Reverse dieting and water retention

[cls91]

Currently finishing a reverse diet into a lean bulk. A little ridiculous that I'm gaining weight on such few calories, but I've always had a generally low BMR, and I wanted to be sure of my TDEE before starting a long, lean bulk.

Week --> Calories --> Weight
(weekly averages)

1 --> 1875 --> 134.7
2 --> 1950 --> 134.0
3 --> 2025 --> 135.1
4 --> 2100 --> 135.1
5 --> 2175 --> 136.2
6 --> 2250 --> 137.0

Macros: 85F, 200C (40f, 85s), 150P

My question is specifically 'how does water retention work during a reverse diet, when added calories came from protein/fat, and carbs remained the same'?

With carbs unchanged, can weight gain during a reverse diet still be attributed to water retention?

I've tried searching but couldn't find anything specific to unchanged carbs during a reverse diet...if I happened to miss something please link me to the right thread

[unplugged]

its normal to gain weight quite quickly coming off of a cut OP. When i came off my last cut i gained about 10-15lbs within a month mostly from increased glycogen via increased carbs as well as increased food volume (more food in gi tract)

[cls91]

its normal to gain weight quite quickly coming off of a cut OP. When i came off my last cut i gained about 10-15lbs within a month mostly from increased glycogen via increased carbs as well as increased food volume (more food in gi tract)

My question is referring to a situation where

i) carbs are not increased
ii) calorie increase is gradual, not cut --> bulk

[The Running Man]

Those are very minor changes in weight OP, and wouldn't be unusual over the course of a day, let alone 6 weeks. Fluctuations in your sodium intake from additional food you're taking in alone could account for this.

[cls91]

Those are very minor changes in weight OP, and wouldn't be unusual over the course of a day, let alone 6 weeks. Fluctuations in your sodium intake from additional food you're taking in alone could account for this.

Yea I know its minor, but keep in mind its weekly averages not daily changes. Essentially from 2000 --> 2200 calories has made me gain 2-3lbs, which is normal when considering water retention...but like I said, without carbs and with a very slow increase in cals, is that 2-3lbs still water retention or actual weight gained?

Btw forgot to mention but my sodium intake has either stayed the same or decreased if anything.

Thanks

[unplugged]

My question is referring to a situation where

i) carbs are not increased
ii) calorie increase is gradual, not cut --> bulk

What i was getting at is that its normal to have a slight increase in water retention when increasing calories so don't sweat it

[unplugged]

Yea I know its minor, but keep in mind its weekly averages not daily changes. Essentially from 2000 --> 2200 calories has made me gain 2-3lbs, which is normal when considering water retention...but like I said, without carbs and with a very slow increase in cals, is that 2-3lbs still water retention or actual weight gained?

Btw forgot to mention but my sodium intake has either stayed the same or decreased if anything.

Thanks

Its just water man. You have to eat about 3500 calories more than you burn in a week to gain one lb which you obviously didn't do with that little of an increase

[cls91]

What i was getting at is that its normal to have a slight increase in water retention when increasing calories so don't sweat it

Without trying to sound repetitive, I know that water retention will happen when you increase carbs or increase cals, but my question is whether the very slow increase in cals makes a difference compared to a larger jump in cals, as well as carbs remaining constant.

[cls91]

Its just water man. You have to eat about 3500 calories more than you burn in a week to gain one lb which you obviously didn't do with that little of an increase

From 2000-2200 cal's gained me 2lbs over 2 weeks, thats 1lbs a week at a 200 surplus (assuming 2000 is TDEE)...I should have gained half of what I did, so my assumption is that water weight contributed to 1 of the 2 lbs gained