Glycogen Stores

The Rose · 07-18-2001, 06:22 PM

I am on a moderate carb diet - approximately 40% of my daily caloric intake. However, during the last week I have been carbing up big time. As a result my weight has increased. However, I don't know how much of the weight gain is due to the replenishment of glycogen stores in my muscles and liver and how much is actually fat gain. I am currently 147 lbs and 5'6" tall. Can anybody tell me how much total glycogen in pounds can be stored by my size frame? This would help me determine what my weight gain is composed of.

w8lifter · 07-19-2001, 05:46 AM

Well I'm not smart enough to know how to convert glycogen stores into pounds, but for every 1 oz of glycogen that's stored, about 3 oz of water is stored w/ it. I would think that much of your weight gain is water weight.

TheSupremeBeing · 07-19-2001, 08:13 PM

Liver glycogen holds about 100-150g, and the muscles hold about 400g or so.

It's not necessarily the extra glucose that causes the weight gain, it's the water that comes with it.

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The Rose · 07-20-2001, 06:56 AM

Why do we retain more water when more glycogen is stored?

TheSupremeBeing · 07-21-2001, 01:08 AM

Because in order to store one gram of glucose 4g of water have to go with it...or something.

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07-18-2001, 06:22 PM	#1
The Rose Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 188	Glycogen Stores I am on a moderate carb diet - approximately 40% of my daily caloric intake. However, during the last week I have been carbing up big time. As a result my weight has increased. However, I don't know how much of the weight gain is due to the replenishment of glycogen stores in my muscles and liver and how much is actually fat gain. I am currently 147 lbs and 5'6" tall. Can anybody tell me how much total glycogen in pounds can be stored by my size frame? This would help me determine what my weight gain is composed of.

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07-19-2001, 05:46 AM	#2
w8lifter Join Date: May 2001 Location: Around..... Posts: 14,964	Well I'm not smart enough to know how to convert glycogen stores into pounds, but for every 1 oz of glycogen that's stored, about 3 oz of water is stored w/ it. I would think that much of your weight gain is water weight.

07-19-2001, 08:13 PM	#3
TheSupremeBeing Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Chillin' in mah cribb, yo. Posts: 598	Liver glycogen holds about 100-150g, and the muscles hold about 400g or so. It's not necessarily the extra glucose that causes the weight gain, it's the water that comes with it. ------------------ Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers.

07-20-2001, 06:56 AM	#4
The Rose Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 188	Why do we retain more water when more glycogen is stored?

07-21-2001, 01:08 AM	#5
TheSupremeBeing Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Chillin' in mah cribb, yo. Posts: 598	Because in order to store one gram of glucose 4g of water have to go with it...or something. ------------------ Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers.