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Why do I suddenly gain body fat after running when hungry?

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  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    You do not instantaneously gain body fat, just as you do not instantaneously lose it. :o
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    I do 5-7 miles every morning before I eat anything. Some mornings I do spinning class or cycle as well. If this were something that happened I would be huge by now.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    When you workout your muscles will retain water as part of the healing/rebuilding process, they will swell and that water retention can last a while and push what fat you have to the surface. You can appear bloated, you will weigh more and all of this is good if you are looking to lose fat. Don't be to focused on the scale and understand that day to day appearance or scale weight is not a good indicator of whether or not you are putting on fat.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    2+2=4

    There is no other answer. This question is similar so doesn't really need a bump. The answer is "you are retaining water, it's not fat". That's it. No other answers needed.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    If this were true, we wouldn't have a world hunger problem. You could just take malnourished people (since you've specified that it only happens when you're hungry, I'm going to say that most of those people fit your criteria) and send them for a run so they gain some body fat.
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