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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]
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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

So judgy!! Please tell us cardio addicts how to mend our ways[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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