Is Creatine worth the weight gain?

[Poser]

Monohydrate; 5 grams, probably 20-ish years now

My only issue is that when I get my blood work done annually is my creatine level is usually slightly out of range (elevated). Even though I’ve told them I take creatine daily as a supplement, they usually want to have more testing done. Now I skip creatine for the week prior and it falls into the normal range

You mean your creatinine levels are elevated. It’s a false positive on blood work though you can ask for a Cystatin C test to work around these elevated creatinine levels.
I had the same issue with my doctor, though, interestingly enough, once I started mega dosing creatine in the 10g daily range, my kidney numbers were in the normal range and my creatinine levels only slightly elevated compared to 5g daily of creatine.

 

[ColPenguin]

OP, change your mindset to burn/lose fat and have better long-term health outcomes, and not making the objective losing weight.

Creatine won't hamper the goal of losing visceral fat and will support recovery from athletic activity.

 

[mtwarden]

You mean your creatinine levels are elevated. It’s a false positive on blood work though you can ask for a Cystatin C test to work around these elevated creatinine levels.
I had the same issue with my doctor, though, interestingly enough, once I started mega dosing creatine in the 10g daily range, my kidney numbers were in the normal range and my creatinine levels only slightly elevated compared to 5g daily of creatine.

That’s interesting