What happens when you start eating carbs again?
                                
                                
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                                Studies show that when you start eating carbs again after a low-carb diet, you can expect an initial, temporary increase in water weight, not fat mass. This occurs because your body replenishes its glycogen stores, and each gram of glycogen binds to water for storage.