When do I stop losing water weight?
I am on the South Beach diet and I have just finished phase 1. In phase 1 I lost about 10 lbs. I am now one week into phase 2 (going into week 4 of the diet overall) and I have lost another 3.5lbs. I eat over 1200 calories of good food. no starch, fat, or sugar. I do not work out. I stay very hydrated. I drink about 2.5liters of water a day. I have been noticing the scale going down but I dont want to get my hopes up and all of this just be water weight. How would I even know the difference?
FYI I am not obese, or morbidly obese. So I am not going from 300 to 287. I mean from 170 to 157.
Thank you all for your answers to come.
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Unless you were retaining water at the start, losing more than 3 pounds of water weight would leave you noticeably thirsty and dry. You've probably lost about 2 pounds of water weight at most.
Walk daily 30 mins in the morning
never. theres water in fat cells but after a week youll stop losing a significant amount of water.
2 hour walk at a moderate pace
identify the emotional triggers that lead you to seek unhealthy comfort food picture your goal weight the next time a trigger strikes to help you resist temptation
Try to know the calorie counts before ordering dishes on restaurant
eating liquid based foods such as natural smoothies and low sodium soup can help you cut back on calories yet feel full
Do push ups daily
hit the stair climber for 11 minutes
Eat more vegetables first