Water weight?

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Water weight?
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Sun, 07-08-2007 - 8:54am

OK, when ya first lost weight, say five lbs., many say that it's *water weight*. So what is water weight exactly, and how can it be water weight if I am drinking water all the time?

Rebecca

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Sun, 07-08-2007 - 9:32am

Here's some info I found:



The main thing that is changing overnight is the amount of water in your system. It's amazing how much water weighs! A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, and a pint of water (16 ounces) weighs 1 pound (in metric, 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram). This means that if you drink a 1-liter bottle of soda, you instantly gain 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) from the water! That's a big weight change, and it can happen very quickly.

Overnight, there are two processes that cause you to lose water gradually. The first is respiration. Each time you exhale, you lose a little bit of water (exhale onto a cool piece of glass and you can see this moisture). The second is transpiration through the skin, also known as sweating. Over the course of a night, both of these processes eliminate quite a bit of water.

Then there is the tradition of using the restroom prior to the morning weigh-in. That process can eliminate up to 1 pound (0.5 kilograms) of water.

According to this page, the average person eliminates about 1.2 liters of water in urine each day, and also eliminates about 1 liter a day through perspiration and respiration. That's 2.2 kilograms (almost 5 pounds) of weight fluctuation happening throughout the day!

You may have heard that it's important to drink about eight glasses of water every day. Respiration, transpiration and urination are the reasons why!


http://health.howstuffworks.com/question227.htm


And here's some info on Why you should drink more water...







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Sun, 07-08-2007 - 4:27pm

Thanks for the info IG!

Rebecca, I keep hearing that too - and have said it on more than one occassion but didn't really understand the ins and outs of it.





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Sun, 07-08-2007 - 6:51pm

Double thanks IG! Cool info!

Rebecca

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