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Immediate weight gain when starting a new exercise

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited January 2019
    Yes, it is true. It's one of the reasons people flip out when they start diet and exercise and don't lose weight right away.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Helpful info, isn't it?
  • gcrowhurst
    gcrowhurst Posts: 1 Member
    Thank you, I really needed to read this today :)
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I knew about the muscle water retention due to exercise, but the info about kidney water retention and increase in blood volume was great to learn! Thanks.
  • azzeazsaleh5429
    azzeazsaleh5429 Posts: 77 Member
    Thanks for sharing this
  • gogetemrogue
    gogetemrogue Posts: 80 Member
    This is true and it hurts to think of how many times I gave up because I started working out and quit because the scale went up and I knew it couldn't have been muscle.

    Now I see the number pop up after a good workout and just keep going.
  • lin_be
    lin_be Posts: 393 Member
    This happened this morning. Went fairly hard for my last lift of the week and the scale was +2lbs. I take it as a sign that I did something right in my workout.
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