Thread: Weight Fluctuation

3 main meals and 3 snacks a day is not much. So i don't know why you think you eat a lot.

I used to think i eat a lot too.

Train for strength, eat for size.

no when i say i eat a lot, i dont mean the amount of times i eat, but i eat a lot when i do eat.

thats not the way to gain weight

6-8 medium meals day

It's all about staying anabolic.

Yes, you do not want your body to go into a catabolic state (it thinks it's starving). The best way to do this, as MuscleM4n said, is to basically eat constantly. Whether or not you gain weight on a program depends on your diet and on the program itself. It is very possible to double your strength without gaining any weight. My deadlift went from doing <132.5 pounds for reps (I was using a curl bar) to a max of over 400 pounds in one year, and I lost weight during the process.

I guarantee you aren't eating enough, whether or not you think you are. If you were eating enough, then you would at least be gaining fat.

Do you count calories? If you don't you better start. If you do, then you need to bump them up a notch.

Well i think im eating about 2,000 a day...

Ok so maybe i should start eating a lot more. Thats my first question answered.

But my main question is the weight fluctuations. I mean gaining and loosing 10lbs overnight....is this normal? It seems too much of a fluctuation to me...
I have checked scales too, i tested 2 different scales to make sure it was accurate

Originally Posted by ps2cho

Well i think im eating about 2,000 a day...

Ok so maybe i should start eating a lot more. Thats my first question answered.

But my main question is the weight fluctuations. I mean gaining and loosing 10lbs overnight....is this normal? It seems too much of a fluctuation to me...
I have checked scales too, i tested 2 different scales to make sure it was accurate

Although that's quite a lot, there are several variables that can contribue to this fluctuation: level of water retention, glycon stores, food in the stomach/digestive system, yet to be unreleased waste, etc.

Also clothes

wearing clothes will add 2lbs. Weigh naked

the best weigh to measure your progress is to weigh yourself ONCE a week only on a Sunday morning.


Yeah 2000 calories is not that much.

But what im saying is...When i was 16yrs old i weighed exactly the same as i do now.
By the fact that i SHOULD be growing regardless, has wieghtlifting stunted my growth?

I do think that when i started doing squat it has affected my height growth. I say this because when i finished my school weightlifting class (6months of squat every other day) basically...after about 2 months of not doing any, i suddenly in about a one week period, shot up about 2inches in height! I thought something was wierd and i went on vacation and when i came back my friends were like wow u got tall what happened?

Im pretty sure that squat stunted my height growth....well im not too worried as 5'11 is fine with me...my dads 6'4. 6ft is good for me

Back to the original idea....yes i weighed myself without clothes after i took a shower. I eliminated everything that i could. Even tried scales on a difference surface(in case it was the tiles)
Ya...but 10lbs of water/body waste?
Doesn't that sound a little too much? i mean maybe 5lbs... but 10lbs? 10lbs is a lot...

I mean i dont feel it...im just curious to why it fluctuates so much.
Just weighed myself today and im 134...i was 129 yesterday.

i hear exactly what you're saying, im not sure what it is tho (sorr kinda new here, been registered just couldnt post, but ive been follow threads posted).
im the same way.
i was 138-140 all thru high school and up until this past April (25 now).
i started really lifting and eating, as much as i could... which isnt a lot for me, not a big eater but i also started using gainer and whey. from April til now ive put gain 35pounds. but the thing is i can lose weight likes its nothing.
i went on vacation for 5 days came back and lost 7 pounds, took forever to put it back on. and just 2 weeks ago, i stop taking gainer and start really eating every 2-3 hours like stated, got on the scale and lost weight. 2 weeks i was at 165, now im sitting at 158, its crazy.
so now im eating heavy, lifting hard, and taking gainer.

but i feel exactly what you're saying man.

As far as I know, growth stunt as a result of weightlifting is a myth. Of course, that's most likely assuming that one is doing things correctly, and thus taking the proper rest. If you were lifting for six months straight, your body probably desperately needed a break for your CNS to recover. When it did, maybe it had some other catching up to do. I have no idea if this is correct, it's just some theory I made up. It could have just been a coincidental growth spurt. Maybe someone has a concrete answer as to whether weightlifting stunts growth and why you grew.

Originally Posted by ironrictha2nd

i hear exactly what you're saying, im not sure what it is tho (sorr kinda new here, been registered just couldnt post, but ive been follow threads posted).
im the same way.
i was 138-140 all thru high school and up until this past April (25 now).
i started really lifting and eating, as much as i could... which isnt a lot for me, not a big eater but i also started using gainer and whey. from April til now ive put gain 35pounds. but the thing is i can lose weight likes its nothing.
i went on vacation for 5 days came back and lost 7 pounds, took forever to put it back on. and just 2 weeks ago, i stop taking gainer and start really eating every 2-3 hours like stated, got on the scale and lost weight. 2 weeks i was at 165, now im sitting at 158, its crazy.
so now im eating heavy, lifting hard, and taking gainer.

but i feel exactly what you're saying man.

The weight you lost after stopping the supplement was most likely all water retention. As soon as you get off of it again, you'll lose the weight again and keep thinking you'll have to keep taking it. I'd say just get off of it now and you'll know that the gains you're making are LBM and not more water retention. Just my opinion though.

easy man your in a freakin platue or w/e its called... you need to eat bro. I was like you I swore I would eat a lot.. WRONG i was eatting the wrong foods. you need heavy complex carbs and a shit load of calories 3-4k.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

The weight you lost after stopping the supplement was most likely all water retention. As soon as you get off of it again, you'll lose the weight again and keep thinking you'll have to keep taking it. I'd say just get off of it now and you'll know that the gains you're making are LBM and not more water retention. Just my opinion though.

didnt think of that.... sounds about right, thanks.