is this normal??

[franbella21]

hi all started ss yesterday but still had a monthly pass paid for on weightwatchers so i thought i might aswell get use of it and went to ww and got weighed> i had lost 3lbs since thurs? when only started cd yest is this normal and can i expect to double that at cb weigh in on thursday?? x

 

[SteveM]

Such weight losses are perfectly possible on CD SS due to the body using up the glycogen stores, and glycoged stores 4 to 5 times its own weight in water. I believe that the average body has about 1.5 lbs of glycogen which means about 6 and 7.5 lbs of water .... hence the potential of gaining about 8lbs relatively quickly.

With WW and similar, your body never really uses up its glycogen, but does quite rapidly on CD SS, hence the big weight losses first week.