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A high-carb day spikes the scale, but it's water, not fat. Your body stores roughly 3-5 grams of water per gram of carbs, so 200 extra grams means about 2 pounds of temporary weight. The water disappears once you burn through the carbs.
A high-carb day spikes the scale, but it's water, not fat. Your body stores roughly 3-5 grams of water per gram of carbs, so 200 extra grams means about 2 pounds of temporary weight. The water disappears once you burn through the carbs.
When you have a day where you eat a ton more carbohydrates than usual, why does your scale spike up the next morning? Let me tell you a secret. It's not because you gained fat. It's because for every 1 gram of carb you eat, you are going to store 3 to 5 grams of water weight. So let's say you eat 200 more grams of carbs than you normally do, and you stored 5 grams of water weight for every one of those carbs. You would be storing about 1,000 grams of water weight, which leads to about a 2-pound spike up on the scale. You didn't gain 2 pounds of fat. You're just storing some extra water weight right now. And honestly, you'll probably have a great workout the next day because carbs are the main source of fuel for your workouts. So stop freaking out. Just keep going. You'll lose the water weight and everything will be fine.
