Gaining weight on mt first week at gym

mem0ories

Still have no ideal why l gaind 3 kilos on my first week at gym... same eating habits just went to the gym ..l do cardio and strength exercise..

yirara

It's normal. Your muscles are not used to this and need a bit more repairing. Do you have doms? That's the micro injuries in your muscles. Your body puts water in your muscles to help with healing. Can take possibly up to two weeks for the water to go away again. Patience.

mem0ories

Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure

jennifer_417

Yup. Normal.

LZMiner

I'm always heavier after a workout. Can't figure out why, because some people lose water weight while working out. It evens out over time, though. Guess all of our bodies are wired just a little bit different!

0831227

Yeah don't worry about that, if I stop going to the gym for a while a start again I can gain almost 5 lbs in the first week, it will go away eventually and it's not fat So don't worry about it.

sijomial

mem0ories wrote: »

Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure

No. You are conflating two entirely different things - storage of glycogen with its associated water and inflammation/soreness from the new training regime.

GrumpyHeadmistress

Yup, first week of my diet back in Jan 2016 and I put on 4lbs. Soul destroying. Stick with it!

mem0ories

sijomial wrote: »

mem0ories wrote: »

Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure

No. You are conflating two entirely different things - storage of glycogen with its associated water and inflammation/soreness from the new training regime.

Thanks a lot