Water retention delima

nosnmiveins · Sep 1, 2012

Competed in my first show last saturday. Since then ive let myself eat any thing and everything i wanted. Well about by sunday night i noticed my legs, calves, ankles have nearly doubled in size which i can only imagine being water.

Abs are nearly gone now, legs are still swollen and i just feel like a balloon all over. I have yet to step on a scale but i can guess ive already added about 15lbs since last saturday.

Is this normal rebound after a show? Ok so i went a little overboard eating for a week but it has made a HUGE negative impact on my appearance.

Gear has been lowered and gh re introduced, but those are the only changes.

If any more details need to be laid out let me know. This wasnt concerning at first, but holding on to this much water for this long has me a little worried.

juicyjay · Sep 1, 2012

Bro, for the first time in my life, I basically have cankles lol! My legs look gigantic, my ankles are swollen, arms and delts look full as hell and swollen, etc. I added slin and 10iu daily of gh, while also eating a shit ton. I went from 167, to my 195 in 2 weeks after my show. I'm now 202, 35lbs heavier, 20 days after my show. You just HAVE to clean things up basically is all it is. Stop binging, and maybe use some dandelion root daily as a mild diuretic to speed up the process a little. Clean up the diet and you should be good.

To answer your question, yes, it's definitely normal to eat a lot more and gain a good amount of weight back, the first few weeks post-show. You dieted hard for months, who in their right mind would NOT want to pig out on all the foods they craved while prepping?

ajdos · Sep 1, 2012

Normally after a show I continue to run a diuretic for another week knowing the 'flood' is coming, its actually a healthy preventative to doing serious damage to your cardio pulmanary.