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I have been doing this in order to learn how much weight I immediately gain after a meal to actually learn how what I eat results in weight changes. Like eating 6 "meatless" chicken nuggets vs a slice or two of pizza and adjust accordingly to meet my daily target weight for the end of the night right before bed for healthy weight loss on a weekly basis. Portion sizes in the USA are so far different from reality that what you think is "one serving" is actually 2-3+ for a given meal, and I have had to completely rethink what a "healthy" portion size actually looks like for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Weight after eating is not a good predictor for how a food will affect body composition. Examples of two extremes: you could eat a big salad that's relatively heavy (water + fiber) but that weight won't stick around more than a day. Or you could have a bunch of cookies that are relatively light weight, but easily tip your energy balance and end up increasing body fat.

I measure my weight throughout the day to see how what I do activity wise and eating wise results in changes. Weight after eating is just one indicator.

Pretty sure the dominant factor here is salt content and thus water retention.

You could also frame it as a protein vs carbs argument and which one fills you up more with less overall calories after a given meal.

But fiber and water fill you up too.

I have tried focusing on fiber in the past and while it does fill me up, without protein that feeling of being full doesn’t last very long. Have added 2-3 cups of tea every day and it helps me relax before a meditation session if nothing else.

Sheer water content in the food.

Why would you do thst instead of weighing the food directly which would be far more accurate?

Not a bad idea, going to order myself a food scale on the next pay day. Still figuring things out, I just know what has been working for me so far.

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