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Am I gaining weight from Creatine ?

raiderfanusa Posts: 139 Joined: 2002/06/06	2002/06/17, 05:06 PM After two years of trying to reverse years of really bad habits. I have dropped 30+lbs. I used walking and mountian bike riding to get to here. I was thrilled to discover this site as I am just starting weight training. I monitor my weight once each week. (250 and still fat). I appear to have hit a plateau since starting weight training along with taking protein and creatine. Is the creatine responsable for this? Is this natural. should I get back on schedule of 1lb a week or so soon ?
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/06/17, 05:33 PM Scale weight is NOT an accurate measure of your bodyfat!Creatine should add some water weight to your scale weight...yes. You should consider obtaining calipers to measure your bodyfat. Otherwise, your scale weight can fluctuate plus or minus 5 pounds in any given week due to water retention and other factors. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!