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Started creatine and the scale went up?

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Before you cut your food, check what that

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number includes. A scale measures everything together,

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including water, muscle, fat and the food you

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have just eaten.

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Creatine commonly increases water retention.

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That can raise body weight without showing an

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increase in body fat.

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The amount varies, so someone else’s first week

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is not a target you need to match.

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Over time, creatine can support repeated high intensity

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efforts. Muscle growth still depends on training and

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nutrition. An overnight jump cannot tell you how

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much muscle you have built, or how much

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fat you have lost.

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For a clearer comparison, use the same scale

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under similar conditions.

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Note when you started creatine, then look at

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your weight trend alongside waist measurements and the

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training you can actually perform.

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Travel can make the picture noisier.

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A salty restaurant meal, a different weighing time

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and a new workout routine may all change

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together. Keep those details in your notes instead

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of guessing from one weigh-in.

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The article below includes a simple progress log

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and explains which changes a bathroom scale can

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and cannot identify.

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Use it before changing a plan because of

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one number.