This is a question family and friends ask me all the time. While a lot of us may have achieved some form of weight loss through the removal of carbohydrates {carbs} from our diet, the truth is we are in fact losing water and not fat. Fat loss comes after the loss of water but many of us don’t commit to our plan long enough to reap the true fat loss benefits. As we know carbohydrates are the body's main energy source, we also know that carbs are not equal in their nutrition