Low carb diet
kelseyjean5
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i have been on the low carb diet for a week in a half. Already I have lost 7 pounds and have come to a stand still. Seven pounds in a week is a lot, I know. I have been eating 25 grams of carb each day and also make sure I stay under 1500 calories. Any of you tried the low carb diet? What were the results? Did you/do you like it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm new to this so I'm learning as I go!
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Is there a specific reason you are doing low carb? You can lose weight while eating carbs, low carb is not required for weight loss.0
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kelseyjean5 wrote: »i have been on the low carb diet for a week in a half. Already I have lost 7 pounds and have come to a stand still. Seven pounds in a week is a lot, I know. I have been eating 25 grams of carb each day and also make sure I stay under 1500 calories. Any of you tried the low carb diet? What were the results? Did you/do you like it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm new to this so I'm learning as I go!
you've been on a diet for 10 days and have lost 7 pounds and now stalled?
what?
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it is not a plateau.
I am guaranteeing 90% of your loss is water weight/glycogen.
Keep doing what you are doing and your loss should pick up in another few weeks..assuming you are in a deficit.0 -
OK deep breath
1) you have lost a lot of 'waste in your body' and water weight -that's not 7lb of fat
2) weight loss is not instant and is not linear
3) you can't 'try' low carb you have to commit to it
4) if you're already thinking of giving up it might not be appropriate to you
5) you lose weight by eating at a calorie defecit week in, week out .. your scale weight loss might stall for a couple of weeks, go down, even go up .. it's what happens. You are looking for a trend downwards over time
6) do not judge your rate of loss in anything other than 6-8 week segments
7) if you want to low-carb that's fine - look for the groups
8) you don't need to low-carb to lose weight
9) any diet you follow is under the umbrella of eating fewer calories than you consume
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oh, if you like lifting weights, as your profile pictures indicates, good luck with your gym performance on low carb. In my experience, when my carbs are low my gym performance goes in the tank.
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you lost 7 lbs of water/glycogen straight off the bat, that's normal on low carb diets, now you say you've stalled, yet you've only been dieting for 10 days? you haven't stalled, you've just initially lost your water weight - now the weight loss is supposed to slow down and weight loss from here out will be and be due to your caloric deficit0
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oh, if you like lifting weights, as your profile pictures indicates, good luck with your gym performance on low carb. In my experience, when my carbs are low my gym performance goes in the tank.
Not mine. When I "tried" low carb I saw no real long term "tanking" of my gym work, or my running. The first week or so I was a little sluggish, but then I was right back to normal.
OP: you've lost a pound or two of fat, and a lot of water. Now: if you're going to go with a low carb approach, hunker down and keep going and hope you keep losing a pound a week (or less depending on your stats).
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OK deep breath
1) you have lost a lot of 'waste in your body' and water weight -that's not 7lb of fat
2) weight loss is not instant and is not linear
3) you can't 'try' low carb you have to commit to it
4) if you're already thinking of giving up it might not be appropriate to you
5) you lose weight by eating at a calorie defecit week in, week out .. your scale weight loss might stall for a couple of weeks, go down, even go up .. it's what happens. You are looking for a trend downwards over time
6) do not judge your rate of loss in anything other than 6-8 week segments
7) if you want to low-carb that's fine - look for the groups
8) you don't need to low-carb to lose weight
9) any diet you follow is under the umbrella of eating fewer calories than you consume
hope some of the above helps
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »OK deep breath
1) you have lost a lot of 'waste in your body' and water weight -that's not 7lb of fat
2) weight loss is not instant and is not linear
3) you can't 'try' low carb you have to commit to it
4) if you're already thinking of giving up it might not be appropriate to you
5) you lose weight by eating at a calorie defecit week in, week out .. your scale weight loss might stall for a couple of weeks, go down, even go up .. it's what happens. You are looking for a trend downwards over time
6) do not judge your rate of loss in anything other than 6-8 week segments
7) if you want to low-carb that's fine - look for the groups
8) you don't need to low-carb to lose weight
9) any diet you follow is under the umbrella of eating fewer calories than you consume
hope some of the above helps
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oh, if you like lifting weights, as your profile pictures indicates, good luck with your gym performance on low carb. In my experience, when my carbs are low my gym performance goes in the tank.
agreed...I was 34 days into low carb and just couldn't do much of anything...and it wasn't 25grams or less.
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I have read to get your body into ketosis mode (fat burning mode) you need to restrict your carbs to 50 or less per day and every 5 to 7 days have a big carb day to spike your system then go back to 50 or less carbs. Not sure if this is healthy or not but what are your thoughts on this?0
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BlackIron55 wrote: »I have read to get your body into ketosis mode (fat burning mode) you need to restrict your carbs to 50 or less per day and every 5 to 7 days have a big carb day to spike your system then go back to 50 or less carbs. Not sure if this is healthy or not but what are your thoughts on this?
There is no need to do that to lose fat. Calorie deficit is all that is necessary.0 -
BlackIron55 wrote: »I have read to get your body into ketosis mode (fat burning mode) you need to restrict your carbs to 50 or less per day and every 5 to 7 days have a big carb day to spike your system then go back to 50 or less carbs. Not sure if this is healthy or not but what are your thoughts on this?
my body has burned body fat eating 250-350g carbs a day .. over time ... with increased activity and a progressive weights programme
because that's what it do
ketosis / low-carb .. just a way to get to a calorie defecit, which if it works for you and you enjoy it and like to live like that.. great
if you don't .. don't
t'aint magic
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BlackIron55 wrote: »I have read to get your body into ketosis mode (fat burning mode) you need to restrict your carbs to 50 or less per day and every 5 to 7 days have a big carb day to spike your system then go back to 50 or less carbs. Not sure if this is healthy or not but what are your thoughts on this?
The spiking is not necessary, and probably counterproductive. Futile glycogen cycling.
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I have lost 60 pounds eating low carb so far. I eat 20 carbs a day. Low carb weight loss, in my experience, comes in all at once and stops. Then, repeats. So, it is normal in my experience to lose rapidly then stall before another drop. Just stick with it or whatever method you choose over time0
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I have read to get your body into ketosis mode (fat burning mode) you need to restrict your carbs to 50 or less per day and every 5 to 7 days have a big carb day to spike your system then go back to 50 or less carbs. Not sure if this is healthy or not but what are your thoughts on this?
you do not need to ketosis for fat burning...you can do that on a 500 per day calorie deficit.0 -
I have lost 60 pounds eating low carb so far. I eat 20 carbs a day. Low carb weight loss, in my experience, comes in all at once and stops. Then, repeats. So, it is normal in my experience to lose rapidly then stall before another drop. Just stick with it or whatever method you choose over time
Yes so does CICO with 100s grammes of carbs ...that's just how it works for some people
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