When will I start to lose weight after starting Stronglifts 5x5?

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  • samhennings
    samhennings Posts: 441 Member
    When I started 5x5 I stopped worrying about the scale weight.

    I knew I would gain muscle (eventually!) and be heavier for a leaner look.
    I knew in the process I would put on some fat.
    I knew water retention would be an issue.

    Seemed to me, with that in mind, the scale would become pretty meaningless.

    I have since put on about 6 lbs (at my last weigh in, a month or so ago) which didnt bother me in the slightest. Its not a huge fluctuation from peoples day to day weighing and was no doubt a combination of the above.

    I can say though, I am slimmer, and firmer. So I am certain I am losing fat, even if the scale goes in the other direction.

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