'Weight Retention' whilst losing fat.

ironanimal
ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How is it that you can remain the same weight and at the same time, be dropping bodyfat? Besides glycogen and water, what other factors contribute to 'weight retention'? As science-y as possible please. I'm not concerned by it, but curious as to how this happens.

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  • mcarter99
    mcarter99 Posts: 1,666 Member
    I am in camp 'water'.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Depends on your training.
    High rep work while carbing low will deplete water/glycogen.
    Refeed will this add back water/glycogen.
    Could be such a slight loss that it's only noticeable over a period of weeks.
    Kyle McD covers this is UD2.
    Pm me your email and I'll send you a copy.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    And congrats on your ucceasful recomp!
  • lauralind5
    lauralind5 Posts: 133 Member
    A lb of grapefruits and a pound of oranges are still a lb. But a lb of oranges take up less space. So if you are building muscle and losing fat its still a pound of muscle, but taking up less space.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    A lb of grapefruits and a pound of oranges are still a lb. But a lb of oranges take up less space.
    I am full of neither.
  • lauralind5
    lauralind5 Posts: 133 Member
    cuse?
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Lots of reasons, glycogen and water are the most common, but there's also bone density, nerve creation, new blood vessels, increases in tendon and ligament density. Without constant DEXA scans, it would be pretty much impossible to pin it down to any specific source, that's why everything that isn't fat generally gets unceremoniously dumped into the category known as "lean mass."

    Also, food choices can have a lot to do with it, whether they affect glycogen levels, or even something as simple as how long a food takes to process, and how much the food actually weighed when eating it. You can lose a pound overnight, and then gain it back first thing the next morning just by drinking a couple glasses of water. It also depends how close you are eating to maintenance.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    but there's also bone density, nerve creation, new blood vessels, increases in tendon and ligament density.
    This makes sense, as does 'crap' as suggested by one of my friends. Quite a long list starting to develop.

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