Started a new job. Water weight gain galore! WTF?

ladymiseryali
ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
It's a pretty active job. I'm doing replenishment for Michael's Craft store. For five hours, I'm walking around the store putting things on shelves, picking up boxes that can be a bit heavy, putting them down, pulling U-boats with a crapload of merch on them. I'm on my feet the whole time. I put on the pedometer portion of my HRM from the time I leave the house to walk to work and turn it off when I've walked back home. According to it, I burn from 300-500 calories a work day. I haven't been able to work out like normal. So yea, I would expect the scale to be moving down, NOT UP! I know it's water weight, but it's not going away! I'm still doing keto and even increased my calories to 1600 because of the increase in activity and usually eat about 1700 so I net AT LEAST 1200 a day. Throughout my shift and on the way home, I drink a lot of water. I have about 14-16 cups a day.

So yea, has this happened to anyone else? Am I doomed?

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