cutting out carbs

edtoy77

I stopped eating bread but I still weigh the same after 10 days -why?

TavistockToad

You're not in a calorie deficit?

queenliz99

I eat bread and lost my weight! Why? deficit!!

janejellyroll

Because weight loss is about creating a calorie deficit, it doesn't automatically happen when you eliminate certain foods.

TeaBea

TavistockToad wrote: »

You're not in a calorie deficit?

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Let's say your slice of bread is 70 calories, and you normally have 2 slices a day. That's 140 * 10 = 1400 calories.

1400/3500 = .40 pounds per 10 days. BUT, did you eat something else in place of that bread? Automatic eliminations don't work.

I choose to eat bread, but I log it along with everything else. That way I know what place bread has in my diet.

cwolfman13

Because carbs or no carbs doesn't have anything to do with weight management...for many people cutting back on carbs can result in a deficit...but it's not an auto default...and a calorie deficit is ultimately what is necessary to lose weight.

If you just cut out some bread, that's not really much and could easily be made up for somewhere else. There's also a lot of other things besides bread that are carbs.

jemhh

edtoy77 wrote: »

I stopped eating bread but I still weigh the same after 10 days -why?

Sounds like you are likely not eating in a calorie deficit, or are eating in one too small to notice a change in 10 days (other possibilities include water retention, constipation, etc.)

How much bread were you eating? And have you tracked the rest of your food closely enough to know if you're eating more of it than you were prior to 10 days ago?

RodaRose

Ten days is not enough to show results sometimes.
Even when cutting out bread, calories count.
Did you add or increase some foods?

lemurcat12

Like everyone said, must not have led to a calorie deficit.

Also, not eating bread is not the same thing as cutting out carbs (well, unless you already had a quite limited diet). Hoping that's a statement of the obvious.