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Monday scale shock after the weekend

Monday scale shock after the weekend

Monday morning after a wedding or a big Sunday can show 1-2 kg more on the scale. It feels like disaster, but it is mostly water. Extra salt holds water, and extra carbs refill your glycogen stores - which bind 3-4 g of water per gram. To gain 2 kg of real fat you would need about 15,000 extra kcal, which a weekend cannot do.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
water-weight weekend salt

You ate freely over the weekend - a wedding, a biryani, some mithai. Monday's scale is up 2 kg. Your heart sinks. Before you undo the whole week, let's look at what that 2 kg really is.

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