Weight gain the day after work out :(

medhakhanna471

I am on keto for the last 2 weeks and counting calories on carb manager. I lost 3kg. Yesterday I went back to the gym, did strength training and today I weighed 1 kg more. What am I doing wrong?

janejellyroll

Why would you assume you're doing something wrong?

It's relatively common for people to experience temporary water weight gain with a new fitness routine. It's just your body recovering from the exercise.

Strudders67

medhakhanna471 wrote: »

What am I doing wrong?

You're not giving it enough time. Two weeks is far too short a time to see any real info as, right now, not only have you recently changed your diet but you've also reintroduced exercise - both of which will cause water weight fluctuations. Come back after 6 weeks, once your body has settled in.

quiksylver296

Read this article, OP. Totally normal. Water retention in your muscles due to the workout. Your scale weighs your body weight, not your body fat.

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

unstableunicorn

medhakhanna471 wrote: »

I am on keto for the last 2 weeks and counting calories on carb manager. I lost 3kg. Yesterday I went back to the gym, did strength training and today I weighed 1 kg more. What am I doing wrong?

Water weight, and, if you haven’t had a bowel movement, waste. You don’t gain a kilo of fat in one day if you’re exercising and in a caloric deficit.

hipari

Your one-day results, whether lose or gain, mean absolutely nothing in the long run. It’s the trend that matters.

In January I got food poisoning and lost 1.8kg overnight. (I obviously gained it all back once I started keeping food in.)

We know food poisoning doesn’t make you lose fat, but it’s still an immediate weight loss on the scale. Why would a sudden increase on the scale show true weight gain? It could happen due to any number of reasons: more poop in your bowels, drank more water and didn’t urinate yet, water retention in muscles after a heavy workout, water retention caused by sodium, water retention caused by carbs, water retention caused by sunburn or other swell-causing inflammation etc.