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Chinese meal

plowes
plowes Posts: 12 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hello everyone.

Anyone know why you weigh heavier after eating a chinese meal. I'm two pounds heavier today and cannot understand it.

Thanks.

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  • migoi357
    migoi357 Posts: 173 Member
    Assuming you didn't eat an extra 7000 calories worth of food...probably water retention due to high sodium content in many Chinese food and sauces.

    That's just a guess.
  • plowes
    plowes Posts: 12 Member
    No. I didn't. Thank you.
  • donna9089
    donna9089 Posts: 87
    Do you wear rings? The next day after I have eaten Chinese food, I am so swollen my rings will hardly come off or go on (if at all). A sure sign that sodium is retaining water. Chinese food is full of MSG (sodium). Be very careful with it as I have discovered I am allergic to it. BAH! I love Chinese.
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 638 Member
    Chinese food is extremely high in sodium, for most people who eat too much sodium in a day, will have a gain the next day. Watch what you eat today and drink plenty of water today to help flush it out. It may take a day or two to lose it.
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