Originally Posted by ma_fighter
Wow! Thats a nice difference! Looking good :)
Well, I for one do not like weighing in just once every or every other week, because too many things come into play when it comes to your current weight. I weigh myself EVERY morning at the same time, and the weight fluctuates quite a bit even so, but over a week or two I can easily pick up on a TREND, up or down.
As for reasons to why the scales are going up, there can be several.
*Different timing - If youre weighing in at night, then you've had the whole day to eat, and do, different things which will affect your weight. Mornings are best.
*Eating differently - More salt = more waterweight for instance.
*Been training or not - Less or more glycogen, and thus also less or more water. I *think* you carry 4 grams of water for every gram of glycogen.
*More LBM - self explanatory.
*Carrying more food inside your bowels at the time if the weigh in - Not gonna get into this one more.
*For females, if you're at, or close to, your period - This will make you hold onto more water.
Anyways, as GB says, trust the mirror, trust the way you clothes fit or trust a tapemeasure!
You've absolutely done great progress on only three weeks!! :) Keep it up