How Much Do YOU "Gain" the Morning After Carb- Heavy or Salty Meals
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jillstreett
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I know that a carb heavy day or dinner and/ or a salt heavy day or dinner will spike weight the next morning due to water retention. I am just so curious how it affects others as far as the number on the scale the next day? I allow myself some cravings on the weekends and last night I had some boneless buffalo wings...yum!...knowing that it was going to put me right at maintenance calories for the day and knowing the carbs/ oil/ salt content, I am okay with the scale going up because I know it's not fat gain. What is your typical variance?
Saturday weigh in: 151.9
Sunday weigh in: 152.7 (normal variance for me if I don't do a hard hour cardio workout)
Monday weigh in (7am): 154.4 (boneless wings on Sunday at 5pm, then fasted until weigh in)
Obviously it's not fat from one PLANNED cheat meal. I know. But I want to make sure I'm not the only one that experiences this seemingly large difference due to one meal?
Saturday weigh in: 151.9
Sunday weigh in: 152.7 (normal variance for me if I don't do a hard hour cardio workout)
Monday weigh in (7am): 154.4 (boneless wings on Sunday at 5pm, then fasted until weigh in)
Obviously it's not fat from one PLANNED cheat meal. I know. But I want to make sure I'm not the only one that experiences this seemingly large difference due to one meal?
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Carb or not, I have days where I can gain 5 lbs overnight, but I can easily lose that amount too overnight. It's usually after a big social event like Xmas or thanksgiving.2
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I normally eat quite low carb, so a higher carb day will often result in about a pound or two gained in water. Carbs seem to be slow in my digestion too so I tend to gain for another day or two due to BM issues.1
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Less than 2lbs seems normal to me0
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5 lbs. And it takes a week or two to come off.2
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I went to a Chinese restaurant on Saturday and a festival on Sunday. I was within my weekly calorie budget but ate a lot of salty and carb-heavy food. This morning I'm up three pounds from my weight on Friday, and I expect it'll be gone by the end of the week if not before.1
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My weight fluctuates up and down 3 or 4 lbs on a fairly regular basis. I've never seen the point in trying to figure out what the specific reasons are. I eat a moderately high carb diet, so I assume salt, alcohol, and hormones are the usual suspects. Often all together2
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Not just carbs, my strength training also makes the scale shift up, even if I don't eat extra carbs.
Normally I gain 2-3 lbs the day after lifting. If I also have carbs that will add another 2-3 lbs easy.
If that also happens to fall near a normal monthly water retention time period, that can add another 2-3 lbs.
The highest swing I've ever had in one day is 9 lbs...it came off after about 3 days.5 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »Not just carbs, my strength training also makes the scale shift up, even if I don't eat extra carbs.
Normally I gain 2-3 lbs the day after lifting. If I also have carbs that will add another 2-3 lbs easy.
If that also happens to fall near a normal monthly water retention time period, that can add another 2-3 lbs.
The highest swing I've ever had in one day is 9 lbs...it came off after about 3 days.
Yes! Me too. The day after lifting I usually see an increase of 2 pounds. That actually takes no less than 3-4 days to come off. I know the benefit of strength training so I don't freak out, but I sure see that gain!
9 pounds would have had me panicking, but we all know the body is sure a strange thing!1 -
Your weight is going to fluctuate naturally regardless.0
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water retention can cause my weight to go up 2-3 lbs usually.0
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Usually 1-2lbs or less. I track my weight trend with an app and it sorts through all the noise for me.0
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I can count on Chinese food spiking the scale about 3 pounds for a little less than a week. Interestingly, high sodium Thai food does not do this to me, so it must be something about the fried Chinese food.0
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carbs don't affect me.
water/sodium i can gain or lose 5lbs0 -
2-3 lbs with salty food.0
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Not usually more than 2 pounds.0
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For one meal, it could be anywhere between .6 - 2 pounds.0
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Salty meals, a hot race/track weekend (where I have to drink a lot of hydration water or risk heat related problems), or just random days and I can see upwards of 3+ pounds of difference. Sometimes it can take a few days to come back off, but I've seen similar drops sometimes, too.0
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buffinlovin wrote: »
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2kg + and the morning after a new low... bounce up 2kg... eventually get down lower than that low... bounce up again... and so on and so forth0 -
I went from 142 yesterday to 145 today after a carb heavy day (beer, sandwich, chips). It will take it 2 - 3 days to drop back. Sushi always kicks the scale up about 3lbs for me, too. I haven't seen anything more than 3 pounds, though.0
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