Usually, it takes some crazy crash diet for me to lose anything impressive for the first week of any program I go on. Of course if you cut carbs/calories to very low levels, you're going to deplete glycogen, lose water weight, all that jazz, and have a nice week 1 weigh in.

So explain this..... I've done nothing but ramp UP my calories and carbs for about 6 weeks (Prior to this, I was eating low carb, 1000-1200 calories a day). The first 5 weeks, I did this on my own, just trying to hit my daily macros by the end of the day and get in around 1500 calories. My weight was all over the place. My weight graph looks like a heartbeat readout.

Week 6, I put into action an eating plan that is more balanced. I eat 6x/day, and each meal is proportioned the same as far as macros go. When I started doing this, the scale stopped moving all over the place. It got to a level spot and stayed there for three days. Again, this is NOT typical for me. This new plan also threw about another 300-400 calories a day at me.

Imagine my surprise then, when after a 3 day level off, I hopped on the scale and noticed a nice downward trend. By the end of the week, I had lost just about 5#. And this happened without depleting my glycogen. It happened with 150g of carbs a day, 1800 calories a day, more than I've eaten in years. It even included a cheat meal of a Chipotle burrito bowl and some home made oatmeal cookies and even some wine.

Needless to say, I'm happy to be on this new approach. Starving yourself is not the answer. This experience has made a believer out of me. Oh ya, AND my workouts aren't leaving me crippled anymore. Yay! It was pretty bad in the beginning. I'd do a leg circuit with my trainer and then couldn't walk for 3 days, LOL Arm workouts? Couldn't hardly get dressed for 3 days. My muscles are starting to get used to being USED. It's a nice feeling all around!