marvelsferb7
New Member
I keep getting a ton of water retention and bloat when going on maintenance or bulking, but my experiences have been inconsistent so I have been unable to pinpoint the exact reason why I am bloating. For example, I typically cut with Keto. On my first day or two eating carbs again at maintenance, I can eat up to 4000 calories with over 400g carbs on those days and literally see no change in my physique. However, if I were to continue doing this, I would start to get extremely bloated and watery. Even if I cut down by the 3rd day to 100-200g carbs, I will still continue to get watery and bloated, even if I am eating at maintenance or slightly below.
I inspected what my carb sources were and could not find a culprit. I eat from a variety of carb sources. On my first day or two back from the cut, 300 of those 400 carbs might come from refined sources. When reducing carbs to 100-200, about half still come from refined sources. My biggest carb source is pasta. I've been buying a 100% organic durum semolina pasta but it has come to my attention that this is a refined carb and not whole grain so I am wondering if I am shooting myself in the foot with that one. Besides that, I get some carbs from quinoa and oatmeal.
Does the type of carb you eat (refined, whole grain, gluten-free, fruits, sugar) affect water retention and bloat? Or what is it exactly? How do you eat carbs and avoid getting bloated and watery?
I inspected what my carb sources were and could not find a culprit. I eat from a variety of carb sources. On my first day or two back from the cut, 300 of those 400 carbs might come from refined sources. When reducing carbs to 100-200, about half still come from refined sources. My biggest carb source is pasta. I've been buying a 100% organic durum semolina pasta but it has come to my attention that this is a refined carb and not whole grain so I am wondering if I am shooting myself in the foot with that one. Besides that, I get some carbs from quinoa and oatmeal.
Does the type of carb you eat (refined, whole grain, gluten-free, fruits, sugar) affect water retention and bloat? Or what is it exactly? How do you eat carbs and avoid getting bloated and watery?
