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It's 9:30am this morning, and I was baffled: how could I suddenly be 3 pounds lighter than I was yesterday morning? So I went on a Google-Mystery-Tour and looked around for articles about water weight--it was the only thing I could think of that could cause such a huge difference between one day and the next (aside from, you know, lightening up the load, so to speak).
I found this article, about daily loss and gain. It's fascinating. We all know that ingesting salt will increase water weight, but did you know that "When additional protein is deposited inside muscle cells (as in muscle building) the cells absorb four times the amount of water to hold it. On eating lots of complex carbs the muscles store it as glycogen and this retains three times its weight in water."?
I didn't realize that complex carbs would increase water weight, but then, carbs are sugar, and sugar, like salt, increases water in your body. Try reading this article, too.
I found this article, about daily loss and gain. It's fascinating. We all know that ingesting salt will increase water weight, but did you know that "When additional protein is deposited inside muscle cells (as in muscle building) the cells absorb four times the amount of water to hold it. On eating lots of complex carbs the muscles store it as glycogen and this retains three times its weight in water."?
I didn't realize that complex carbs would increase water weight, but then, carbs are sugar, and sugar, like salt, increases water in your body. Try reading this article, too.
