Water retention

[tinyman5000]

hey guys i've been eating 500 over maintance on this bulk for my size and monday (weigh in day) and was 135, today I'm like 138 right after i crapped and peed, didnt eat or drink anything either. Is that water retention?

[BeachWeights]

Mate could be! its not a huge weight fluctuation... coulda been taken at a different times in the day... theres alot of variables that it could be.. i mean its only 3 pounds. which is roughly 1.3kg or sumthing... could even be different jewelery or clothes (includigng shoes).

sounds like u do a fair bit of gym. The thing i find with myself though, is that maybe ya body didnt get enough fuel (could be solid food or fluid) so it had to hold onto more because had worked out so ur body needs all it can to repair so u dont excrete as much thus u weigh more.... too many variables though...

[tinyman5000]

I was only in my boxers and i just finished emptying haha, so you think its solid weight gain? I don't see how it is , I wasn't eating more then 500 over maintance

[BaFtub]

N00b gains.

Learn to love them lol.

[tinyman5000]

I don't think I gained 3 lbs in a week dude, my waist is the same and I look the exact same in terms of vascularity..I ate alot of salt/carbs yesterday, could that be wy?

[kyokushin1]

I don't think I gained 3 lbs in a week dude, my waist is the same and I look the exact same in terms of vascularity..I ate alot of salt/carbs yesterday, could that be wy?

3lbs isnt much.

And there are so many factors...some could be muscle, some of it fat, some retention etc etc...

Instead of weighing yourself every day and getting all confused when it goes up or down a few pounds, weight yourself once every week or two so you can more accurately track your progress.

[tinyman5000]

I had been only weighing myself ever two weeks but I was getting funky numbers except for monday, but I wanted to make doubly sure something was wrong. I doubt most of its muscle if it is solid gain, 3 lbs of solid weight in a week is alot consdiering i was only eating 2500-2800 cals and my maintance is 2000-2300

[BeachWeights]

it coulda been weight gain.. i mean if u changed ya prgram that drastically and ya diet was the same inclduding water cinsumption then it might well be.. its been done before.. lol... its not that insane... there no way in hell ud notice yaself.... u see yaself everyday.. if ya really wanna know... ud need to get skin fold testing done for that amout of weight .. otehrwise ask sumone u havent seen in a few months...

[tinyman5000]

Well I actually lose 20 lbs and am trying to get the muscle back I lost, I listened to a nurtitionist who told me to eat a 70/15/15 diet lose weight from 148 (not even over weight) i was 12-15 % bf and lost a ton of muscle, I just want to get to 145 SLOWLY. My vascularity in my chest/delts/bi's/forearms is the same, waist is roughly the same, i actually cut calories from 3500 to 2800 and reduced my activity hardcore, I wasn't gaining at 3200-4000 but i was probably burning 500-1500 a day... I doubt its weight gain permenant, I think I gained 2 lbs over the last two weeks, but def not 3.

[Jer-bone]

your body is 60-70 percent water so this change between these percentages will change your weight between 5-10 pounds. Dpends how hydrated you are.

[joek856]

yeah, whenever you eat a lot of carbohydrates you will start to retain more water...for instance when people cheat they may only eat a pound or two of food total, but still jump up like 10 lbs...that is because of the glycogen being stored in your body along with water weight that goes along with large intakes of carbohydrates...the moral of the story is...just wait and only weigh yourself 1-2 times per week, any more than that and you'll just frustrate yourself.

[tinyman5000]

You guys are right, I don't feel/look fatter. If I gain more weight this week then I'll just cut calories next week.