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I feel fat when I eat and drink..I expand?

Ok so I am 5 foot 6 and I weigh 118 lbs. I recently lost 50 pounds too. But when I eat or drink throught the day I "inflate". I am very thin when I wake up in the morning(except for my extra skin) but as I eat throught the day I get HUGE. Like I expand many many inches. Why is this? and is there a way I can prevent this/
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649848 tn?1534633700
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I don't know how you could "expand" many inches, unless you are retaining fluid.  At 5'6" and 118 lbs, you are very under weight; maybe your body is trying to tell you something.
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649848 tn?1534633700
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Joker's right.  Everyone has a tendency to expand as we take in food and drink throughout the day.  And yes, you will expand when you stand up vs laying down.  
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Ok thanks but today I took measurements and I grew a whole 5 inches!!!
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1134263 tn?1307294984
  Oh that is called bloating.  Pretty much in most people it is your intestines filling up with whatever your taking in.

  Keep in mind the gut you have as you lie down will expend when you stand up.  
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I dont know but I KNOW for a fact I get bigger because in the morning when I flex my ab muscles there is no change but as the day goes on and I eat and drink I get wayy bigger because when I flex my abs there is a huge change.
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