Gaining Weight from Exercise

DillPickleSwimmer
DillPickleSwimmer Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone. I started swimming an hour 3 to 5 times a week (120-140 laps each time). I noticed I'm still gaining weight 3 months into it despite rarely overeating. Is it normal to still have muscle gain this far into it? I've gained like 8lbs.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
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  • cppeace
    cppeace Posts: 764 Member
    The weight gain from exercise, unless you have perpetually sore muscles, should be temporary and last between 2 days and 3 weeks depending on how sore and if you are increasing exercise or staying steady. If you haven't lost in 3 months you're not in a deficit. You can't really gain much of any muscle in a deficit. Weight gain from exercise is generally caused by retaining water to repair muscles- not really gain muscle.
    I'd recommend cutting a couple hundred calories a day and seeing what happens.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,500 Member
    DillPickleSwimmer wrote: »
    Hi everyone. I started swimming an hour 3 to 5 times a week (120-140 laps each time). I noticed I'm still gaining weight 3 months into it despite rarely overeating. Is it normal to still have muscle gain this far into it? I've gained like 8lbs.

    Ok, so at three months into exercise you would be past any water retention issues, so let's look at other possibilities. How are you tracking your food intake? How often are you overeating, and are we talking just an extra snack here and there or days of full-blown overeating? Before you started this exercise program, how often were you exercising? Are you noticing changes in how clothing fits in addition to changes on the scale?
  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    I definitely gain weight when I exercise. Seems to really pick up my appetite. So I really take additional care to watch the calories when I get active. I do find the health benefits and enjoyment from exercising are worth while, however.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,916 Member
    you didn't gain 8lbs of muscle in 3 months of swimming.
  • beanz744
    beanz744 Posts: 221 Member
    edited May 2017
    Muscleflex79 wrote: »
    you didn't gain 8lbs of muscle in 3 months of swimming.

    2nd that. also, can u fit comfortably into a smaller size jean or ur existing pants r looser? if not, u didnt gain any more muscle. u r most likely not tracking ur calories correctly or ur daily caloric allowance is wrong. it helps if u can share ur height, weight, age, n ur daily caloric number from MFP. otherwise just

    1. MFP recomp
    2. buy a food scale if u dont have one
    3. start tracking ur caloric intake if u r not
    4. make sure u track the oil n sauces as well
    5. make sure u only eat back half at most but not all calories u think u burned by swimming.


    good luck!
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