Subject: RE: making progress, losing body size, getting faster, going longer, gaining weight?Mrs. brown_dog_us - 2009-02-28 8:16 AM
You are gaining muscle and losing fat. Fat weighs less than muscle so your weight is actually going up.
Possibly, but unless the OP is also lifting weights (are you lifting? ), muscle gain from endurance exercise is not likely. Most "big guys" (former football players and such ) who switch over to endurance sports actually lose mucle mass.
The better explanation is that your body has become efficient at storing glycogen and is storing more of it. Glycogen is stored along with water so the weight gain is more likely the result of increased glycogen + water storage. Nothing to worry about at all, and it's actually a good thing. As people have said, scale weight eventually becomes a bit meaningless for an athlete and it can fluctuate on a near-daily basis. If I cut out carbs I'll lose 5 lbs. in one day. |