Diet change frustration

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ChadKirk2015
ChadKirk2015 Posts: 1 Member
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I've been on a low carb diet for a while and I lost 30lbs but this past week I switched over to MFP and and have been staying under my calorie limit but everyday I gain more weight, why? I knew coming off low carb and going to low cal was going to cause some weight gain but it's like it won't stop going up, please help.

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
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    You can continue eating low carb on MFP... Anyway, eating carb again replenishes the glycogen stores; 1 gram of glycogen binds 3 grams of water; your body can store up to 500 grams glycogen.
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/307905-glycogen-and-weight-loss/
  • ElleMarieRose
    ElleMarieRose Posts: 37 Member
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    I do both low carb and mfp. However, its most likely water weight gain. How long have you been off of low carb?
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,365 Member
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    It is water weight which will level out in a while. Just as when you went low carb and lost a lot of water weight initially...this is the reverse, assuming that you are eating a much higher percentage of carbs than you were.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
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    it'll be water weight from introducing more carbs again... its temporary.
  • pinkteapot3
    pinkteapot3 Posts: 157 Member
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    A week is nowhere near enough to judge!

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