Am I on the right path to losing 50% of my body fat?

tomatoey wrote: »

That sounds shady to me.

I think I'd run the allergy stuff by a doctor and otherwise just eat the food you know, from your body telling you, that you're ok with. If you feel tingling or weirdness, stop eating that food and see someone. Cut out the dairy if it bugs you. Their samples might not have been perfect. Or even yours.

Yeah it does sound a bit off... I'd go to a regular GP and get another allergy test done. If the foods on the list that they said you had an allergy to don't bother you, then I would wait and get a second opinion. This list restricts your foods a whole lot.

Lapcorp is a medical lab here on the west coast. Those allergy tests to me are totally inaccurate. I've had friends freak out because their kids showed positive for almost every allergy known to man but they have only ever reacted to one thing. Not to mention all the kids popped positive for all the same identical 20 something allergies. Well isn't that a coinkidink Personally I'd take the results with a grain of salt. Even is they say you have an "allergy" to salt.

RaveJ1 wrote: »

I'm a member at lifetime fitness and the nutritionist recommended that I get a food allergy test done. The company that does the tests it called LabCorp. You go there, they draw blood, and sent the results back to the gym.

The only thing one the list that I know really bothers me is dairy. Which is why I was so shocked when I was told about the results.

That first week, when my body fat dropped, I only lost about 2 lbs. I think it was all water weight.

It looks to me like you have been a scam victim, no way to say it in a nicer way.
I would suggest you cut your losses, talk to a real dr (because having a positive allergy test is meaningless if in real life there are no allergies, and there is something like a 50% chance of error in some tests - yes, that big) and see a dietitian, if you cannot figure out how to get on a realistic plan on your own.
But whatever advice you have been given so far by these people, the safest course of action is to ignore it.

In theory if you were allergic to all those foods you would feel better not eating them, I get the impression you are feeling worse so I would start reintroducing them one by one if you want to be on the safe side or just start eating them again but the one by one method could reveal any true allergies whereas if you reintroduce all those foods at once an get a reaction you would never know which food it was.

I personally wouldn't put too much faith in those results even the gp test can sometimes get it wrong(I'm not supposed to be allergic to bunny rabbits according to the bloodtest my gp had done the hives and red itchy eyes I develop by just being in the room with one would suggest otherwise). If you are showing signs of insulin resistance then LCHF is ideal but again I would confirm that with your gp.

Are you eating back some of your exercise calories? If not it might be worth doing because if you have no energy i would think 1300kcal isn't enough food for you if you are even hitting that on such a restricted diet.

If you are concerned about allergies, talk to your dr. The gym nutritionist is not qualified to analyse the results, and if you do have an allergy, the nutritionist cannot help you.
If you feel you have indigestion issues, talk to your dr. Do not take supplements or "medication" the gym nutritionist "prescribed". At best, you are wasting your money, at worst you are taking unnecessary risks with your health.
The scale, any scale, does not measure bodyfat. Whatever numbers you are given, you can just ignore them, they are meaningless. 18% for a woman means an athlete's body. It is not a realistic goal for someone who is just starting a weight loss journey, and it si not a realistic goal even for many women who are in great shape. It might become a goal later, but it makes no sense to start there. You cannot reach this goal in a few months. Think, many years, serious training.
BMI, you can calculate it yourself very easily: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
You did not lower your bmi by several points in a few weeks. It is nto possible. Not even if youwere not eating at all.
Your current BMI based on your weight and height is 30. You are just leaving the obese category. Your first goal should be a healthy BMI, so for you, losing about 30 lbs. This will take time, like half to one year. When you get there, you will be nowhere close to a 18% body fat. Which is fine, very few women are.
For your BMI to be 36, you should have been 210 lbs. You did not lose 40 lbs in a week.
For your BMI to become 33, you should gain around 20 lbs from where you are now. So, again this goal makes no sense.

In brief: you are confused. And whoever is helping you lose weight, is making a profit out of your confusion.

I had those tests done by that company many years ago. I believe the test is for "sensitivities", rather than true allergies. I was "sensitive" to so many things that I didn't have much left to eat. After a few months I couldn't take it anymore and went back to eating most of those things. I've never had a reaction other than some minor stomach issues if I consume very large amounts of dairy.