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Working Out and Gaining Weight
Hi everyone. I am about 30 lbs overweight and I just joined a cardio
kickboxing class. It's a pretty high intensity workout(I'm sweating from the moment we start until we end) and I've been going 4 x a week for the past 2 weeks. I know you aren't supposed to weigh yourself everyday but of course I am and I'm freaking out a little bit because the scale has gone up a solid 5 lbs in the past 2 weeks. I haven't really changed my eating a whole lot (I was already doing a low calorie, low fat diet when I started working out). Why is this happening? |
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Working Out and Gaining Weight
"Ellen" u46603@uwe wrote:
Hi everyone. *I am about 30 lbs overweight and I just joined a cardio kickboxing class. *It's a pretty high intensity workout(I'm sweating from the moment we start until we end) and I've been going 4 x a week for the past 2 weeks. * I know you aren't supposed to weigh yourself everyday but of course I am and I'm freaking out a little bit And this sort of water retension bounce is exactly why folks who freak out at frequent weighing should not do that. because the scale has gone up a solid 5 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Completely predictable and expected. *I haven't really changed my eating a whole lot (I was already doing a low calorie, low fat diet when I started working out).. Why is this happening? When a new exercise program starts the muscles initially hoard glycogen carbs to handle the changed short term load. Since glycogen is stored dissolved in water that means there is extra water retention in the muscles. After a while the muscles adjust to the program as their long term load and their no longer hoard glycogen for it. At that point the water used to disolve the glycogen is no longer retained. How long it takes for the muscles to adjust depends on the level of fitness prior to starting the new program and on the rate of fitness improvement during the program. Somewhere between a couple of weeks and a couple of months. This reminds of what folks want to lose - Want to lose fat, work to lose fat, need to focus on the trend not on the daily water retention bounce. Want to lose water, work to lose water, set yourself up for eternal frustration as fighting water retention is like fighting the tides. No matter how much effect you put into it the water comes back when the tides come back. The problem with weighing too often - Folks who do not know about water retnetion issues like muscles hoarding glycogen freak out. The problem with NOT weighing often - Fail to learn what your water retention swing is and you don't know the size of your no-change range during maintenance. If you have a 6 pound water retention swing (that's the size of mine) and you target a 4 pound range during maintenance it is physically impossible to stay in your maintenance range. There is no right answer for how often to weigh, just a range of tradeoffs based on a long list of issues. |
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Working Out and Gaining Weight
Great! Thank you so much for the detailed information.
Doug Freyburger wrote: Hi everyone. Â*I am about 30 lbs overweight and I just joined a cardio kickboxing class. Â*It's a pretty high intensity workout(I'm sweating from the moment we start until we end) and I've been going 4 x a week for the past 2 weeks. Â* I know you aren't supposed to weigh yourself everyday but of course I am and I'm freaking out a little bit And this sort of water retension bounce is exactly why folks who freak out at frequent weighing should not do that. because the scale has gone up a solid 5 lbs in the past 2 weeks. Completely predictable and expected. Â*I haven't really changed my eating a whole lot (I was already doing a low calorie, low fat diet when I started working out). Why is this happening? When a new exercise program starts the muscles initially hoard glycogen carbs to handle the changed short term load. Since glycogen is stored dissolved in water that means there is extra water retention in the muscles. After a while the muscles adjust to the program as their long term load and their no longer hoard glycogen for it. At that point the water used to disolve the glycogen is no longer retained. How long it takes for the muscles to adjust depends on the level of fitness prior to starting the new program and on the rate of fitness improvement during the program. Somewhere between a couple of weeks and a couple of months. This reminds of what folks want to lose - Want to lose fat, work to lose fat, need to focus on the trend not on the daily water retention bounce. Want to lose water, work to lose water, set yourself up for eternal frustration as fighting water retention is like fighting the tides. No matter how much effect you put into it the water comes back when the tides come back. The problem with weighing too often - Folks who do not know about water retnetion issues like muscles hoarding glycogen freak out. The problem with NOT weighing often - Fail to learn what your water retention swing is and you don't know the size of your no-change range during maintenance. If you have a 6 pound water retention swing (that's the size of mine) and you target a 4 pound range during maintenance it is physically impossible to stay in your maintenance range. There is no right answer for how often to weigh, just a range of tradeoffs based on a long list of issues. -- Message posted via http://www.weightadviser.com |
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