Hi Everyone.

I am training for The 3 Day Walk. So this weekend I probably logged over 20 miles (10 yesterday), and I weighed 5 pounds MORE this morning than on Friday!!! What? I have been completely ON PROGRAM, and I just don't understand. Anyone else go through this? Could I be retaining water? I don't know, I didn't eat 20,000 calories this weekend :wink2:

it could be Water retention...with alll that walking that u are doing, you are loosing water...through sweat. You need to make sure you keep ur body hydrated. On average you shoudl be getting 2litres of water a day but with all that excercise im sure you will need a whole lot more!

When ur body hasnt got enough Fluid, its hold on to the suppllys that it has.

Try upping ur water intake and see if that helps

xx

After a particularly strenuous workout if I haven't worked out in a while, I notice the scale goes up between 3-5 lbs for a few days. I'm thinking it must be water retention.

You can also easily be building muscle. I've been running a lot (for the past month) and haven't lost a pound. This past week (glutenous behavior) being the exception - I was on plan for three weeks. By the book. I still gained weight. I lost body fat and inches though. If you haven't started measuring yourself, start. It can tell you more sometimes than the scale.