CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE MARCH || ISSUE 32 | Page 23

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BY: JUAN ROJAS
How many times have you eaten a large cheat
meal or a refeed that is very high in
carbohydrates, fats and salt?
I am sure that every one of my readers here has
at one time or another experienced the daunting
moment where you wake up 5+ lbs heavier after
a day of eating a box of cookies right on top of a
bag of chips. This jump in weight over a rapid
amount of time is not necessarily body fat but
has a lot to do with water retention. A drastic
change in carbohydrate and/or sodium
consumption can have a dramatic effect on our
water levels and ultimately a radical effect on
how we may look. 
This jump in
weight over a
rapid amount of
time is not
necessarily body
fat but has a lot
to do with water
retention