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Thank you so much for this perspective- it’s very helpful to know what others have gone through and how you managed and even turned it into a victory! Did you experience a lot of swelling and inflammation throughout your body? Or just localized to your knee? Thank you again for all input on this topic.::
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@AnnPT77 thank you for your response. I’m definitely not new to working out, but this “reaction” has been going on for a few months now. Swelling is systemic but definitely notice in my ankles (both have been broken multiple times), stomach and even my face :/ The stomach pain feels like gas. It may also be helpful to know…
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Oops meant to say squat not bench - lord!
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Hello I am female and there is a little room For improvement which is what I’m Trying for, but the water retention makes it tough to tell until I can get back in for another DEXA scan. I have not been putting on focus on eating back exercise calories, as I have read this is bound to lead you into trouble since you can…
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THank you so much! This is extremely helpful actually. I am not sure how to get past that milestone, and putting my all into becoming the best athlete I can (let's face it, not much else to focus on besides work right now!) so I will look into both of those avenues. I sincerely appreciate it. You may be on to something…
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No it’s mechanical, not digital
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It’s been going on about a month now. I have been pretty meticulous about food logging. Is water retention a normal reaction to an increase in training? Anything you would recommend to help alleviate?
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Thank you very much! Do you feel up to 5 lbs in one day is typical though? I will check out the app!
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Thank you so very much for the response. I have decided to add in an additional rest day and return to eating back all exercise calories at a maintenance level as you suggested. The only evidence I have I guess is the perceived difficulty of workouts, High resting heart rate, water retention, and disrupted sleep....I will…
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1500ish daily and I burning between 500-600 on average with workouts
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I am trying to stay in about a 500 calorie deficit but I’m thinking maybe I need to drop that for a few days to see if I feel better. Seems to be a fine line between athletic performance and weight loss - maybe I should target more of a body recomp goal instead of weight loss per se
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I do take rest days 1x per week but maybe I need to add a second in. Or maybe just eat more carbs on the days where I workout hard? That’s a good thought about salt - hadn’t considered it before. I do know my blood sugar runs a little low based on those home meters but for instance when I checked this morning it was just…
