Gaining weight while lifting?

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  • ole496
    ole496 Posts: 32 Member
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    You shocked your body, that's all. The others are right, you are retaining water and glycogen and the body isn't going to give up anything until it settles in. Give it a few weeks to get on track, be consistent with your workouts and food and it will all come back full circle.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    shaynataggart wrote: »
    So unless you are a doctor, a sports medicine specialist ,a kinesiologist please spare me your negative commentary. I need real responses from real people who had this issue.

    Just a minute

    The people responding "tersely" (although I read laughingly) are talking to the poster (Coach Sarah Lee) who started talking about you gaining muscle and muscle weighing more in 3 weeks

    Because that comes up time and time again

    What you are experiencing is water weight gain from a new exercise programme

    If your diet is not in order you may well have put on a couple of pounds of fat within that

    If you, OP, are a brand new female lifter doing everything right...excellent progressive programme and good diet incorporating adequate protein ...then you might put on about 1/2 lb muscle in that time


    By the way you need to get your defecit in order if you are aiming to lose weight

  • shaynataggart
    shaynataggart Posts: 71 Member
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    Thank you for your honest replies. I dont take well to negativity, especially when im being absolutely serious. I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this. It is similar to the glycogen you lose when you eat low carb for example, but in reverse. Instead of losing glycogen, you gain it and water in your muscles. I fully understand now and thanks again for your help.

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