Just trying to get a little clarification from the experts here...

When I first started LC, I lost 17 pounds the first week! I know this was not fat, it was water weight. As I understood what I was reading, I had a lot of glycogen bound up with water in my liver and muscles which got depleted that first week.

I also realize that as a side effect of a LC WOE I might not have been getting enough sodium initially which may have also contributed to loss of water weight.

After two weeks, my edema was gone and it has not returned, even after I increased my fluid intake about 4 weeks ago. I have also been consuming more salt for the past couple weeks. (I think I was getting enough sodium from my diet but I've started taking bouillon every day which is also helping).

I am wondering if the two are somehow related. The articles I've read seem to be a bit unclear. I am wondering how water is stored in the body via sodium vs glycogen...