Going from low carb to another diet?

Just MY opinion, you might at first just till your body adjusts. Then it should level off. Don't be discouraged if it takes a couple of weeks of small gains..Just hang in there! Weight Watchers is great! I did it and lost 60 pounds!! Then I just decided I wanted to count calories instead of points...And I am losing that way as well!! Good Luck!

Yes, you will very likely gain weight (like 3-5 lbs within the first couple days).
It's all water though, but you will also likely see a bit of a bloat.

Water binds to carb so you're going to get that by upping your carbs.

Here's the problem with doing low carb diets:

1. They work, but they work because you are eating in a major caloric deficit.

2. Are you planning on doing a low carb diet forever? If so, great although eventually your body will respond to the lack of energy and you will feel exhausted by just walking down the street. Maybe not right away, but it will catch up with you.

3. Once you lose that weight by doing a low carb diet, and then start eating normal...you will gain that weight back in a matter of a few months.

If you look to lose 1-2 lbs per week by just eating in a CALORIC DEFICIT then you will keep the weight off. You dont have to eat super clean either.

WATCH YOUR CALORIC INTAKE, and eat your macro's every single day.

There are people that do keto diets which can be dangerous but there is a system that they use to bring back carbs slowly back into their diets so they keep the weight off. You'd have to research keto diets. I don't recommend them, but they work fast if done right.

I personally do carb cycling and intermittent fasting so I can build muscle and lose fat while eating at a slight deficit.

Like Vegangal, I have also tried South Beach before. I have been on South Beach on two different occasions and was miserable both times. Also did Atkins years ago in college and it was not for me. When I let carbs back in, I gained a little at first, but then started losing again and that was with WW. WW and myfitnesspal are the only things I have found that work for me. Nothing against low carbers, I know it works good for some people. Personally for me, moderation is the key for me being successful. I personally do better when good complex carbs are a part of my life and I limit refined carbs and processed sugars.

Here's the problem with doing low carb diets:

1. They work, but they work because you are eating in a major caloric deficit.

2. Are you planning on doing a low carb diet forever? If so, great although eventually your body will respond to the lack of energy and you will feel exhausted by just walking down the street. Maybe not right away, but it will catch up with you.

3. Once you lose that weight by doing a low carb diet, and then start eating normal...you will gain that weight back in a matter of a few months.

If you look to lose 1-2 lbs per week by just eating in a CALORIC DEFICIT then you will keep the weight off. You dont have to eat super clean either.

WATCH YOUR CALORIC INTAKE, and eat your macro's every single day.

There are people that do keto diets which can be dangerous but there is a system that they use to bring back carbs slowly back into their diets so they keep the weight off. You'd have to research keto diets. I don't recommend them, but they work fast if done right.

I personally do carb cycling and intermittent fasting so I can build muscle and lose fat while eating at a slight deficit.

....well except that low carb diets don't inherently cause major caloric deficits, and if you temporarily adopt ANY new way of eating that helps you lose weight and then go back to your old lifestyle you'll gain weight back, and I'm pretty sure there are thousands of low carb-ers who have been eating that way for years without trouble walking down the street, and the posts on this site alone are evidence enough that just sticking to a caloric deficit isn't the key to weight loss for everyone, and there's plenty of evidence that keto diets aren't dangerous.

If this were real life this would be an appropriate time to pull out that "whatever" sign from Clueless.

Here's the problem with doing low carb diets:

1. They work, but they work because you are eating in a major caloric deficit.

2. Are you planning on doing a low carb diet forever? If so, great although eventually your body will respond to the lack of energy and you will feel exhausted by just walking down the street. Maybe not right away, but it will catch up with you.

3. Once you lose that weight by doing a low carb diet, and then start eating normal...you will gain that weight back in a matter of a few months.

If you look to lose 1-2 lbs per week by just eating in a CALORIC DEFICIT then you will keep the weight off. You dont have to eat super clean either.

WATCH YOUR CALORIC INTAKE, and eat your macro's every single day.

There are people that do keto diets which can be dangerous but there is a system that they use to bring back carbs slowly back into their diets so they keep the weight off. You'd have to research keto diets. I don't recommend them, but they work fast if done right.

I personally do carb cycling and intermittent fasting so I can build muscle and lose fat while eating at a slight deficit.

....well except that low carb diets don't inherently cause major caloric deficits, and if you temporarily adopt ANY new way of eating that helps you lose weight and then go back to your old lifestyle you'll gain weight back, and I'm pretty sure there are thousands of low carb-ers who have been eating that way for years without trouble walking down the street, and the posts on this site alone are evidence enough that just sticking to a caloric deficit isn't the key to weight loss for everyone, and there's plenty of evidence that keto diets aren't dangerous.

If this were real life this would be an appropriate time to pull out that "whatever" sign from Clueless.

People that are generally on low carb diets eat less than 100g of carbs per day EVERY day. This obviously lowers the calorie intake daily to the point of where people are severely undereating. And while this can cause fast weight loss for people short term, it is not a healthy long term solution for keeping the weight off.

