Weight Gain After a Workout: Why the Scale Goes Up After Training
The scale shows more after you train? Glycogen and repair water explain the blip. Here is how a trend curve shows you it is not fat and when to look closer.
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How to Calculate Trend Weight: Four Methods and Which to Choose
Exponential smoothing, a 7 or 14 day average, or Holt: how each method calculates your trend weight, how fast it reacts and when it is worth switching.
Trend weight instead of the daily value: what a moving average really does
How fluctuating daily readings become a calm line: the 14-day window, the 7-day change, why the trend lags behind the scale and how to read both correctly.
Why your weight fluctuates every day - and why that is not a setback
1.5 kilos heavier overnight although you did nothing wrong? Water, salt, glycogen and gut content explain nearly every daily swing. What is really going on and how to deal with it.