Any weight loss or diet plan, including low-carb plans like the induction phase of the Atkins Diet will result in water loss during the first week or two.However, one of the real beauties of following a low carbohydrate eating plan is that most of the weight loss than extends beyond the initial induction phase of the diet is really from a drop in fat pounds.How can this be?Well, when you follow a controlled carbohydrate eating plan like Atkins or the South Beach Diet, your body soon switches fro.