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Chapter 6 · VIP Nutrition Coach Podcast

Managing Water Weight Fluctuations

December 28, 2018

That's why Luke will sometimes have clients manipulate their water weight a little bit. So the, it's just the water mantra moves from being just words to something tangible that they've experienced. You know what I use often with people is I'll use a water bath at night. So I'll have them kind of, you know, get a book or, you know, watch Netflix and chill in the bathtub and sweat out some of the water. And it's just water, but they get on the scale and they see the drop and it makes them feel better. Especially when, you know, I might kick someone's carbs up 50 grams a day and kicking that carbs, the carbs at 50 grams a day, they're obviously going to be holding more glycogen and water in their muscles. So they'll see their weight start to climb a little bit and they'll freak out. Well, if I can put them in a sauna, like a wet sauna or dry sauna, if I could put them in their bathtub, um, they can sweat some of that out and then it kind of negates and they can start saying, Oh, it's just water. It's not actually fat. And I mean, you work with a ton of clients, you know what, you know what it's like when you're trying to explain to them that, that They gained a kilo overnight. It's not fat. It's just water. But if I can get them to lose that rapidly, then they start associating that with, oh, it's just water. It's not a big deal.