what am i doing thats wrong here!

[Kagi]

I doubt you are lifting heavy enough to bulk up. It's really something you have to plan to do. Supersets, heavy sets where you can only to 4 to 6 reps, blasting your muscles to fatigue... you really have to plan on doing that. I am fairly confident you cannot "accidentally" bulk up. Heck, I was bodybuilding for 3 years and believe me, it was a lot of work (3 or 4 hour workouts).

Ah, those younger days... Chinadoll is absolutely correct.

[chinadoll]

I find I always retain water the day after a hard lifting workout. I also retain water after eating beef, drinking wine or diet soda, eating Chinese, Vietnames or Thai food, and whenever TOM lurk. In short there are lots of reasons why you may be carrying a little extra water for a day or so, but the important thing is that it isn't FAT and it will leave eventually. The fitness gain from the exercise is well worth a temporary weight fluctuation. Sometimes just knowing this makes it a bit easier to be patient.