Why

_cardonapennny

Some days i feel and look big and some days i feel smaller. I'm doing progressive overload training hard so it can't be the workout, so what is it ??

TavistockToad

Everyone has fat days and thin days whether they're losing, gaining or maintaining!

LivingtheLeanDream

we all get days like that, I think its more a mental thing...I actually thought it was more women who felt like this more so than men so I've learned something today LOL
I feel bloated/bigger when I've overdone the sodium or sugar, and of course those dratted hormones also contribute .

giantrobot_powerlifting

The worst is when your brain tricks you into thinking you are puffy and small - two mutually exclusive states.

beastcompany

Water weight + carb intake can make major differences in fullness from day to day.

For example, days when I'm <200g/carbs the day prior, I wake up flat and can't get *kitten* for a pump at the gym + will usually drop 4-5lbs over night in water.

Days when I consume 300+g/carbs the day prior, I'll be full, have a hell of a pump, and am usually balanced (or slightly heavier) in the morning from water.

auddii

TavistockToad wrote: »

Everyone has fat days and thin days whether they're losing, gaining or maintaining!

This. I feel most of that is mental.

Wheelhouse15

Psychological and physiological as above. Bump, bloating, the way you feel you look. It's a long process so you won't change much from day-to-day or week-to-week so if you start feeling you are then it's mostly a psychological thing -- unless you have a huge pump on then it's both.