Can creatine make you look fat?

[shaun1988]

Can creatine make u look fat? Been taking it for a week now and my stomach, hips and face have bloated out quite a bit no lies. How can I reduce this???

 

[Aleksandar37]

what kind are you taking?

 

[Spaniard]

MCC

 

[shaun1988]

what kind are you taking?

Optimum monohydrate creatine 10 grams per day

 

[shaun1988]

Optimum nutrition monohydrate creatine 10 grams per day

 

[jimbuick]

Optimum monohydrate creatine 10 grams per day

Why are you taking 10g a day?


3-5g

 

[shaun1988]

I used to take a creatine/protein all in one powder, one post workout and one after workout and the creatine was 5g per shake and I good really good gains off doing that, that's why I'm repeating it again but just doing the creatine by itself

 

[Sean1332]

Or try 3-5g which is the effective dose? You made gains because you were taking above the dosage. It'll still work with 3-5.

 

[bolt10]

Take 3-5g. It shouldn't make you look fat.

 

[T-Bone]

Ask your husband.

 

[Clemenza]

Take 3-5g. It shouldn't make you look fat.

True

 

[Montego1]

Some forms can cause some slight water retention but that's about it. FINAFLEX Crea-Trona does not at all and is the best creatine supplement on the market right now. It actually adjusts ph levels so the creatine stays in the creatine form for longer without breaking down add rapidly.

 

[mr.cooper69]

Taking creatine at that high a dose is the reason, causing osmotic spillover. Reduce to 5g a day max

 

[mr.cooper69]

Some forms can cause some slight water retention but that's about it. FINAFLEX Crea-Trona does not at all and is the best creatine supplement on the market right now. It actually adjusts ph levels so the creatine stays in the creatine form for longer without breaking down add rapidly.

Stomach acid protects against cyclization of creatine to creatinine in the gastric environment (see pKa data). Meaning that increasing basicity via bicarbonate actually increases creatinine production. This has been shown with the infamous kre-alkalyn

 

[iparatroop]

The recommended daily dosage of creatine shouldn't make you look fat. Fat, on the other hand, will make you look fat.

 

[macdady]

The recommended daily dosage of creatine shouldn't make you look fat. Fat, on the other hand, will make you look fat.

Uh oh someone just rode in on the truth wagon haha

 

[braxbrah]

You drinking enough water? If not you'll be dehydrated and that'll cause a bloated look. 4-5 Litres minimum a day.

 

[3clipseGT]

The recommended daily dosage of creatine shouldn't make you look fat. Fat, on the other hand, will make you look fat.

Truth.

 

[mcc23]

The recommended daily dosage of creatine shouldn't make you look fat. Fat, on the other hand, will make you look fat.

I hope this is sarcasm

 

[iparatroop]

I hope this is sarcasm

It's about half and half. I was serious about the creatine part, not so serious about the fat part.

 

[Distilled Water]

Fat makes you look fat...

 

[iparatroop]

Fat makes you look fat...

Yes, a disproportionate amount of it will do exactly that.

 

[Distilled Water]

Yes, a disproportionate amount of it will do exactly that.

Boom ;-)

I would also like to point out that the day after my carb load I don't look in the 5-6% body at range.....I do by Wednesday. Many factors play into "looking fat"

 

[iparatroop]

Boom ;-)

I would also like to point out that the day after my carb load I don't look in the 5-6% body at range.....I do by Wednesday. Many factors play into "looking fat"

Exactly. Carb up, refill glycogen stores, become more round and full, look bulkier and less shredded. Go a few days with low carbs/low fats, whatever your diet consists of (deplete) and look shredded before your next refeed. Carbohydrate molecules are ginormous in comparison to protein and fat molecules. When people say diet is "on point", you can never be sure what that means unless you see the outlined plan. Minor tweaks can make huge differences.

 

[USPlabsRep]

Exactly. Carb up, refill glycogen stores, become more round and full, look bulkier and less shredded. Go a few days with low carbs/low fats, whatever your diet consists of (deplete) and look shredded before your next refeed. Carbohydrate molecules are ginormous in comparison to protein and fat molecules. When people say diet is "on point", you can never be sure what that means unless you see the outlined plan. Minor tweaks can make huge differences.

those damn Molecules!

 

[iparatroop]

those damn Molecules!

Ha. I'm not exactly smart enough to really get into things on the molecular level but I did stay at a holiday inn express last night.