales the day before going back to work after being very lazy and eating and drinking a fair amount. Plus visably looking much chubbier. Shocked to see only a 1lb gain! Put my work trousers on and couldn’t even button them.

Is this the old muscle weighs more than fat and my work muscle has melted into fat whilst I’ve been off?

I didn’t realise that was true I just thought it was what people would says as an excuse for weighing too much.

I’ve had to use the hair tie trick round my work trousers lol like a big preggo

Yeah, definitely sounds like it. I've had the experience where I actually lost weight after a big shift to being less active, but got noticeably chubbier at the same time.