1 week on Paleo and no weight lost
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The 5-10lbs people talk about is usually mainly water weight that is lost by dropping carbs.
A lot of the earlier loss is dependent on how you ate before Paleo. If you are Celiac and didn't eat bread, for example, your carb intake was probably much lower than most who did and because of that you likely won't see the big difference in that first week.
Keep it going though and I promise you'll see some changes.
As others have said, drop the soy. Almond milk is easier to find than cashew milk, around here anyways.
Up your calories a bit and don't be afraid of fat. That's usually people's biggest problem at the start; getting out of the fat=bad mentality.
My diary's open but this week has been awful for me, lol. With Halloween and running around to all sorts of different things, I've fallen off the wagon a little bit :P
Now to get back on track.0 -
The 5-10lbs people talk about is usually mainly water weight that is lost by dropping carbs.
A lot of the earlier loss is dependent on how you ate before Paleo. If you are Celiac and didn't eat bread, for example, your carb intake was probably much lower than most who did and because of that you likely won't see the big difference in that first week.
Keep it going though and I promise you'll see some changes.
As others have said, drop the soy. Almond milk is easier to find than cashew milk, around here anyways.
Up your calories a bit and don't be afraid of fat. That's usually people's biggest problem at the start; getting out of the fat=bad mentality.
My diary's open but this week has been awful for me, lol. With Halloween and running around to all sorts of different things, I've fallen off the wagon a little bit :P
Now to get back on track.
Before switching to Paleo I was not eating bread, I was still eating rice and other gluten free carbs like black bean chips, gluten free cookies .. I don't want to lose just water weight cause I know that's not real fat lost and it will just come right back. I have been the same weight for a year now no matter what I do or how much I eat or workout my body just won't change. After talking with my family who also suffer from Celiac, Ibs and other things they started doing Paleo and lost weight and stopped having pain, so I figured I would give it a try and see if it will not only help me with my weight but help me with my Celiac and IBS..
This week has been a rough week and I've not followed Paleo very well so i'm cleaning out my pantry this weekend, stocking up on good foods and grabbing this bull by the horns and doing it right..
I will look for Almond milk at my local store, i'm sure they have it !0 -
Ya, the water weight means nothing. I'm just saying that those that do lose all that weight in the first week just basically lose water weight, so they're not really any further along than you are.Before switching to Paleo I was not eating bread, I was still eating rice and other gluten free carbs like black bean chips, gluten free cookies .. I don't want to lose just water weight cause I know that's not real fat lost and it will just come right back. I have been the same weight for a year now no matter what I do or how much I eat or workout my body just won't change. After talking with my family who also suffer from Celiac, Ibs and other things they started doing Paleo and lost weight and stopped having pain, so I figured I would give it a try and see if it will not only help me with my weight but help me with my Celiac and IBS..
This week has been a rough week and I've not followed Paleo very well so i'm cleaning out my pantry this weekend, stocking up on good foods and grabbing this bull by the horns and doing it right..
I will look for Almond milk at my local store, i'm sure they have it !
Fat loss takes time and in my experience, it works best with a low-carb, high-fat diet.
Give it a real shot for three weeks and you should definitely feel a lot better. In terms of weight, people lose at different speeds and you shouldn't get too discouraged if you don't lose as quickly as you hope.
It's tough when you hear of people who lose 10lbs in a month. It can definitely be motivating, but usually, those stories end up de-motivating I find because people expect the same type of results.
Also, I find those people have the hardest time keeping it off. They get so used to the rapid weight loss that when it stops, they get discouraged and fall back into their old ways.
Slow and steady wins the race. Even if you only lose 3lbs a month, you'll have lost 20lbs by summer
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Ya, the water weight means nothing. I'm just saying that those that do lose all that weight in the first week just basically lose water weight, so they're not really any further along than you are.Before switching to Paleo I was not eating bread, I was still eating rice and other gluten free carbs like black bean chips, gluten free cookies .. I don't want to lose just water weight cause I know that's not real fat lost and it will just come right back. I have been the same weight for a year now no matter what I do or how much I eat or workout my body just won't change. After talking with my family who also suffer from Celiac, Ibs and other things they started doing Paleo and lost weight and stopped having pain, so I figured I would give it a try and see if it will not only help me with my weight but help me with my Celiac and IBS..
This week has been a rough week and I've not followed Paleo very well so i'm cleaning out my pantry this weekend, stocking up on good foods and grabbing this bull by the horns and doing it right..
I will look for Almond milk at my local store, i'm sure they have it !
Fat loss takes time and in my experience, it works best with a low-carb, high-fat diet.
Give it a real shot for three weeks and you should definitely feel a lot better. In terms of weight, people lose at different speeds and you shouldn't get too discouraged if you don't lose as quickly as you hope.
It's tough when you hear of people who lose 10lbs in a month. It can definitely be motivating, but usually, those stories end up de-motivating I find because people expect the same type of results.
Also, I find those people have the hardest time keeping it off. They get so used to the rapid weight loss that when it stops, they get discouraged and fall back into their old ways.
Slow and steady wins the race. Even if you only lose 3lbs a month, you'll have lost 20lbs by summer
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Your so right slow and steady is the way to go!0 -
Soy milk is a problem, too. Can you tolerate cashews? Cashew milk is easy to make.
It also looks like you're not eating much in the way of fat.
I've never seen Cashew milk before I will have to check out my local store, I live in small town that has only two stores to shop at so i'm very limited to what I can buy.
I guarantee your limitations are nothing compared to mine. It may take effort to find certain things, and even better, make what you can from scratch but the benefits of Paleo come from making the choice to do the best you can with what you have and always research how to access better foods. Most people live in places where farming occurs and all manner of food is available if not locally, then also online with affordable shipping.
Personally, I'm not big on nut milks, but I do use coconut milk occasionally. Native Forest is my favourite brand, but so far, I have not been able to find a source that will ship to me in the Arctic. One can make their own coconut milk as well if they have access to quality coconut in bulk. Or whole, fresh coconuts. Since it is a canned product, I don't have it often. But I have coconut oil all day, every day. Yum.0
