Foods That Make You Gain Weight?

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Mexican food, Chinese food, Cheese, pizza, chips and bread: These foods are high in sodium. You retain water and the scale will go up more than normal. Try not to weigh yourself for a few days.  There is no reason to avoid such foods like cheese and whole wheat bread and chips and restaurant food, frozen pizza are fine in moderation.

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