creatine and water retention

[chillinn86]

I'm going to florida in a week for spring break, and i want to look as lean as possible. My question is does creatine hold water subcutaneously? If i stop using it will i look dryer and more defined or does it not really make a difference?

[chriswho]

I'm going to florida in a week for spring break, and i want to look as lean as possible. My question is does creatine hold water subcutaneously? If i stop using it will i look dryer and more defined or does it not really make a difference?

creatine doesn't make you hold water under your skin, it saturates your muscles

[Irish Iron]

if you stop taking it 5-6 days prior to leaving, you should be unsaturated. and yes you will look leaner. it doesnt make a difference to me because I'm "perma-bulked lol" for now, but i'm guessing you will be able to notice because you are pretty lean

[quank]

If i stop using it will i look dryer and more defined

yes, you'll lose some water but 1 week out is cutting it close.

[chillinn86]

Ok, so im guessing it would be worth it to lay off the creatine for the next 2 weeks.

[Irish Iron]

Ok, so im guessing it would be worth it to lay off the creatine for the next 2 weeks.

5-6 days...after 5-6 days your muscles will become completely unsaturated with creatine

[quank]

5-6 days...after 5-6 days your muscles will become completely unsaturated with creatine

Wrong!! (hand on forehead shaking head) 5-6 days??? where did you get that from?

[Mero1991]

for some people may be,Iam a swimmer (sprinter)really notice the diffrence 3 days after i stop creatine,it may depend on how fast u consume it,3 days of very high intensive training and all my energy from creatine is gone

[Irish Iron]

Wrong!! (hand on forehead shaking head) 5-6 days??? where did you get that from?

my bad not completely, but within 5-6 days, lbs of water will be lost...which means a leaner look

[quank]

my bad not completely, but within 5-6 days, lbs of water will be lost...which means a leaner look

when i come off certain creatine products i lose so much water weight within 3 weeks it's almost depressing watching the scale go down, but in the mirror i do look much more leaner and defined. MAN Orotine is the only creatine product i've taken that when i came off it my total body weight didn't drop like the stock market, but my bench sure took a nose dive so that was kinda depressing also.

[BrainSlayer]

my weight jumped 5-8 pounds on creatine mono, but I started taking a stimulant pre-work out and I guess the caffeine in it makes me pee a lot so my weight dropped back down from started at 190 jumped up to 198 dropped back down to 193-195Lbs *shrug* =\ been taking it for about 4 weeks now.

[RB12]

when i come off certain creatine products i lose so much water weight within 3 weeks it's almost depressing watching the scale go down, but in the mirror i do look much more leaner and defined. MAN Orotine is the only creatine product i've taken that when i came off it my total body weight didn't drop like the stock market, but my bench sure took a nose dive so that was kinda depressing also.

orotine is a great option for a creatine that does not typically have the bloat associated with mono