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Old 06-25-13, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
As your link says, glycogen adds about 3g of water for every gram of glycogen. So if you are consistently glycogen rich, you'll weigh more, a lot more, up to 4 kg more, and vice versa. So that's something to watch - glycogen depletion will drop weight off you, but you don't really want that, which makes the whole weight loss/exercise thing much more complicated. You can adjust for that to some extent by waist measurements. I chart my waist and thigh measurements along with my weight. I also have one of those electronic bodyfat scales which is not accurate but good for spotting trends.
How do you get 4kg? Assuming 500g of glycogen (2000 Cals) and an extra 3g of water per g of Carb would be 2 kg extra assuming one could function with 0 carbs.
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