When you start to work out, when does the water retention weight gain stop?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never gained water. Didn’t know that was a thing. It usually takes me about two months to see the scale move, but clothes become more comfortable within a few weeks.

You are contradicting yourself. If your clothes got looser but you did not lose weight, that means you lost fat and retained some water. It is completely normal for those who start to work out.

Yeah, it’s widely known that the body retains water when you start to work out. It doesn’t last for that long, but it can lead to a weight gain of as much as 5 lbs or so.

I didn't know that.

OP here. It’s true! I’ll also say that my water weight gain (which was about 3 lbs) is now gone, so it came and went in about a week. YMMV, but it’s pretty common when you first start working out.

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Mine has come and gone depending on what kind of workout I am doing my whole life. Basically if I have a week where what I am doing I'd causing more soreness than general I know the next week will be heavy on the scale.