Quote Originally Posted by fastwardo View Post
Does anybody know how you can tell whether or not you have gained fat or water weight? I am in week 8 of a 12 week TEST E cycle at 500mg per week, and I have gained a little weight around my midsection. I am currently doing a lean bulk with a lot of very clean calories. It looks like my bodyfat % has gone up a few points, but is it bloat from water, or is it regular old fat? Whats the difference? Any way to distinguish one from the other? Thanks!

There are a lot of factors that come into play here. For one, how many calories above maintenance are you eating? If it is 500 - 1000, I doubt even 10% of it is fat. Gaining a few points of bodyfat in eight weeks? I highly doubt it. You cannot gain 10lbs of fat in 8 weeks, especially if you are eating clean and working out. I can almost guarantee you it is mostly water weight. It has been almost 5 months after my last cycle, and for a couple of months, I have gotten really loose with my diet. Since I ended in the summer, I was drinking hardcore on the weekends and eating like crap for almost three months and I hardly put on any fat, and this was after a cycle. Keep in mind I gain weight very easily.

I'm sure it is all water weight, so there is nothing to worry about.