Huge stomac fat in a week

nicolaeciobota

Hi I ve been running very hard at the gym and dud weight excersises as well as eating well.
But last week i had two small home made pizzas and had a few crumpets and a chocolate.
After my diet and excersises I achieved a 15 kg weight loss and a flat stomac but this week overnight my stomac looks huge and fat. Is this because i had carbs?

daraalt

you're bloated. i highly doubt it's actual fat from one week of carbs. it could be you're retaining water too.

sllm1

You're likely retaining water from the sodium in that meal. No biggie. Drink water and give it a couple of days. It has nothing to do with carbs and you did not gain fat.

picturebook

This happens to me every time I binge on Taco Bell. Legitimately feel like I have a gut the next morning, but within a couple days of eating right and exercising it goes away because it is just water retention/bloat.

HDBKLM

Definitely not fat. In a completely fictional hypothetical scenario, let's say your body put two pounds of FAT onto your stomach literally overnight, that would mean that you overate your maintenance calories by 7,000 within a day or so. Safe to say you would have noticed that much of an overeat.

You've named two things that could theoretically have caused you put on water weight: work out hard and eat the carbs. The first one is the main culprit. Carbs do cause some to retain a bit of water (notice how 'hydrate' is part of the term) but two small pizzas, a few crumpets, and chocolate wouldn't have caused that much swelling by itself—not without some kind of allergic reaction in any case. On the other hand, the body reacts to changes in routine like working out with temporary water retention though. Could be a combination of both things but I'm guessing mainly the working out part. Ride it out and you'll see yourself deflate before too long as your body gets used to its new routine.

ritzvin

If you haven't been eating much salty food, then all the (likely large amount of) sodium in the sauce/tomato paste and/or pepperoni/cheese/etc in the pizza would likely cause some water retention you're not used to. If the exercise is new for you, then that will do it too.

augustremulous

In addition to everything others have said, like water retention and sodium and carbohydrate intake, I'd also suggest actually measuring your body instead of just going by look and feel.

Sometimes when I feel like my stomach is getting bigger, I do the measurements and realize that what's actually happening is that my hips are getting leaner and my stomach is either staying the same or getting leaner at a slower rate.

Your waist will eventually catch up and a slim waist is an indication of health, but we can't spot reduce and sometimes the weight falls off in some areas faster than others. And when we see our different silhouette sometimes it looks like we may have gained.

LivingtheLeanDream

That bloating will have gone by tomorrow, its temporary.

trigden1991

CARBS ARE THE DEVIL.

But no. You are bloated and retaining water, not fat.

anwade01

Wow. Yesterday, I worked homemade pizza into my calorie limit. The scale is saying I’ve gained a little. Also, I look bloated today. Hopefully things will go back to normal soon!

Brendalea69

anwade01 wrote: »

Wow. Yesterday, I worked homemade pizza into my calorie limit. The scale is saying I’ve gained a little. Also, I look bloated today. Hopefully things will go back to normal soon!

It's just water weight from the carbs and will be gone soon.