Gaining weight on mt first week at gym

mem0ories
mem0ories Posts: 9 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Still have no ideal why l gaind 3 kilos on my first week at gym... same eating habits just went to the gym ..l do cardio and strength exercise..

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  • mem0ories
    mem0ories Posts: 9 Member
    edited January 2018
    Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Yup. Normal.
  • LZMiner
    LZMiner Posts: 300 Member
    I'm always heavier after a workout. Can't figure out why, because some people lose water weight while working out. It evens out over time, though. Guess all of our bodies are wired just a little bit different!
  • 0831227
    0831227 Posts: 84 Member
    Yeah don't worry about that, if I stop going to the gym for a while a start again I can gain almost 5 lbs in the first week, it will go away eventually and it's not fat :) So don't worry about it.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    mem0ories wrote: »
    Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure

    No. You are conflating two entirely different things - storage of glycogen with its associated water and inflammation/soreness from the new training regime.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    edited January 2018
    Yup, first week of my diet back in Jan 2016 and I put on 4lbs. Soul destroying. Stick with it!
  • mem0ories
    mem0ories Posts: 9 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    mem0ories wrote: »
    Thanks a lot .. l was thinking about this but because l'm on low carb diet l thought maybe it is hard to retain water on my muscles due to lack of glycogen... not sure

    No. You are conflating two entirely different things - storage of glycogen with its associated water and inflammation/soreness from the new training regime.

    Thanks a lot

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