Can exercise actually cause you to gain weight?

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flippy1234
flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
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I have been posting a great deal the last two days. Everything I have learned about diet and exercise seems to be wrong...Anyway, I was eating at a deficit for 2 weeks. I was walking at least 3 miles or a 5k every other day. I actually gained weight. Now, the week before I started that, I was not really exercising and was eating at a deficit. I lost 3 lbs. What's up with that? I do tend to gain muscle quickly but really?
Any thoughts on this crazy thing?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    Yes it can cause you to gain weight since you may retain water to help with muscle repair.

    The odds of gaining an appreciable amount of muscle while eating in a deficit for two weeks are slim. Very slim.
  • ToughHippieChick
    ToughHippieChick Posts: 698 Member
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    I'd chalk it up to water weight and look at the long-term trends instead.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,978 Member
    edited September 2015
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    ^ What they said. It's normal for the scale to go up from water retention when you're just starting a new exercise. It will even out over the next week or so.

  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
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    Thanks!!!
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    flippy1234 wrote: »
    I have been posting a great deal the last two days. Everything I have learned about diet and exercise seems to be wrong...Anyway, I was eating at a deficit for 2 weeks. I was walking at least 3 miles or a 5k every other day. I actually gained weight. Now, the week before I started that, I was not really exercising and was eating at a deficit. I lost 3 lbs. What's up with that? I do tend to gain muscle quickly but really?
    Any thoughts on this crazy thing?

    Likely water weight. You're not going to build muscle walking.

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