What does it mean when you lose or gain “water weight”. Is it as simple as you’ve drank a lot of water, then pee it out? Does that count as weight?
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“Water weight gain/loss” is not a misnomer per se, but it is slightly misleading.
It’s not about the amount of fluid that’s in your stomach or bladder, it’s about the *extra* fluid that’s in your body tissue, hence the term “fluid retention”.
I emphasize “extra” because it is possible to lose too much fluid. Down this path lies dehydration. As /u/vaper_away mentioned, if you lose 3 pounds in a single workout, that’s not exercise success, that’s just a lot of sweat. You haven’t lost any fat, which is the true goal of weight loss, you’ve lost fluid, which needs to be replenished.
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