# @victoria.mandi on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-18T07:34:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Victoria Mandi (@victoria.mandi) — https://gondola.cc/victoria.mandi

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🚨 PSA: Carbs aren’t out here plotting to make you fat overnight🚨

That “overnight 2kg gain” after pizza + wine? 👉 It’s glycogen + water, not fat. Your body literally soaks up carbs into your muscles + liver, and every gram of glycogen drags ~3g of water with it 💧 (hello morning scale jumps - but hopefully after you read this not the tantrums).

Now add salt (sodium) into the mix 👉 sodium pulls water into your bloodstream and tissues to keep fluid balance stable. More sodium = more water retention = even bigger temporary scale jumps.

So that Monday morning bloat after a weekend of pasta + crisps + cocktails? It’s glycogen + water + sodium all working together — not a “fat explosion.” - just get back to your normal routine, food and training and it’ll all level out in a couple days. 

Unless you’re smashing a consistent calorie surplus with zero training stimulus, those carbs aren’t magically turning into fat. And if you are in a surplus for hypertrophy? Then congrats — you’re fuelling your lifts, building muscle, recovering harder, and yes… maybe storing a little fat too (that’s part of the game).

⚡ Carbs = energy, strength, brain power, muscle pumps.
💧 Sodium = fluid balance + electrolyte control.
❌ Neither = instant fat gain.

So before you panic about the scale after a weekend out — remember: it’s not fat, it’s fuel. 🔥

Ps. For more knowledge on how to learn more about your body, how scale weight fluctuates and what you can do to permanently reduce it - DM me “damn scales” and I’ll let you know how I can help you 

xx Vick 

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