Female workout partner displeased with weight gain

Most people will gain weight due to fluid retention in the first few weeks of working out.

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Any of you know about this?

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Oh, my sweet summer child.

Quite simply, men and women don't lose weight the same. The way I understand it is men tend to have more muscle mass and therefore are able to burn more calories. You can attempt to even up the odds a bit by strength training but in the meantime your body is going to fight like a motherfricker to keep that fat around if you're in childbearing years. We also tend to retain more water, especially if we're at certain points in our monthly cycle. And at the beginning of training.

I'd recommend her putting up the scale for a bit (we tend to get obsessive and weigh everyday which can frick with your head) and stick to tracking her progress by measurements. Weigh-in once a week on the same day at the same time. Weight loss is almost never linear for us and the up and downs of our daily weight can really mess with you.

you say water retention, i ask you what is she eating?

is she on birth control pills? Sometimes they can cause weight gain.

Are you going to Planet Fitness on pizza day?