Have you woken up in the morning:
Have
you woken up in the morning, stepped on the scale and noticed that you have
gained weight overnight? While it’s understandable to gain a few pounds after
vacation or if you haven’t been exercising or eating healthy, it can be
shocking when you gain weight for no freaking reason. You swear you’re not
eating more or exercising less, it can feel like there’s some dark magic at
play. Well, fluctuations in weight happen most of the time and it is totally
normal, especially when you eat or drink water and juice.
You Fat While You Sleep
There
are many reasons for sudden weight gain and in today’s blogger; we will tell
you what they are. From eating more sodium than usual, eating late, more crabs,
starting new medication to lack of physical activity and more, watch till the
end to learn about all of them. You ate more sodium than you usually do: Your
body may retain excess water for a few reasons, but the most likely is related
to your sodium intake. If you eat more sodium than normal on a given day, your
body will retain more water. Some people are more sensitive to this for
example, if you typically eat very fresh, whole, clean foods and work out
regularly, and then forgo a workout and eat a super salty meal, chances are
your weight fluctuation will seem more drastic than someone who typically eats
more salt.
Mild
dehydration can also cause your body to retain fluids. It sounds
counter intuitive but drinking more will help your body get rid of fluids more
efficiently and flush excess sodium. For most fluid-related weight gain, assuming
you go back to your normal eating and drinking habits, the weight gain should
really only last 24 to 48 hours. A lot of it will depend on how quickly your
kidneys remove the excess water from your body, and whether or not you sweat
out some of the excess fluid. You Are Constipated: As you eat throughout the
day, your weight may increase a few pounds until the next time you effectively
empty out your bowels. If things are a little backed up, not only will you feel
and look bloated, but your body will contain more weight than if you were to
efficiently clear out the old to make room for the new.
Make
sure you're eating enough fiber, staying hydrated, and keeping active so that
your bowels can do their thing. Enjoying this list so far? Well, keep watching
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like this and hit the bell icon so that you don’t miss any updates! You Worked
Out Too Hard: After a heavy workout, especially if you perform big, compound
movements that recruit a lot of large muscles, you can easily weigh a few extra
pounds for several days.
Those
microscopic tears that occur in your muscle cells after every workout heal
through a process of natural inflammation. That involves some pooling of fluids
around the muscle cells, which can make you puff up. This does not mean you
should skip those calories torching strength moves. Just let your muscles
recover and forget about the scale. You Drank a Ton of Water: It’s true that
staying well-hydrated is a good move if you’re trying to lose weight. But the
first few days of upping your water intake could actually cause the number on
the scale to creep up, too. This is because weight is not just the measurement
of fat in your body. It is the weight of your bones, organs, muscles, fluid and
waste. When you’re dehydrated, you actually weigh less, but that doesn’t mean
you are healthier. Let’s say you don’t drink much fluid one day, and the next
morning you wake up and your weight is down. Then you drink a ton of water and
the next day it looks like you gained 2 pounds. That does not mean you gained 2
pounds of fat; it just means that your body was depleted of water the day
before.
You
Ate More Crabs Than Usual: Though carbohydrates are not the enemy of weight
loss, eating an unusual amount of them over the course of one day or even a few
days can make it seem like you’ve gained weight. Carbohydrates can result in
water weight showing up on the scale. This is why people lose weight faster
initially on a lower-carbohydrate diet. The body doesn’t hold onto the extra
water. It’s also why people may gain weight quickly when they eventually go off
that lower-carbohydrate diet. That water weight comes back and the scale
bounces up. It’s The Weekend: One study found that people’s weights tended to
go down during the workweek, hitting their lowest point on Friday morning.
Weights went up over the weekends to their highest point on Monday mornings.
People who lost weight overall still followed this pattern; they just lost more
weight during the week than those who remained the same or gained weight over
the course of the study. While just one small study cannot be applied to the
population at large, it does allow some insight into normal weight patterns. It
signifies that even though the scale is going up and down, over time, your
overall weight can change.
You ate your last meal later than usual: If you
pushed dinner back later than normal, you might be seeing food mass on the
scale the next morning. And if you keep a regular schedule, you’re likely
accustomed to weighing yourself at a specific point in your digestion. So, you
might simply be seeing your weight at a different stage in the digestive
process. You upped your fiber intake: Fiber is great for you. But if you up
your fiber intake too quickly, it might take some time for your body to catch
up. And you might see that reflected on the scale. More fiber will turn into
heavier, bulkier, waterier, and more massive bowel movements. This will hold
onto water, also increasing weight. However, as soon as you have that bowel
movement, that weight will be shed, so this would not be true weight gain, such
as fat or lean mass. Your period is coming up People, who menstruate, listen
up. Right before Your periods, you hold onto water and gain weight, but it’s
not always as simple as holding some extra water. Hormonal shifts can also
compel women to reach for saltier foods, which may additionally result in
excess water weight from increased sodium. But it shouldn’t be cause for alarm
because once you get your period, the hormone shifts again. This leads you to
shed that water weight, and the scale to come back down. You switched to
intermittent fasting.
There are plenty of studies that show the benefits of
intermittent fasting. One such benefit is getting to consume larger meals,
since the eating window is smaller. But if you just started eating this way and
ate a bigger meal than usual, the scale could jump temporarily. And while
several factors on this list may be contributing weight gain, it could also be
something you never considered. The scale might jump from larger portions based
on the sheer increase in blood volume from large meals. This increase can
derive from two sources: water inherent in food and water retained as a result
of excess sodium. You Started New Medication: Some medications include
potential side effects of weight gain. In most, it’s due to a change in
hormones causing an increased appetite and consuming more calories causing true
weight gain. However, there are some medications, like steroids, that cause
water retention resulting in what may seem like weight gain but is simply a
fluctuation due to fluids in the body.
These fluctuations can be larger than
those caused by diet-based water retention and may not resolve until you go
off the mess. With this type of water retention, you’ll likely feel the physical
side effects in your extremities, puffy feet and hands. Lack of Physical
Activity: A lack of exercise is a major factor in gaining weight overnight.
During the night, your body makes use of the energy stores to repair damaged
cells, build up new muscles, and replenish the body after physical activity.
But if you haven’t been doing any physical activity, all the excess calories in
your body will simply be stored as fat, leading to weight gain. Make regular
exercise a part of your daily life in order to get better quality sleep each
night. Late Night Snacks: We all know about the rule of not eating after 6
p.m., but it doesn't stop us from late dinners or midnight snacks. However,
studies remind us that eating late leads to weight gain. Additionally, it may
increase cholesterol, insulin levels, and negatively affect our hormonal
markers.
Remember that if your calorie intake is much bigger than what you're
burning, it eventually leads to weight gain. You Didn’t Sleep Well: A healthy
amount of sleep is about 7-8 hours per night, but if it's less than this on a
daily basis, that's when many health problems begin. Studies have proven that
there's a link between sleep deprivation and negative changes in metabolism.
Another decisive factor might be that not having enough sleep leads to fatigue,
less physical activity and more weight gain. Have you faced overnight or rapid
weight gain.
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