after a night of drinking...

ncrissey460
ncrissey460 Posts: 97 Member
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
after a night of drinking how is it that the scale goes down so much? Im not complaining but im just curious what my body is doing that the scale moves that much. I woke up this morning and the scale was down 1.8lbs from yesterday!!! its not just today either ive noticed it every friday morning after my thirsty thursday activities. I know i go way over my calories that day cuz i drink like a fish so i always expect it to go up but it never fails it always go way down after a night of drinking....what gives?

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  • voluptas63
    voluptas63 Posts: 602 Member
    Straight up dehydration.
  • Chairless
    Chairless Posts: 583 Member
    Straight up dehydration.

    truth, get some water in you!
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Dehydration, dancing a lot, and if you vomit.. vomiting?
  • progresseeker2311
    progresseeker2311 Posts: 55
    I agree....dehydration.
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    Major dehydration... do you notice it goes back up after a day or so? Try to have one glass of water for every 1-2 alcoholic beverages. It helps with that as well as avoiding calories.
  • marquesajen
    marquesajen Posts: 641
    Yep, that's dehydration. Drink some water.
  • Chairless
    Chairless Posts: 583 Member
    "Try to drink plenty of water before you go out, during the night, and when you get home. Alcohol acts as a diuretic, which means your body retains less water. When this happens, the body takes water from your brain, which causes it to shrink. And that’s why your head hurts the next day."

    http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-and-you/archive/2009/advice-on-hangovers

    Some good info on there, helps prevent the badness that follows a night out
  • hifinm
    hifinm Posts: 42 Member
    For every ounce of alcohol you drink, it takes 8 ounces of water to process it through you liver. Beer isn't as bad because it has a lot of water in it, but if you are drinking shots, it can suck you dry. I try to drink a glass of water with every drink. Also drinking some coconut water helps rehydrate you naturally.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Straight up dehydration.

    exactly! i love weighing after a nite out, you can always get an extra pound or 2 off!!!!
  • ncrissey460
    ncrissey460 Posts: 97 Member
    That makes sense! Yeah i do notice it goes back up a little the next day but im still losing. I made sure i drank like 5 liters of water yesterday during the day since i knew i would be drinking that evening. my head doesnt hurt as bad as it sometimes does. lol
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