Yes and don't worry about that JoAnn - Low carbing has a dieuretic effect, but that is excess water that you were carrying around as a result of all the processed junk in your system, and also as a result of not drinking enough water before you started low carbing. Most adults walk around in a constant state of dehydration and never know it. The body "survives" what we do to it in many ways - retaining water is one of those ways.