Water weight...is this the initial 5 pounds that melts off?

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AdorablePanda
AdorablePanda Posts: 125 Member
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My subject line covers most of it. So...when we start to diet...we lose the initial weight pretty quickly right? (2-10 pounds depending on weight and how intense the diet change-at least that's my understanding)....but what is that weight? if we are drinking lots of water the 8 cups a day...then how can we be losing water weight?

If it isn't water weight...why is the initial so much easier?

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  • staciekins
    staciekins Posts: 453 Member
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    When we say you lose water weight by drinking more water, it is because it flushes out the excess sodium in your body causing you to hold on to less water.
  • nikkih_89
    nikkih_89 Posts: 27 Member
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    Makes sense. So that's one reason why u need things that are low sodium? I'm meeting to this and don't fully understand the water weight thing. How do u know how much weight u loose is water weight?
  • AdorablePanda
    AdorablePanda Posts: 125 Member
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    ooooo intriguing. cool. Thanks :-)
  • staciekins
    staciekins Posts: 453 Member
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    Usually it's anywhere between 5 and ten pounds and it's the easiest to lose.

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