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Why your weight jumps the day after a salty meal

Why your weight jumps the day after a salty meal

A pickle, papad, or restaurant dinner can push the scale up 1-2 kg the next morning. That jump is water held by salt, not real fat, and it leaves on its own in a few days. Keep logging in Burnie - the maths is still true.

18 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Last night you ate the pickle. Or the papad. Or the restaurant gravy. This morning you step on the scale, and the number is up 1 or 2 kg. Your heart sinks. You think, "I ruined it. I should quit Burnie." Wait. Before you delete anything, let us look at what that 1-2 kg really is. It is almost certainly water, not fat. The maths says so.

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