Gain weight after running?

hjsportsed1
hjsportsed1 Posts: 52 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I am a new runner. This past weekend, I ran/walked 3.7 miles and I gained two pounds. I assume this is muscles retaining water for repair? My running program said I burned like 700+ calories so I was a bit confused.

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  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    Totally water retention. My scale weight is 2 pounds higher the morning after I run. It comes off in 3-4 days.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited September 2018
    i don't know that a 3.7 mile walk-run could burn 700 calories.

    the weight blip could be water, but it could be natural up and downs we have day to day, week to week. for how long and how often do you weigh yourself?

    was that your first walk-run? or are you in the middle of a program such as a c25k?
  • VioletRojo
    VioletRojo Posts: 597 Member
    hjsportsed1 wrote: »
    I am a new runner. This past weekend, I ran/walked 3.7 miles and I gained two pounds. I assume this is muscles retaining water for repair? My running program said I burned like 700+ calories so I was a bit confused.

    It's water retention. But are you sure about that calorie burn? You would have to weigh 300 lbs to burn 700 calories running 3.7 miles.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Any new exercise regime has a good potential for creating soreness/inflammation and therefore causing water retention and temporary weight gain out of line with calorie balance. Give it, and yourself, some time.

    PS - if you weigh 300lbs and ran the whole 3.7 miles your net calories would be about 700. Walking is approx half the calories per mile compared to running.
  • hjsportsed1
    hjsportsed1 Posts: 52 Member
    I weigh 203. The program, Runtastic, is what spit out the 700 calories.
  • hjsportsed1
    hjsportsed1 Posts: 52 Member
    Panini911 wrote: »
    i don't know that a 3.7 mile walk-run could burn 700 calories.

    the weight blip could be water, but it could be natural up and downs we have day to day, week to week. for how long and how often do you weigh yourself?

    was that your first walk-run? or are you in the middle of a program such as a c25k?

    Not my first walk/run. Last weekend, I did my first 5K, but had been doing C25K training for three weeks before that.

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