Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Weight gain

Hi - If you were doing low carb/high protein before you changed your diet, you could have easily gained an extra pound or two of water weight. High protein diets are really, really dehydrating, so if you stop them your body will immediately try to regain the water it needs. This is usually temporary - within a week at most the water weight should disappear as your body adjusts, especially if you're drinking a lot more water. Odd as it sounds, bloating and water retention often result because the body needs more water, not less - it's trying desperately to hold onto the water it has, so if you give it lots more, it will release the extra it's holding on to. That's why water is considered to be the best diuretic.

If you weren't doing high protein/low carb, then I'm stumped. It shouldn't be that you're actually walking around with the weight of extra fiber in you - that would be really odd. Do you feel like it's a water gain, muscle, fat, or can't tell?

- H

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