https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:14:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528867 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:49:20 +0000 Raindrop 2528867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay I just goggled this. </p> <p><a href="http://paleoleap.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-water-weight/" rel="nofollow">http://paleoleap.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-water-weight/</a></p> <p>-------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Want some numbers? Let’s start with the carbs. Every 1 gram of carbohydrate requires 3-4 grams of water to process and store it. To translate that into more familiar language, say you eat 1 medium Russet potato. You’ll be eating 37 grams of carbohydrate, which would require 111-148 grams of water. That’s 4-5 ounces, just under half a pound. On a moderate-carb diet, the average person will be retaining around 1.5 pounds of water weight just from carbs on a regular basis. If you go on a fast or simply stop eating all carbohydrates, you’ll lose that 1.5 pounds immediately.</p> <p>Now imagine that you had a non-Paleo meal and ate a big plate of pasta (say, 3 cups of cooked pasta, which is normal for a place like Olive Garden) and a slice of chocolate cake for dessert. That’s 129 grams of carbs for the pasta, and around 72 grams for the cake – 201 grams of carbohydrate in total, which requires 603-804 grams of water. You just gained an extra 1.3-1.7 pounds of water weight from the carbohydrates in one meal, but that doesn’t mean you gained any fat. It’ll be gone in a few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528863 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:45:57 +0000 Raindrop 2528863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Hopefully when I'm not on full blown diet mood with my co-worker I can only weight in once a week but we have to do it daily for now. She wants to extend our one month agreement which I'm actually up for. It was tough today to see the 2 pound increase! I mean I see increases all the time but this is my highest one. Haha. Hoping it is water retention. Thanks! *fingers crossed*</p> <p>@avivoca: Hm... I don't actually track because I have wonky cycles but maybe!! :) Thanks! I usually weigh myself in the morning so I don't have anything to drink before the "weigh in". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528858 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:42:08 +0000 Mamaof2 2528858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: good point! I get so bloated during my period!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528857 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:41:32 +0000 avivoca 2528857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much water have you had? Where are you in your cycle? So many things can influence your weight. My husband currently weighs less than I do because he hasn't really had anything to drink today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528855 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:40:29 +0000 Mamaof2 2528855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only weigh once a week and with one cheat day I doubt I would see it at all </p> <p>Could definitely be water weight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diet-question#post-2528851 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:35:39 +0000 Raindrop 2528851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you cheated on your diet when do you see it on the scale?</p> <p>Cheating is a relative term. I didn’t really cheat… I just ate badly, since my diet is just eating less… I mean I ate less than I normally would but it was bad food I was eating! Like fried salty foods.</p> <p>Anyways the next day was fine… and I ate well all yesterday but today my scale number is terrible like 2 pounds up!! Could it have been my poor eating two days ago? It was very salty. I’m kind of wondering if it was water weight retention.</p> <p>I’m just curious. It really doesn’t bother me that much because I’m pretty sure I didn’t really gain 2 pounds. Well hopefully! Haha. </p>