Illusion

The next time you are at the market, pick up a bottle of water. You will quickly notice that water is heavy a pint weighs 1 pound; a gallon weighs 8 pounds. When you lose body water with early weight loss, you notice the pounds on the scale. This creates the illusion that a great deal of weight is being lost. A lot of weight is being lost because water is so heavy. But this is not sustainable weight loss because the body eventually gains back the lost water. We all need a certain level of body fluid in order for our bodies to function properly.