Weight loss/ water loss

willowrose2016
willowrose2016 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2 in Health and Weight Loss
Can someone please explain to me, I've just started a new diet and lost2lb in the first day, I've read that much of this will be water loss rather than fat lost. How will that be if I'm eating less food than usual and drinking more water than before?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Because you're well hydrated so you're not retaining water.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Welcome to the forums. Make sure to read the top sticky post called "Most Helpful Posts" - it answers your question. :+1: Basically the carbohydrates we eat are stored in our body with lots of water. And the sodium in food retains water too. Reducing your food intake usually reduces both carbs and sodium, so the body sheds the water it was retaining. Makes sense?
  • yertle
    yertle Posts: 14 Member
    This explains it better than anything else I've read: https://m.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/4hq7e8/gut_water_i_had_a_little_revelation_about/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=true
  • the_fit_geek
    the_fit_geek Posts: 58 Member
    Simple carbs ( sweets, white flour, and sugar drinks and juices and alcohol)--it own category and and and salts (sodium) are water bonding. If unused, these carbs will become fat amd or bond with h20 molecules. Just bloat. just watery bloat. Ever put socks on in the morning and take them off at 5pm and see your ankles have shrunk, indenting by 1/2 inch, and made an outline of the sock in your skin? That's bloat. excess water from your sweet n salty tooth. lol Say no to simple carbs. Only eat complex carbs. Whole grains. Veggies. No added sugar! No sweets. except on cheat day and even then in moderation So... when you diet the first 1-2 weeks is water shed with maybe some fat. Week 2+ losses should be fat related only once the excess water is gone and you're eating clean and right. Even if you drink a gallon of water a day while eating right, you won't be bloated that much as if you were eating sugary foods. Can't bond with complex carbs. You wil just pee alot. Runny stool maybe. Lol and working out--youll sweat alot! There goes your excess water. Lol but mostly zero bloat. If that! Lol
  • alanlmarshall
    alanlmarshall Posts: 587 Member
    Your scale weight will never be accurate day by day, water retention or not.
  • alanlmarshall
    alanlmarshall Posts: 587 Member
    angel315781 wrote: »
    Simple carbs ( sweets, white flour, and sugar drinks and juices and alcohol)--it own category and and and salts (sodium) are water bonding. If unused, these carbs will become fat amd or bond with h20 molecules. Just bloat. just watery bloat. Ever put socks on in the morning and take them off at 5pm and see your ankles have shrunk, indenting by 1/2 inch, and made an outline of the sock in your skin? That's bloat. excess water from your sweet n salty tooth. lol Say no to simple carbs. Only eat complex carbs. Whole grains. Veggies. No added sugar! No sweets. except on cheat day and even then in moderation So... when you diet the first 1-2 weeks is water shed with maybe some fat. Week 2+ losses should be fat related only once the excess water is gone and you're eating clean and right. Even if you drink a gallon of water a day while eating right, you won't be bloated that much as if you were eating sugary foods. Can't bond with complex carbs. You wil just pee alot. Runny stool maybe. Lol and working out--youll sweat alot! There goes your excess water. Lol but mostly zero bloat. If that! Lol

    This is not accurate. Some simple carbs are fine within a calorie deficit.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    angel315781 wrote: »
    Simple carbs ( sweets, white flour, and sugar drinks and juices and alcohol)--it own category and and and salts (sodium) are water bonding. If unused, these carbs will become fat amd or bond with h20 molecules. Just bloat. just watery bloat. Ever put socks on in the morning and take them off at 5pm and see your ankles have shrunk, indenting by 1/2 inch, and made an outline of the sock in your skin? That's bloat. excess water from your sweet n salty tooth. lol Say no to simple carbs. Only eat complex carbs. Whole grains. Veggies. No added sugar! No sweets. except on cheat day and even then in moderation So... when you diet the first 1-2 weeks is water shed with maybe some fat. Week 2+ losses should be fat related only once the excess water is gone and you're eating clean and right. Even if you drink a gallon of water a day while eating right, you won't be bloated that much as if you were eating sugary foods. Can't bond with complex carbs. You wil just pee alot. Runny stool maybe. Lol and working out--youll sweat alot! There goes your excess water. Lol but mostly zero bloat. If that! Lol

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