Excercise Making Me Gain Weight?

[2bfit 62]

Hi all! I am almost 5 weeks out and yesterday I got on the scale at 191.8! I restarted the Couch 2 5K program (I highly recommend it!) yesterday. I woke up this morning and my weight is 192.6! WTH?! My legs are sore and I am sure I am swollen but has this happened to anyone else? I would imagine I will have a fluctuation but I really did not like seeing the scale go back in the wrong direction! :nonod:

[Indymom 132]

You're not going to see the result from one day of exercise on the scale the next morning . . . I'm sure it's just the normal day to day fluctuation. I would keep a weekly weigh-in day and try to stay off the scale otherwise. (I'm certainly not one to talk though, I get on the scale every morning - but I don't track it except for my Monday "official" weigh-in).

A day-to-day change of a pound or so can be the result of so many things, including Water retention, too much sodium the previous day, etc.

Good luck with the C25K! I was doing it last year before I got sick late fall - I've decided to stick to classes at the gym until spring, because I hate running on the treadmill. I'm going to get back into it once I can walk/run on the trail again.