Can exercise actually cause you to gain weight?

flippy1234

I have been posting a great deal the last two days. Everything I have learned about diet and exercise seems to be wrong...Anyway, I was eating at a deficit for 2 weeks. I was walking at least 3 miles or a 5k every other day. I actually gained weight. Now, the week before I started that, I was not really exercising and was eating at a deficit. I lost 3 lbs. What's up with that? I do tend to gain muscle quickly but really?
Any thoughts on this crazy thing?

jemhh

Yes it can cause you to gain weight since you may retain water to help with muscle repair.

The odds of gaining an appreciable amount of muscle while eating in a deficit for two weeks are slim. Very slim.

ToughHippieChick

I'd chalk it up to water weight and look at the long-term trends instead.

kami3006

^ What they said. It's normal for the scale to go up from water retention when you're just starting a new exercise. It will even out over the next week or so.

flippy1234

Thanks!!!

yusaku02

flippy1234 wrote: »

I have been posting a great deal the last two days. Everything I have learned about diet and exercise seems to be wrong...Anyway, I was eating at a deficit for 2 weeks. I was walking at least 3 miles or a 5k every other day. I actually gained weight. Now, the week before I started that, I was not really exercising and was eating at a deficit. I lost 3 lbs. What's up with that? I do tend to gain muscle quickly but really?
Any thoughts on this crazy thing?

Likely water weight. You're not going to build muscle walking.