Gaining weight after two days excersize (Walking??)

[Aussie_babygurl]

ok ive been doing atkins for awhile, without doing excersize, i decided i wanted to start walking ALOT, so yesterday at first it started off as a walk to the beach with friend, But it turned into a 7kilometre walk. when i got home, we had painters in my house, so i decided to walk the block 4 times, which was another 8 ks

feeling good about myself, and wanting to continue this much walking daily, i decided to go for a 8k walk today, but was shocked that i had put on 2 kilos when i havent put on weight in a long long time,

Is there a reason for putting on weight after walking so much? do muscles swell and does that cause weight gain? Should i stop walking, or ignore the scales for a few weeks and then weigh myself?

[Barbde]

Re: Gaining weight after two days excersize (Walking??)

Definitely do NOT give up walking! Walking is so good for your whole body. Yeah, muscles will retain water after exercise and a couple pound weight gain is normal. It will come back off, just ditch the scale for a bit and keep on Walkin'!!!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Gaining weight after two days excersize (Walking??)

yep you just shocked your muscles upping their load and they know you don't exercise for fun so some horrible dangerous thing must be after you and they want to be ready should it still be lurking so they stock up supplies they need to "save" you and one of those supplies is lots of fluid. Once they learn the new walking is their normal load they wil release the fluids and poof the pounds are gone and usually a bit extra is gone cause you burned off more fat exercising too.

Happy low carbing.

[Rae-Marie]

Re: Gaining weight after two days excersize (Walking??)

This happend to me last week. It'll take a few days but the water weight WILL come off!!

[Lisa M]

Re: Gaining weight after two days excersize (Walking??)

Yep...happens to me too!!!


Keep walking and make those fat cells leave and make room for muscle