Water Weight and what to do about Niagra Falls.

[gategrrl]

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.

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I guess it always goes back to eating healthy and you'll be fine.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Exactly. At least in the office yesterday, the RN and other N noted I'd lost weight according to their scales yesterday (though their scale said I weighed 166 pounds, not the 161.3 I weighed the day before on my own WW scale!). But that's still 8 lbs by their scales, so not upset here.

It's tough to cut those carbs out as much as possible, I have to tell you. They are everywhere, and I am still so addicted.