Gaining weight starting weight lifting

Dexy24
Dexy24 Posts: 62 Member
edited January 26 in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone gained weight when they first started weight lifting?

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  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    It's water retention
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    The most important things I have learned since I started weight lifting are these:

    1. Sore muscles = water retention (and muscle rebuilding, which is GOOD)
    2. Scale weight is a liar - measurements tell the real story.
  • dkhuff1
    dkhuff1 Posts: 67 Member
    That is normal, it's just extra water in your muscles. It will go away in a week or so. For women it's impossible to build muscle that fast or that much unless you are doping. Don't worry and keep up what you are doing. Also you may want to take your measurements and track your progress that way. A year ago I worked with a personal trainer. She forbade me to weigh myself for 1 month. In that month I lost 3 # but I lost 12 inches and nearly 5% of my body fat. And I dropped at least a full dress size. The scale is only one way to measure and really to me, losing inches is way better than losing lots of pounds. Hope that helps and good luck!
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