>What blew my mind in giving up sugar was that I lost 5 lbs. I'm was lean at 155 lbs and 6'1, I dropped below 150 now. It really opened my eyes to how much sugar is converted to fat.
I don't know enough to dispute this, but I'm curious what makes you so certain?
Its super common for people to dump a bunch of water weight after cutting inflammatory foods from their diet. Inflammation is, in part, water retention in that area.
Good to know. There wasn't a serious visible change, so that would make sense.