Weight gain the day after work out :(

medhakhanna471 · July 2020

I am on keto for the last 2 weeks and counting calories on carb manager. I lost 3kg. Yesterday I went back to the gym, did strength training and today I weighed 1 kg more. What am I doing wrong?

janejellyroll · July 2020

Why would you assume you're doing something wrong?

It's relatively common for people to experience temporary water weight gain with a new fitness routine. It's just your body recovering from the exercise.

Strudders67 · July 2020

medhakhanna471 wrote: »

What am I doing wrong?

You're not giving it enough time. Two weeks is far too short a time to see any real info as, right now, not only have you recently changed your diet but you've also reintroduced exercise - both of which will cause water weight fluctuations. Come back after 6 weeks, once your body has settled in.

quiksylver296 · July 2020

Read this article, OP. Totally normal. Water retention in your muscles due to the workout. Your scale weighs your body weight, not your body fat.

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

unstableunicorn · July 2020

medhakhanna471 wrote: »

I am on keto for the last 2 weeks and counting calories on carb manager. I lost 3kg. Yesterday I went back to the gym, did strength training and today I weighed 1 kg more. What am I doing wrong?

Water weight, and, if you haven’t had a bowel movement, waste. You don’t gain a kilo of fat in one day if you’re exercising and in a caloric deficit.

hipari · July 2020

Your one-day results, whether lose or gain, mean absolutely nothing in the long run. It’s the trend that matters.

In January I got food poisoning and lost 1.8kg overnight. (I obviously gained it all back once I started keeping food in.)

We know food poisoning doesn’t make you lose fat, but it’s still an immediate weight loss on the scale. Why would a sudden increase on the scale show true weight gain? It could happen due to any number of reasons: more poop in your bowels, drank more water and didn’t urinate yet, water retention in muscles after a heavy workout, water retention caused by sodium, water retention caused by carbs, water retention caused by sunburn or other swell-causing inflammation etc.

Weight gain the day after work out :(

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