Can this be right?

[Andru1313]

Ok I have been taking Protien for about 6mnths 3 shakes a day 150 grms. I have not put on a pound from it and it seems I have shredded up a bit. Pretty shredded now. I started to take Creatine 3 weeks ago 1 shake per day and now in the past week or so I have gained about 6 pounds. I am unsure if this is weight gain or musle gain or just water gain. I have taken Creatine in the past but a different brand and it did nothing. I just am a bit freaked out becuase i don't want to put fat or bad weight on. I have lost over 55 pounds so I am a bit freaked out. any insight would be great thanks.

[Frosty]

Originally posted by Andru1313
Ok I have been taking Protien for about 6mnths 3 shakes a day 150 grms. I have not put on a pound from it and it seems I have shredded up a bit. Pretty shredded now. I started to take Creatine 3 weeks ago 1 shake per day and now in the past week or so I have gained about 6 pounds. I am unsure if this is weight gain or musle gain or just water gain. I have taken Creatine in the past but a different brand and it did nothing. I just am a bit freaked out becuase i don't want to put fat or bad weight on. I have lost over 55 pounds so I am a bit freaked out. any insight would be great thanks.

If you gained 6 lbs of fat in a week, you'd know it because it would be pretty obvious in the mirror (since I'm assuming that you're a low bodyfat if you're "ripped".) And if you think about it, you would have needed to eat over 3400 EXTRA calories per day to gain that much fat in a week, and probably only if it were mostly carbs.

The weight from the creatine you put on is pretty much water. This is similar to if you do a carbup...you'll gain a few pounds of water weight.

If you're not gaining muscle, then you need to up the calories. Protein shakes aren't going to make you gain a bunch of muscle magically. You need to eat enough carbs, protein, and fat...all from real food. That combined with lifting and lots of rest will get you muscle mass.

[Die$eL~Man]

most likely it is water weight from creatine...

[Andru1313]

Thanks Frosty. I think alot of it is in my head. Just freaked me out a bit. My diet is very clean. I get about 300 grms per day of protien half from shakes and the other half from real food. I also get a good amount of carbs from brown rice and cous cous and multi grain bread. I don't eat any sugar except with my creatine. I also eat alot of chix turkey, and lean meat. So diet is very clean. I just feel a bit more bloated than usual and feel like i am carring more weight.