Anytime you change your workout routine it will take 2-3 weeks for your body to adapt and you are going to see some water weight retention until adaptation completes.

Also, many people eat more due to increased hunger when they change workout routines, so it would be a good idea to track food if you are not already doing so.

tcunbeliever wrote: »

Anytime you change your workout routine it will take 2-3 weeks for your body to adapt and you are going to see some water weight retention until adaptation completes.

Also, many people eat more due to increased hunger when they change workout routines, so it would be a good idea to track food if you are not already doing so.

I'm curious about this. So what if I work out 4 days one week and 3 the next week? Will I go through the water retention process again because a) I skipped several days and b) I didn't do the same number of days?

I tend to be a huge water retainer (and seemingly way worse right now) so I'm wondering if this is just going to be my new "norm" as I'm losing (which I'm not at this second)?

I will hold water for as long as six weeks when starting a new exercise program, perhaps with occasional drops to a more expected weight. It doesn't really matter if I work out 3 or 4 days a week. If I'm consistent, it just takes a long time to drop the retained water. Measurements and clothes are my sanity check. I'm currently up in weight right now, but I also bought smaller pants last week (the same jeans I always get -- but one size smaller).

For me, water retention and weight fluctuations are normal. That may be true for you as well. At some point it seems like things even out and I do lose a bunch at once, but then I go back to retaining if I continue to increase intensity.

FWIW, I am also on a med that can mess with water retention so that may be part of the problem. I used to drink dandelion tea pretty regularly, which helped, but I haven't been doing that lately because I'm starting to come to terms with the idea that my weight is pretty meaningless on any given day.

I agree with the gaudy magpie. I use my clothes and sanity check. When I don't like the numbers in my clothes I tell my self that those numbers are lik e my phone number - they don't tell me who I am or what my value/worth is in this world

Sabine, you just started estrogen, right? It took a month or two but my body shape changed back into a more pre-meno shape after I started. I probably lost about two inches from my waist. It settled into my lower abdomen and butt, but I can handle that over the meno pot. Hopefully you will follow suit.