Annoying weight gain

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Grrrrr so last saturday I weighed 190.8lbs, then this saturday I weighed 192.6lbs. I'm pretty annoyed... Last week, however, I did start lifting weights but have only done it 2-3 times. Before that it was strictly cardio. I just cannot see how I could gain that much weight in such a short time unless it is muscle gain.. My fat percentages went from 27.7% to 25.5%.

Any suggestions? As far as building muscle mass I am clueless lol.

QuietBloom

Water weight in your muscles from the weight lifting. As unlikely as it is to actually be fat, it is even less likely to be muscle gain since you are (I assume) maintaining a deficit of calories.

bwogilvie

Water weight in your muscles from the weight lifting. As unlikely as it is to actually be fat, it is even less likely to be muscle gain since you are (I assume) maintaining a deficit of calories.

^ Yes, what QuietBloom said. You're not going to gain nearly 3 pounds of muscle in a week! Without serious lifting, 5 days a week or more, it's unlikely you could put on more than 10 pounds a year unless you are a genetic freak (see http://scoobysworkshop.com/muscle-gain-calculator/ and the study referred to there).

It's water retention. I have similar fluctuations. Could be that your muscles are retaining water to repair damage, or it could be you had a lot of sodium in the last couple days, which will also cause you to retain water. If you had a Thanksgiving dinner, even with careful portion control you're likely to have had more sodium than usual.

Ninkyou

Water retention. It doesn't matter how often you did it vs cardio. ANY new exercise will make you retain water for muscle repair.

BeachIron

I vary by as much as 5 pounds at anytime during the day. Stop worrying

257_Lag

Here is a visual for you from a daily weigher. I started lifting June 29th. It will fix itself in a week or three

215 now

Jkn922

Same boat, probably a little worse but working on losing it again. Worst thing it shows in my face so predict a week or two before it goes down.

Keep going

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Thanks for the replies all. I will be focused more on the fat % from now on. I may even start measuring waist, arms, etc to see the minor changes too. I'm used to a steady drop in weight so I kind of freaked out when I saw that. The second time around losing this weight seems like my body is fighting back now. The first time it was a consistant 1-2 pounds per week.

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Here is a visual for you from a daily weigher. I started lifting June 29th. It will fix itself in a week or three

215 now

What did you use to generate that chart?

257_Lag

It's an Android App called Libra but there are lots of similar apps. It's kind of boring until you get some data loaded to see the trends. I have daily weigh in's charted for about 10 months now.