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    Why am I always pleasantly surprised with the scales after a night out drinking?

    Posts: 117 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Every time I go out, I dread getting on the scales but the next morning I wake up and my weight has always dropped!

    Sometimes, I think it could be because of all the dancing but last night there was no dancing.

    Any explanations?

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    • Posts: 60 Member
      Don't be fooled...as the above poster has said, alcohol massively dehydrates the body but you'll see your weight return to normal after you've refuelled with water. Sorry :neutral:
    • Posts: 34 Member
      I believe it's dehydration

      I'm the opposite though I retain water when I drink :)
    • Posts: 117 Member
      That makes sense. I definitely felt dehydrated this morning on my way to work :)
      Drinking my green tea and water as we speak.

      Either way, its lower than i've weighed in over a year so it has definitely motivated me! Got my gym gear with me so I can go after work!
    • Posts: 6,626 Member
      edited January 2017
      Alcohol is amazing for purging carb bloat. That diuretic effect is fantastic, so long as you don't overdo it, and make yourself miserable. A couple of glasses of Scotch, and I've been known to wake up five pounds lighter. :D
    • Posts: 26 Member
      Dehydration.
    • Posts: 5,864 Member
      If I have an important meeting and I'm wearing a shift dress I have a couple of vodkas the night before. Great for the flat tummy effect the day after o:)
    • Posts: 18,902 Member
      Dehydration. I have the same thing.
    • Posts: 245 Member
      Snap... but doesn't last... grrrr
    • Posts: 152 Member
      I retain about 3 pounds for a few days.
    • Posts: 1,002 Member
      alcohol is a diarrhetic so it can um...empty you out when you get up! That coupled with dehydration and you peeing loads the night before equals low weight for some!
    • Posts: 1,079 Member
      TavistockToad wrote: »
      dehydration?

      This
    • Posts: 117 Member
      I hope this post hasnt encouraged anyone to start drinking more! :)
    • Posts: 1,758 Member
      def dehydration, that's why all of december i was at low weights when i was off of work and drinking every night. january has been . . . disappointing as i've returned to hydrating. lol
    • Posts: 3,685 Member
      Total dehydration. Happens to me all the time
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      yup, dehydration...
    • Posts: 1,657 Member
      Drinking to lose weight, Brilliant!!!! Of course I am kidding, totally dehydration.
    • Posts: 7,122 Member
      mbanks123 wrote: »
      I hope this post hasnt encouraged anyone to start drinking more! :)

      I'm going to get hammered... for weight loss

      Yaayyyyyy!
    • Posts: 8,578 Member
      mbanks123 wrote: »
      That makes sense. I definitely felt dehydrated this morning on my way to work :)
      Drinking my green tea and water as we speak.

      Either way, its lower than i've weighed in over a year so it has definitely motivated me! Got my gym gear with me so I can go after work!

      As long as it's not motivating you to drink more alcohol, it's all good. ;)
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