How much water weight can you lose before you start losing fat?

[kitsonchen]

When people begin losing weight, and they lose a lot of weight in a short period of time - how much of it is usually water weight? Like, how much water weight can you lose before you start losing the fat? I have been dieting and working out, and lost 10 lb this past 2 weeks - but I am pretty sure almost all of that is water weight. Is it possible to lose 10 lb of just water? I am 5'1 and weighed 142 lb when I started.

[alwaysmirin]

probs not 10lbs of water. Like 6-8 maybe. Ps manlet much?

[punjabster]

It depends on how much water you were carrying around before, but at 142 lb, probably not 10 pounds. Agreed with 5-8 lbs..

[mpipes]

Like, how much water weight can you lose before you start losing the fat?

losing fat is not dependent upon losing water first, you start losing fat right away although the rate it happens might take a little time to ramp up to a point where you can see regular progress.

[jon1995]

fat oxidation occurs once a caloric deficit is achieved