As a side note, I took my "before" pictures yesterday, and I can honestly say that I am fairly certain they will never see the light of day. That is okay because it was still one hell of a motivator! We will see where this journey ends, I think. Honestly, can't believe that we decided to try this, and cannot tell you how proud of my husband I am for him sticking with it... With that, I must go continue my day of packing and then juicing...!
Friday, July 13, 2012
What in the hell is "water weight"!?!?
I am in the middle of day two of juicing - it is a hell of a trip, but I am making it (it also helped that the scale said I was 4 pounds lighter this morning). You know, then I began thinking, "it's got to be water weight." Does anyone actually know what in the hell this mysterious water weight is?!? Every time I have heard it, I have never questioned it - today, I did! Here is the definition: Water weight loss is a temporary reduction in body weight due to the loss of bodily fluids -- generally through sweat, urination or defecation. I am fairly surprised by this because we always attribute losing water weight to dieting, when it really isn't the case. I feel a bit ignorant, but honestly, if we are stay hydrated and not doing the excess of any of the above, are we actually losing this mysterious "water weight" or is it something else? I feel like I've been lied to for many years... Anyone have any thoughts on this?!?
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When you do any of the 3 things you mentioned you loss weight, but it's not losing fat which is what we want. That is why people say I just lost water weight. We can also lose muscle which isn't good either. I'm not sure how much we can control what we are losing. Is this what you were asking or did I miss the point?
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DeleteThat is, in part, my question (thanks), but what if there is more? We are always the first to chalk up losing the first sets of pounds to water weight; if we are doing all of the right things and none of the above in excess, then what if it is something else?!? It seems like a scapegoat that allows us to feel failure before we have even begun to talk about success. I just wonder why we always feel "water weight" is what we initially lose, when by definition, it isn't... Positive thoughts for positive actions.