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

[Anonymous]

I started working out last week. I’ve been doing it daily on Peloton. I’m up 1.5 lbs (not overweight to begin with). I know it’s water retention from my body getting used to working out, but was wondering when I can expect to shed this weight gain?

I’m not looking to lose a ton of weight, but it would be nice to not have the extra weight.

[Anonymous]

Why are you bothered by water weight?

[Anonymous]

When I started really working out this summer I plateaued in weight loss for like 5 weeks, then started losing faster

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but this isn’t necessarily a contradiction. I thought pp meant clothes were more comfortable due to a redistribution as muscle is gained and fat is lost, nothing to do with water weight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but this isn’t necessarily a contradiction. I thought pp meant clothes were more comfortable due to a redistribution as muscle is gained and fat is lost, nothing to do with water weight.

That is a popular misconception believed by too many women. You never gain muscle at the same rate you lose fat (unless you are losing the fat very very slowly). And particularly with the exercise choices made by an average woman there is very little expectation of any muscle gain. The initial gain is water to most part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but this isn’t necessarily a contradiction. I thought pp meant clothes were more comfortable due to a redistribution as muscle is gained and fat is lost, nothing to do with water weight.

That is a popular misconception believed by too many women. You never gain muscle at the same rate you lose fat (unless you are losing the fat very very slowly). And particularly with the exercise choices made by an average woman there is very little expectation of any muscle gain. The initial gain is water to most part.

So judgy!! Please tell us cardio addicts how to mend our ways

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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 don’t gain weight that way. Sorry if it doesn’t fit your expectations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but this isn’t necessarily a contradiction. I thought pp meant clothes were more comfortable due to a redistribution as muscle is gained and fat is lost, nothing to do with water weight.

It’s more like my posture improves and tummy pulls in. It’s not just cardio, Pilates and weight training.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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 don’t gain weight that way. Sorry if it doesn’t fit your expectations.

I never said it was permanent, but a lot of people experience this when they first start to work out.

But I mean, it’s just written up by the Cleveland Clinic — what do they know? https://www.google.com/amp/s/health.clevelandclinic.org/just-started-exercising-gaining-weight/amp/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

DP, but this isn’t necessarily a contradiction. I thought pp meant clothes were more comfortable due to a redistribution as muscle is gained and fat is lost, nothing to do with water weight.

That is a popular misconception believed by too many women. You never gain muscle at the same rate you lose fat (unless you are losing the fat very very slowly). And particularly with the exercise choices made by an average woman there is very little expectation of any muscle gain. The initial gain is water to most part.

So judgy!! Please tell us cardio addicts how to mend our ways

I am not judging. It is just a sad fact that very few women actually lift weights seriously enough to have a reason to believe their weight gain can be attributed to more muscle. And even for those the gain is painfully slow. While it is pretty easy for most to lose about 5lbs of fat a month, gaining 0.5lbs of muscle in the same period can be considered a success and is unlikely to happen under the calorie deficit that would induce that fat loss. The scale not budging but clothes fitting better is all about fluid retention which might be related to new exercise regime but also the woman’s menstrual cycle.

[Anonymous]

In about a month.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.