Carb loading and water weight

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    Funny- I was just talking about carb loading with someone on their feed and I saw my friend posted here-

    Carb loading is gross!! Anyone who fantasizes about eating carbs should try it for a few days- you end up feeling like the Michelin man! And you never, ever want to see a pretzel again. (until you remember that soft pretzels are delicious a week later) With every molecule of glycogen stored, you get 3 extra water molecules on board. It will go away in a couple days after you get back on your regular diet. The extra glycogen only hangs around as long as you are overloading. So basically, the extra weight means you did it right. Congrats on your race!
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
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    For it to be 8 lbs of legitimate weight gain you would need to eat 28,000 calories ABOVE your maintanence level. So, which do you think it is - water, glycogen, food, & waste. Or fat?
  • JBHawaii
    JBHawaii Posts: 94
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    I love the pic Zaphod... great british remake of the book. The US version was horrible.

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