Experts are always saying that when we first start dieting that it’s the water weight that’s lost meaning it’s not fat or muscle. Can you explain what this water weight is exactly and where does it come from?
What would be the approximate normal amount of “water weight” that’s lost in an average male of say 175lbs and 510″ and a woman of 167lbs and 5 6″
Is this “water weight” the weight that can fluctuate within a 24 x hour or 48 hour period?
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Water is used mechanically all throughout your body. It’s impossible to really say how much water is “useful” in your body.
But we can say that certain things in your body will cause you to retain extra water. For example, when you eat complex carbs, you will have energy stores in the form of glycogen. In order for your body to effectively store it, it actually needs 3 time as much weight in water as glycogen. So by eating excess calories in carbs, you will actually retain more water. When you change your diet and reduce or remove complex carbs, all of a sudden those glycogen stores get used up, and all the water they were using is now free to be peed out.
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