It's like the people who want fast results and do the "Dr. Oz HcG drops" and eat 500 calories a day which is so incredibly stupid that it's amusing.

I said keto diets can be dangeous if you don't know what you are doing.

Also no matter what way you slice it unless you have hypothyrodism, it's calories in versus calories out.

You cannot under any circumstances eat at a calorie surplus over what you BURN each day and expect to lose weight. I don't care if you run 20 miles a day. If you calculate your ACTIVITY in a 24 hour period each day and eat a surplus beyond THAT activity level...YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT.

Eat a surplus = GAIN weight.
Eat a deficit = LOSE weight.

Anyone that says otherwise is an idiot wrapped in a moron. Period. End of story.

Here's the problem with doing low carb diets:

1. They work, but they work because you are eating in a major caloric deficit.

2. Are you planning on doing a low carb diet forever? If so, great although eventually your body will respond to the lack of energy and you will feel exhausted by just walking down the street. Maybe not right away, but it will catch up with you.

3. Once you lose that weight by doing a low carb diet, and then start eating normal...you will gain that weight back in a matter of a few months.

If you look to lose 1-2 lbs per week by just eating in a CALORIC DEFICIT then you will keep the weight off. You dont have to eat super clean either.

WATCH YOUR CALORIC INTAKE, and eat your macro's every single day.

There are people that do keto diets which can be dangerous but there is a system that they use to bring back carbs slowly back into their diets so they keep the weight off. You'd have to research keto diets. I don't recommend them, but they work fast if done right.

I personally do carb cycling and intermittent fasting so I can build muscle and lose fat while eating at a slight deficit.

....well except that low carb diets don't inherently cause major caloric deficits, and if you temporarily adopt ANY new way of eating that helps you lose weight and then go back to your old lifestyle you'll gain weight back, and I'm pretty sure there are thousands of low carb-ers who have been eating that way for years without trouble walking down the street, and the posts on this site alone are evidence enough that just sticking to a caloric deficit isn't the key to weight loss for everyone, and there's plenty of evidence that keto diets aren't dangerous.

If this were real life this would be an appropriate time to pull out that "whatever" sign from Clueless.

People that are generally on low carb diets eat less than 100g of carbs per day EVERY day. This obviously lowers the calorie intake daily to the point of where people are severely undereating. And while this can cause fast weight loss for people short term, it is not a healthy long term solution for keeping the weight off.

It's like the people who want fast results and do the "Dr. Oz HcG drops" and eat 500 calories a day which is so incredibly stupid that it's amusing.

I said keto diets can be dangeous if you don't know what you are doing.

Also no matter what way you slice it unless you have hypothyrodism, it's calories in versus calories out.

You cannot under any circumstances eat at a calorie surplus over what you BURN each day and expect to lose weight. I don't care if you run 20 miles a day. If you calculate your ACTIVITY in a 24 hour period each day and eat a surplus beyond THAT activity level...YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT.

Eat a surplus = GAIN weight.
Eat a deficit = LOSE weight.

Anyone that says otherwise is an idiot wrapped in a moron. Period. End of story.

Nice use of insults, thanks for that. Nobody said you can eat a surplus of calories and continue to lose weight. What I actually said was that simply watching calories doesn't result in significant weight loss for everyone - you can reference the HUNDREDS of confused threads on this board for evidence of that.

Furthermore, I don't even know where you got the idea that eating under 100g of carbs means you also can't eat enough calories. That's not even remotely true. I eat low carb and meet my 1200 cal minimum + exercise calories every single day.

Here's the problem with doing low carb diets:

1. They work, but they work because you are eating in a major caloric deficit.

Not necessarily. Low carb does not necessarily imply low calories. I believe, according to the Atkins diet at least, you can pretty much eat whatever, whenever you want as long asd you stay under 20 carbs (at least during the induction phase).

2. Are you planning on doing a low carb diet forever? If so, great although eventually your body will respond to the lack of energy and you will feel exhausted by just walking down the street. Maybe not right away, but it will catch up with you.

Proof? I haven't heard of this happening nor have I read it anywhere. I would like to see somewhere where this happens.

3. Once you lose that weight by doing a low carb diet, and then start eating normal...you will gain that weight back in a matter of a few months.

Sure, if you go back to eating UTTER CRAP then you will gain all the weight back. There is nothing that stops people from going from low carb to "healthy portions" to maintain or even keep losing.

If you look to lose 1-2 lbs per week by just eating in a CALORIC DEFICIT then you will keep the weight off. You dont have to eat super clean either.

Sure, the weight will come off but your overall health will go to hell if you eat whatever (bad things) you want at a caloric defiicit.

Alot of people I know that go with low carb diets don't compensate with higher fat and protein macro's so they end up eating a huge deficit. Thats what I meant. I realize some folks are smart enough to compensate and eat more fats and proteins.

Also what you said in your first response was that people just sticking with caloric deficits can't lose weight as this "board is proof of that". Then, above you said something about watching calories.

