How long does weight gain from exercise last?

melissamcafeetaylor
melissamcafeetaylor Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm just curious as to people's personal experience with this. I know that after starting a workout routine that you can initially gain weight because of it. A week after starting on the elliptical and lifting weights, I'm up about 4 pounds. I've been losing consecutively for about 9 months. I've lost 48 pounds, so I'm really looking forward to hitting that 50 mark. I'm just impatient because of the initial weight gain from the exercising lol.

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  • _Bro
    _Bro Posts: 437 Member
    edited March 2017
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    Seriously though.. The scales are a lagging indicator and vary quite a bit.

    I can see a 10lb shift in a week (weighing at the sams time or day etc). weight gain from exercising is a slow thing so more than likely its just fluctuations (read water /etc)

    Anyways it doesn't matter keep at it and you will reach your goal.

    Congrats on the overall improvement btw as well.
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    its not weight gain, its just water retention.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,462 Member
    Patience is one of the keys to weight loss, as I'm sure you've experienced! Keep it going.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,794 Member
    Everytime I start a new program and increase my volume I retain around 2-3 lbs of water. Last time it was about 6 weeks for me to start to see the scale move down again. Be sure to track measurements and take progress photos too
  • melissamcafeetaylor
    melissamcafeetaylor Posts: 8 Member
    I know it's not actual weight gain, I was just talking as far as the scale number goes. I'm trying hard to break myself of the scale habit I have, but haven't yet. I feel great though, so I don't plan on stopping, I was just curious. Thank you for the info!
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,198 Member
    ime it's taken long enough for that weight to go away again, that i usually forget about it and just incorporate the difference into my mindset. and then 4-6 weeks later it might all fall off at once. extra training-shock weight is like losing 20 bucks in some coat that you don't wear that much. and then finding it one day when you put that coat on.

    fwiw, i had a lot more distinctive spike/whoosh experiences when i was doing 5x5 and even 3x5. now that i'm on wendler's 5/3/1 the variability in the programming from week to week seems to keep my weight more level.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    edited March 2017
    Forever?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,560 Member
    It takes me about 3 days to lose exercise-induced water retention.
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