walking and walking

Braymoor1976
Braymoor1976 Posts: 27
in Fitness and Exercise
I have been walking and walking but must be retaining so much fluid! Scale going up more than down. Its not what I am eating--its very discouraging!! :(

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  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    I know what you mean! I spent 3months busting my butt... I would lose 3 pounds, gain 2 back.. over that 3 months I only lost 6 or 7 pounds.

    Then I changed my diet...lost almost 5 pounds the first week...then 1.2 pounds the second week...and this is the 3rd week, and so far I have gained back what I lost last week :( Hoping it is water weight, the temps around here have gone up 5-10 degrees lately.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    I don't know how long or how far you are walking but when I walk long distances, walk super fast or up and down hills, my muscles 'swell', I think from water retention to repair them? I dont know but I weigh more for a while and my calves will measure as much as an inch bigger! It's crazy but it goes down after a few days.

    Keep walking! You get fitter with every step you take! Keep it up. :)
  • Braymoor1976
    Braymoor1976 Posts: 27
    I don't know how long or how far you are walking but when I walk long distances, walk super fast or up and down hills, my muscles 'swell', I think from water retention to repair them? I dont know but I weigh more for a while and my calves will measure as much as an inch bigger! It's crazy but it goes down after a few days.

    Keep walking! You get fitter with every step you take! Keep it up. :)

    walking at least 4-6 miles--my feet and hands swell--everything swells!!
  • casmile11
    casmile11 Posts: 2
    I ran into this problem too, so I have been staying off the scales and just measuring. I'm loosing inches instead of pounds. I just started 4 weeks ago and I have lost 14lbs but I have lost several inches everywhere. I have gone to a size 16 to a 12. I know we are all different but try it for a week and see if you can tell. :) Good luck!
  • Lovely135
    Lovely135 Posts: 161
    I ran into this problem too, so I have been staying off the scales and just measuring. I'm loosing inches instead of pounds. I just started 4 weeks ago and I have lost 14lbs but I have lost several inches everywhere. I have gone to a size 16 to a 12. I know we are all different but try it for a week and see if you can tell. :) Good luck!
    wowww!!! from 16 to 12 with only 14lbs lost!!. You are rigth, you lost alot of inches. I was losing wt. at a speedy space with no execersice. I started excersising about a week ago, (walking and doing 30 day shred) now I gained 1lb. I was going to stop, but after reading your post I think I should continue.
  • markaholden
    markaholden Posts: 15 Member
    Have you tracked how much sodium you are eating?

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