I would add that you need to be realistic about what is possible. Realize you can easily fluctuate your weight plus or minus ten pounds. A pound of water isn't

I would add that you need to be realistic about what is possible. Realize you can easily fluctuate your weight plus or minus ten pounds. A pound of water isn't very much, and your body's glycogen stores plus water can amount to 5-10 pounds. So low carb dieting will lead to weight loss of that much very quickly as you use this up. Don't succumb, like this article does, by treating this as meaningful or sustainable. Realistically, a pound of fat loss in a week is extremely good, and amounts to a 3500 Calorie deficit. Most people can't do much better than this without quite extreme measures, so you can not get demotivated when a 5-10 pound loss in the first week doesn't continue.