Started lifting 3 weeks ago, got fatter. Why?

GayLubeOil · 2017-08-07T16:25:21+00:00

Either you are in a caloric surplus, water weight salt retention, slow metabolism from shit sleep or:

You have broken the laws of physics. Conservation of matter and energy no longer apply because you are a time traveling interdimentional entity! Everything you eat has more calories because it is cross dimensional food.

Most fat women believe in the last option. Are you a fat woman?

zeeohsixer · 2017-08-07T16:11:55+00:00

Its probably just water weight. Are you on creatine?

krick3t · 2017-08-07T16:15:08+00:00

Curious to how you know you gained 4 lbs of fat...

Most likely water weight. If anything weigh and track yourself daily. Hell last week I jumped 4 lbs in one day, and then back down the next.

kranos33 · 2017-08-07T18:26:37+00:00

You didn't not gain fat, it is just water weight.....

It happens to me all the time. If I take a couple of weeks off, and just eat maintenance I drop most of the extra water and look lean and cut.

As soon as I start working out, (even with the same food intake), within a week I gain about 3-4lbs of weight. I look bigger and fuller, but I know this is just my body retaining water....

If I stopped, my body within 3-4 days drops this extra water and my weight goes back to normal.

I was 174lbs two weeks ago, and now I am 178lbs....

What to do? I used to freak out my first few times that this happens, but then I decided to trust the process...

I knew I wasn't really overeating, and kept track of my macros. After that 4lbs of water weight, your weight wont increase anymore (unless you are in a large caloric surplus). I decided to keep going, and make sure the weight didn't creep up fast (after the first water retention), and things worked well.

Once I went to cutting phase, you get the reverse freak out: Your body, fully depleted starts looking small... and most people stop cutting as they feel they lost all their gains (they didn't).

You just have to trust the process and keep going and adjust/tweak your macros over time.

HeadphoneSpaghetti · 2017-08-07T16:22:03+00:00

Bullshit

vandaalen · 2017-08-07T18:05:36+00:00

Water retention.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/277259-strength-training-cause-water-retention/

chippedchip · 2017-08-07T15:59:08+00:00

Also, I didn't mention, my diet is mostly healthy, with the exception of an ocasional pizza or fries once a week. I also only eat lean meat. Almost no sweets at all, and cut soda to almost nothing.

Scurvemuch · 2017-08-07T16:50:02+00:00

you're eating more.

Kommanderdude · 2017-08-07T19:42:30+00:00

How do you know it was 4 pounds of fat gained? Did you a dexa or bod pod body fat test when you started lifting then another 3 weeks later? If you're going by what the body fat % on your scale says... then don't. Because those are horribly inaccurate.

chippedchip · 2017-08-07T21:55:58+00:00

Thank you for your responses.

Title	Started lifting 3 weeks ago, got fatter. Why?
Author	chippedchip
Upvotes	2
Comments	14
Date	August 7, 2017 3:48 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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