Drinking and Weight?

Yoga_Fitness
Yoga_Fitness Posts: 13
edited February 7 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! I drink alcohol about once a week. I weigh in the day before and the next day I weigh in about .5 lbs. heavier or .5 lbs. lighter. I am not necessarily worried about this weight "gain" or "loss." But WHY? I normally have 2 beers or something like that. I don't drink and get drunk, etc.
However, it seems like two days later I "gain" about a pound. Why is this?

Also, how long does it take for weight gain to show up on the scale? Does weight gain always show up the next day?

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  • ladynocturne
    ladynocturne Posts: 865 Member
    The .5 loss can be explained by dehydration which alcohol can cause. Or it could have nothing to do with the alcohol and be hormonal/eating more sodium than usual.

    It takes over a month for a true weight gain to show.
  • Yoga_Fitness
    Yoga_Fitness Posts: 13
    Thanks for the advice! Any other opinions?
  • helenrosemay
    helenrosemay Posts: 375 Member
    Instead of weighing the day before & the day after why not wait a week then weigh. I find when I have a drink and I wait to weigh, all the normal fluctuations you get with alcohol and water retention etc sort them selves out.
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