FAST gain after "falling off the wagon"

Lyne,

I put together a couple web pages that talk about what happens when you go
off the diet and how much of the weight you lose is water and how much real
fat:

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/glycogen.htm discusses what is being
lost.

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/offplan.htm discusses what happens
when you go off the plan and the challenges you may face coming back on.

Hope they help!

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.4.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"Lyne" wrote in message
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I hate to even ask this question, but I know there are answers out
there. I went completely off Atkins for about a week, eating about
3500-4000 cals/day. I gained back about 7 pounds in 4 days. I found
that to be very discouraging because it seems to indicate that the
weight loss was not real.

How much of my 30 pounds of loss can I "own", and how much is just
water weight?

I am back on Induction now, by the way.

Thanks!

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CarbAddict wrote:
::: From: Roger Zoul (Wed, 26 May 2004 22:11:12 -0400)
::: MsgId:
:::
::: I can gain 11 lbs over a weekend and lose it all the following
::: week. No biggie.
::
:: It may have been a rerun appearance, but I just saw Dr. Phil list
:: this as a negative to Low Carbing. He said it is basically water
:: weight loss and as soon as you eat a biscuit, you blow back up. What
:: a smart man.

Not too smart if you ask me....and I ate a lot more than a biscuit.

Lyne wrote:
I hate to even ask this question, but I know there are answers out
there. I went completely off Atkins for about a week, eating about
3500-4000 cals/day. I gained back about 7 pounds in 4 days. I found
that to be very discouraging because it seems to indicate that the
weight loss was not real.

How much of my 30 pounds of loss can I "own", and how much is just
water weight?


Well, you could do the maths :-)

Let's say 7 days@3750 cal make 26 250 cal
During this time, your need for energy was 2500 cal/day (replace with
your real need dixit Fitday, for instance)
Your calorie intake should have been 2500*7=17500
Difference: 26 250 - 17500 = 8750 cal.
8750 cal is a little more than 1kg of human fat (2.2 lbs)

Knowing that a week is more than enough for liver and muscles to have
reconstitued all their glycogen, you can deduce that the pure water loss
is about (7-2.2)= 4.8 lbs

Here you go.

Huey

Jenny,

I wanted to say, I read your stuff when I first started LCing.

I'm doing very well now - blood sugar symptoms have become very
stable, no more headaches (but they predictably come back after
"carb-ups"; I'm so lucky to have this instant feedback system!).

Your site has been a lifesaver at times when I start to feel
discouraged!!

A. Wilson

Wilson,

Thanks so much for the feedback! It's good to hear that my site has been so
helpful to you. g

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.4.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"wilson" wrote in message
om...
Jenny,

I wanted to say, I read your stuff when I first started LCing.

I'm doing very well now - blood sugar symptoms have become very
stable, no more headaches (but they predictably come back after
"carb-ups"; I'm so lucky to have this instant feedback system!).

Your site has been a lifesaver at times when I start to feel
discouraged!!

A. Wilson