Water weight gain
 

A couple times this year (literally twice) I treated myself to a lunch at HomeTown Buffet. In fact the most recent trip was with a dietitian I hadn't seen in 1 year (a 140lb weight loss since I last saw her). She knew, and allowed, that I was going to "pig out" on orange chicken. The last time I ate there it was with a group of friends, and I over indulged in orange chicken. Eating out is a rarity (the closest HomeTown is 35 miles away), and orange chicken is my special weakness.

Both times I did this I noticed a 3lb weight gain. The 1st time when I told friends about this they thought it wasn't right. The 2nd time (last week) I kind of just ignored it. Yesterday I was in and out of the bathroom all day! Looking at my Calorie King software it says there is 510mg of sodium in 1 TBSP. I probably (I do not bring a scale, measuring spoons when eating out) had 10 TBSP's of this. That would mean twice the daily recommendation for sodium.

If/When I do this again should I take a over the counter water pill, or just let nature take it's nasty toll?

Secondly, I know coffee acts a diurex. Is this because of the caffeine? I drink around 24oz of coffee a day. I have been experimenting and mixing 1/2 regular (Hazelnut is to kill for!) with 1/2 de-caf, with the hopes of weaning myself off of caffeine.

Before anyone recommends it, I drink 74oz of water at work, and water during exercise

I would just drink more water today. If I have Chinese food (Peruvian Chinese is by far the best in the world), I always retain some water. If you drink a bit more, for me two more glasses, then by the 3rd or 4rth day I am back to normal.

I always just let my body do it's thing...I drink extra water, but whenever I "pig out", my body begs for the water.
I love Hometown Buffet, lol..luckily, it's about 30 minutes from me too.;)

Oh, and I once had chinese food for dinner and put on 4lbs of water the next day.:o That stuff is SOOO full of sodium.:^:

Flushing out with water makes the most sense. If you can avoid taking any kind of medication for that (over the counter or otherwise), it is best. Unfortunately, due to a leaky valve in my heart, I have adema in my left leg, so I take a prescription diuretic.

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yes it does me the same way-- I just let it go and it will resolve itself in a few days,