Why Does the Scale Increase After a High Carb Meal?
Have you ever stepped on the scale the morning after eating a high carbohydrate meal and suddenly seen a higher number? Perhaps you were following your usual eating routine throughout the week. You stayed consistent with your meals, remained physically active, and watched your portions. Then you went out for dinner, enjoyed pasta, rice, bread, pizza, dessert, or another carbohydrate rich meal, and the next morning the scale showed that you had gained several pounds. It can be extremely frustrating. You may immediately assume that you gained body fat overnight. You might even decide that you have ruined your progress and need to drastically reduce your food intake the following day. But a sudden increase on the scale after a high carbohydrate meal does not necessarily mean that you gained the same amount of body fat. In many cases, short term changes in body weight are influenced by water, glycogen, sodium, the physical weight of food and fluids still being digested, and other nor...
