WTF....Creatine??!?

[BBKid7101]

so i am clean bulking only trying to ain like 2-4 lbs monthly. i am in my third week nd today i weighed myself. the two weeks i gaineed .7, nd 1 lb. so i go and weight myself where b4 i was 172.6 and i ssee the scale nd it says 177.8!!!!!!! WTF!!! i am eating clean like other weeks nd doing cardio too. is it the water weight from creatine????? HELP!!!

[roidedteen]

yea its water weight most likely.

[Bone32]

If your bulking...don't you wanna gain weight...?

[roidedteen]

but hes going to lose it when he stops creatine the water weight.

[radiumtunez]

this same thing happened to me too and i increased with like 4 lb's in just one week. please elaborate more on the creatine water thing.

[dvbuilder]

It makes you hold more water in your body, is it really that hard to understand?

[llyr]

creatine has the effect of drawing water in to ur cells thus volumizing ur muscles. thats why u need to drink a surplus of water when using creatine! but when u stop creatine the cells no longer have a more negative water potential and thus water is drawn from ur cells and lost from the body, thats why u experience a rapid decline in weights after stoping the creatine cyle

[Armenag]

how do u buy a supplement without research???

[Pro-Choice]

If you weigh yourself like that every single week, expect to see ridiculous fluctuation. You don't know exactly how much undigested food you still have in your intestines every time. You don't know exactly how much unpassed feces you have in your intestines every time. If you weigh yourself every single week and stress out about the numbers, you will put yourself through more trouble than it is worth. Your body is not going to grow in a smooth, linear pattern like that. Also, if you are gaining 4 pounds monthly know that it definitely will not all be muscle. Of course, when you are gaining muscle, it is also normal to add extra water and fat weight in order to maintain the same body fat percentage as you get larger.

Maybe some of it is from creatine, but from what i have seen, the water weight gain from creatine is largely exaggerated by teenagers who don't know what they're talking about. The gain should be basically minimal and certainly won't be more than a few pounds. One thing is for certain though, don't stress yourself out with the scale, especially not 2 weeks into your bulk. If you've been bulking for 3 months and you've lost weight, then there's a problem. But it is far too early to tell what is going on for someone in your situation. Whatever is going on is probably very normal and expected, so unless you look down tomorrow and see a 5.2 pound tumor in your buttox, i would simply not worry about it until you've actually been bulking for a reasonable amount of time.

[dvbuilder]

how do u buy a supplement without research???

Somebody would say "this works" you buy it..having no idea what it does except correct dosages..

It's humans man, don't underestimate our stupidity.

[Vipersg123]

If you weigh yourself like that every single week, expect to see ridiculous fluctuation. You don't know exactly how much undigested food you still have in your intestines every time. You don't know exactly how much unpassed feces you have in your intestines every time. If you weigh yourself every single week and stress out about the numbers, you will put yourself through more trouble than it is worth. Your body is not going to grow in a smooth, linear pattern like that. Also, if you are gaining 4 pounds monthly know that it definitely will not all be muscle. Of course, when you are gaining muscle, it is also normal to add extra water and fat weight in order to maintain the same body fat percentage as you get larger.

Maybe some of it is from creatine, but from what i have seen, the water weight gain from creatine is largely exaggerated by teenagers who don't know what they're talking about. The gain should be basically minimal and certainly won't be more than a few pounds. One thing is for certain though, don't stress yourself out with the scale, especially not 2 weeks into your bulk. If you've been bulking for 3 months and you've lost weight, then there's a problem. But it is far too early to tell what is going on for someone in your situation. Whatever is going on is probably very normal and expected, so unless you look down tomorrow and see a 5.2 pound tumor in your buttox, i would simply not worry about it until you've actually been bulking for a reasonable amount of time.

Eh, 5lbs water weight gained when starting creatine sounds doable in my experience.

[burg]

ye its most likely water retention, when are you weighing yourself as there are different factors which could be considered

[Armenag]

Somebody would say "this works" you buy it..having no idea what it does except correct dosages..

It's humans man, don't underestimate our stupidity.

man, not in my book. i research a LOT before buying a new supp. we sometimes do stupid things, but not THAT stupid

[burg]

this same thing happened to me too and i increased with like 4 lb's in just one week. please elaborate more on the creatine water thing.

The whole thing about creatine is that it makes cells absorb water, especially on a monohydrate, this can cause excess water to be retained. Its not a problem, just one of the many things creatine does

[Vipersg123]

man, not in my book. i research a LOT before buying a new supp. we sometimes do stupid things, but not THAT stupid

Haha, unfortunately many folks don't think that way... they walk into the store and see "You'll gain 7 pounds of muscle in 7 days!!!!!" and will buy it without even knowing what the **** it is or if it even does anything.

[dvbuilder]

man, not in my book. i research a LOT before buying a new supp. we sometimes do stupid things, but not THAT stupid

Dude, it's really not that stupid in context..

Not fully researching something (which obviously isn't their priority in life, otherwise they would research it) but knowing it's healthy because of a recommendation anyway




Personally I research too, but still..

[BBKid7101]

so i rele shudnt worry bout it i guess. nd will gain normally or 4lb a week alot?

[CEO128]

if you weighed yoursle at diff times in the day that could be it. when you wake up in the morning is the ideal time to weigh yourslef to get your true weight. also maybe your scale isnt callibrated.

[BBKid7101]

are these gains of like 4 or 5 lbs gonna stop? cuz then im gonna get off creatine. i only wanna gain like .5-1 lb a week.

[BBKid7101]

???

[Vipersg123]

are these gains of like 4 or 5 lbs gonna stop? cuz then im gonna get off creatine. i only wanna gain like .5-1 lb a week.

its just initial water weight man... of courswe they are gonna stop... these aren't "gains" this is just extra water in your body... NOT MUSCLE. And cmon now think about it... if you kept increasing your weight that much each weak people who took creatine for years would be 1000lbs by now...

do yourself a favor and at least read some sort of article on creatine so you at least know what you are putting into your body.