And what I said was:

If you know what you burn in a 24 hour period (calories burn), and you eat at a 500-1000 calorie deficit you will lose weight. The problem with new people on this site/forum is that they really don't know what they are burning, and they are afraid to eat or they severely undereat which can have adverse effects.

If you stick with 500-1000 calories under your maintenance, you will drop the weight the proper way which is 1-2lbs per week.

Thats all I was saying. Then you and someone else got in a twist and started saying about how it's not just about caloric deficit...when IT IS.

Come onnn. Are we really going to mince words? Generally when people are "watching calories", they're watching them to keep the calorie count low. I thought that was generally understood, sorry for not spelling it out for you. I also didn't say this board is absolute proof, I said it's evidence that it doesn't work for everyone.

More importantly, you should probably keep in mind that just because some people you know don't know how to get a proper balance of fats and proteins in with their low carb diets, that doesn't mean that ALL low carb diets are extremely low in calories. Think before you make blanket statements.

....well except that low carb diets don't inherently cause major caloric deficits, and if you temporarily adopt ANY new way of eating that helps you lose weight and then go back to your old lifestyle you'll gain weight back, and I'm pretty sure there are thousands of low carb-ers who have been eating that way for years without trouble walking down the street, and the posts on this site alone are evidence enough that just sticking to a caloric deficit isn't the key to weight loss for everyone, and there's plenty of evidence that keto diets aren't dangerous.

If this were real life this would be an appropriate time to pull out that "whatever" sign from Clueless.

Not sure what you mean by inherent calorie deficits, but there is some evidence to suggest that low carb, especially high protein, has a very potent satiating effect and reduces the tendency to overeat and underestimate calories consumed. That is part of the reason why Paleo/Primal folks are able to maintain lower calorie levels while rarely ever being hungry. If you look at it that way, then I would say that low carb diets are in fact, a tool for folks to help maintain a daily caloric deficit. But yeah, food is food and if you overconsume...it doesn't matter if you're vegan, paleo, neandertal, atkins... you can pretty much kiss your deficit good-bye.

I used to do low carb, as I have PCOS and struggled to lose weight any other way. I lost around 56lb this way.

Then a couple of months ago I was rushed into hospital with gallstones and pancreatitis, and when I came out of hospital they warned me that I must eat pretty much a fat free diet, otherwise I would be in a lot of pain.

So I swapped from low carb, to a very low fat diet that does include carbs - I didnt want to deprive myself of both carbs and fat, lol. And I have continued to lose weight - 21lb since I was first taken into hospital at the end of May.

I can eat some fat again now as I had my gallbladder out nearly 3 weeks ago, but I'm sticking to the low fat diet that does include carbs as it seems to be working. Don't get me wrong, I'm not eating bread all day long, but I'm eating cereal for breakfast and have pitta bread at lunch and sometimes dinner, plus lots of fruit.

Good luck with your weight loss!

Louise

Just keeping the calorie count low without KNOWING what your maintenance is or how many calories you burn each day is a recipe for disaster for alot of folks. Would you agree or disagree with this?

What does this have to do with your comment on low-carbers undereating?

Some studies have shown low-carbers eating at maintenance levels (or with no limit on calories) losing as much if not more than calorie-restrictors.

There are plenty of bodybuilders, professional athletes, crossfit members, etc who have been doing low carb for some time and am pretty sure have no problem walking down the street.

Show me the studies.

Agreed, but that is not really what JoeJ was saying, they were saying it automatically creates a “major” deficit. Like maybe only eating <1000 calories a day. This is untrue, it does help you feel full, and does make it easier to eat at a deficit, that’s the whole point. But there is nothing magic about counting cals that will help you maintain weight loss as they alluded to, V counting carbs. I think we are on the same page here just wanted to flesh this out a little more.

I said it creates a major deficit to those that dont compensate their intake with more fats and proteins. All over this board I see people eating barely any fat.

Eating fat is a major factor into burning fat and losing weight.

Also there is a big difference between what people believe a low carb diet is, and what a keto diet is or even carb cycling. Keto and carb cycling diets have re-feed days. Are there any re-feed days in a low carb diet?

For instance: If I were to ask someone that does a low-carb diet or just started a low-carb if they plan on having a re-feed day and they would look at me with utter confusion. "Whats a re-feed day?" is the response I would get.

I said it creates a major deficit to those that dont compensate their intake with more fats and proteins. All over this board I see people eating barely any fat.

Only after being called on your first false statement. SAme thing with a low fat diet, if you don't make up for the low fat, with carbs or protein it will be a major deficit too.

Look I'm sure you were well meaning, but either you have bought into the low carb phobia or something, because your informaation is incorrect. I'm sorry for being sort of (oh hell completely) a smart *kitten*, but that is just me. And mostly the reason is I see way to many people purposely attack low carb, a lot do it out of ignorance, but a lot do it knowing they are wrong, and are trying to force their agenda on others. So I get sarcastic with people that spread these untruths (see lies if they do it knowingly) because there are a lot of people that could be helped if they wern't afraid of low carb.