first few weeks of loosing weight

HenryHenry2023 · June 2023

Hi all. Wanted to start a thread about the first few weeks of weight loss. I am in my early twenties and am 79kg at the moment and ideally, want to be 72kg. But i'm 2 weeks in to this weight loss journey and despite starting to run and weight train more with a good calorie deficit and lots of fruit/veg, I still gained around 0.5-1kg in the first week. Wondering if anyone else has also seen a weight increase before you loose it!

coffeepleese · June 2023

I also saw a gain. Mine was water and muscle. It took the 9th week before I saw a loss of 1lb. Give it time, keep going and best of luck to you! btw....I was 170lbs at my start and I am 5'2"

erickirb · June 2023

when you start or increase training, your muscles will retail water for protection and to help repair. It is possible to gain several pounds of water weight, which could mask a fat loss of a few pounds.

Don't give up, stick with it and eventually you will retain less water and the fat loss will show on the scale

socajam · June 2023

Thank you for this comment.

I was just thinking the same thing, just have to keep on doing something every day. 9 weeks, that is a long time, but I really need to lose at least 20% of my body weight.

ninerbuff · June 2023

Common to GAIN WEIGHT when you start exercising. Give a few weeks for body to acclimate.

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