Water Weight Question

[jman62794]

Hi everyone, haven't posted on here in a while. So my question is whether losing 6.3 pounds of water weight in the first week of eating clean and going to the gym is normal? So back in 2015 I decided to eat better and was going to the gym about 3 times a week. I am 5'9 and started at 215 and went all the way down to 168 in about 7 or 8 months last year. Once midterms and finals were starting this past school year i slowly stopped watching what i ate and stopped working out. So from October 2015-June 2016 I gained about 13 pounds and was up to 181.

I finally got off my ass this Monday (6/6) and decided to make a change (again), and have been eating about 1900-2000 calories a day of good food (no junk) aiming to get about 150-180 grams of protein each day. I've gone to the gym a couple times to lift and I also walk a lot living in the city. I also drink a lot of water throughout the day.

As of Monday (6/6) I was 181.1 pounds and this morning (6/10), I am 174.8 pounds. I know when you start eating better water weight is the first thing to go, but over 6 pounds is a lot isn't it? That's basically saying that over the past 8 months that I fell off the wagon, half of what I gained was water. That just doesn't seem right.

Can anyone explain this?
Thanks in advance.

[bklein28]

Seems normal. Some water, some glycogen depletion, some fat loss from your deficit.

[baffledgenius]

Sounds normal to me. It is actually quite amazing how much water weight you lose simply by depleting carbs a little at the onset of a diet. But just understand that chances are you will gain part of that water weight back.