Exercise water weight etc

[quotidianlight]

I just bumped up my workout and added weights and tae bo. I know my weight will either stall or start to go up as my muscles adjust and start retaining water. I'm not worried about it but I am concerned that it will mask my ability to find my CCLL. When you started weight and strength training how long did the weight gain last?

[Tommy]

Re: Exercise water weight etc

Water weight should not be a problem unless you increase your carbs/sodium.

The problem some see when starting weight training is a lack of progress on the scale itself from either increasing muscle size or water. A tape measure will tell you the truth. If you lose 2 lbs of fat and gain 2 lbs of muscle, you still weigh the same but your body fat percentage will be lower and you will see inches lost on the tape test.