If you've never lost weight before you might not know this...

But you WILL lose more weight in the first two weeks.

After that, it slows down (quick explanation👇)

In the first two weeks you're dropping weight fast (but it's not all fat).

The first time you step on the scale, you are full of food (because you haven't been dieting).

Over the next week or so, you reduce food intake and get rid of food you were still digesting from before.

Before diet = lots of food in you.

During diet = less food in you.

Result = you weight less.

Simple!

(but there's more👇)

You don't just drop "food weight"

You also drop (a lot) of water weight!

If you're in a calorie deficit your body needs to find some energy from somewhere because you're not providing everything it needs from food.

So it will burn fat, right?

Well, not yet.

Before it burns your fat for energy, it will use your glycogen stores.

Glycogen is fuel you hold in your muscles and liver.

It's glucose (carbs) plus water. Each gram of carbohydrate is bonded to about 4g of water.

When you're in a calorie deficit your body will use this for energy and excrete the water.

So in the first 2 weeks you will drop 1-2 lbs of JUST water weight, plus the food weight...

Plus a little bit of fat.

After that, WEIGHT loss slows down.

But FAT loss is now actually just ramping up.

So don't be discouraged.

This is why diets that you can't sustain for more than a few weeks are totally pointless.

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