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A pound of fat is 3,500 Calories!! So...

JohnnyLowCarb

Don't expect multi pound weight loss every day. There are many threads here explaining wooshes, plateaus, and why multi pound losses happens in a day or a week. Its great when/if it happens but many get very discouraged when it doesn't happen all the time.

However, don't expect them to occur regularly.

If you ate nothing and your body reacted like a computer, you should expect a 1/3 to 1/2 pound (depending on your BMR) loss a day. This does not take into account exercise.

Of course our bodies are not computers, and some retain water more than others, stress and other factors will lead to less of a fat burn, and yes you have to eat at some point! My weight loss chart looks like a descending cardio gram (up down up down). I don't get frustrated anymore as long as I know I am working my plan. The results come at their own pace.

That's my thought for today!

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Working2BLean

If you eat a bunch of carbs your weight will whoosh back up.

The myth of losing tons of fat easily on low carb is fed by those glycogen water losses! We don't burn 7 pounds of fat off in a week when starting on low car just like we dint add 24,500 calories worth of fat when we eat 200 carbs!

I love low carb, but in the short term it is a bit of a shell game. Long term it works just like any diet.

It just happens to be a lifestyle for eating that my body likes and I can stick to

retirehappy

Keeping awareness of the trend in weight loss can be helpful. Trendweight.com is a good tracking program of your progress. There are also apps for iPhone and Androids, I've just used the pc program for so long, I haven't bothered trying the phone apps, so no recommendations of a good one.

Adi4Fitness

Also low carb doesnt account for sodium,which is pretty hard to get rid off

kpk54

Weight loss is finding what allows you to eat fewer calories and not be physically hungry.

For those interested in weight trends: Libra for android. Happy scale for iPhone. I suppose they can help motivate. You still have to do the above. Consistently. It's a drag but so is being overweight (for many people).

Dragonwolf

Adi4Fitness wrote: »

Also low carb doesnt account for sodium,which is pretty hard to get rid off

You don't want to get rid of sodium while low carb. Doing so will put you at severe risk of deficiency, which will then deplete potassium, magnesium, and calcium, among other things, and if you continue to minimize sodium intake, it can literally kill you.

Working2BLean wrote: »

If you eat a bunch of carbs your weight will whoosh back up.

The myth of losing tons of fat easily on low carb is fed by those glycogen water losses! We don't burn 7 pounds of fat off in a week when starting on low car just like we dint add 24,500 calories worth of fat when we eat 200 carbs!

I love low carb, but in the short term it is a bit of a shell game. Long term it works just like any diet.

It just happens to be a lifestyle for eating that my body likes and I can stick to

For clarity's sake, I'd be careful to specify that it's the initial big losses that are glycogen. A great many people find it easier to lose weight with low carb that isn't attributable to glycogen (ie -- a person who struggles to lose half a pound a week on average with high carb may be able to lose a pound or more a week without struggling on low carb). While all weight loss is the result of taking in less than one burns, the composition of the input affects a number of bodily processes, which in turn can change one's health and affect the amount one burns (thus making it easier or harder on the same amount of caloric intake).

KnitOrMiss

Adi4Fitness wrote: »

Also low carb doesnt account for sodium,which is pretty hard to get rid off

@Adi4Fitness - I don't know about you, but I have a hard time holding on to sodium!! If I have too little sodium, I will blow up like a balloon because my body hits a sort of panic state, trying to hold on to all my water to keep all the sodium.

As a matter of fact, this discussion:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10257118/sodium-blood-pressure-and-the-russian-nephrologist/p1

is utterly fascinating in talking about how to hold on to sodium for your health. If I remember correctly, there are links within the discussion that talk about how you are at higher risk of many health conditions if you are below 3500 mg of sodium than if you are above it! Happy reading.

I always try to remember that everything we've been told traditionally is that carbs are good and fat is bad...so I try to remember that when facing any "old rules" of dietary intake...

Sunny_Bunny_

Adi4Fitness wrote: »

Also low carb doesnt account for sodium,which is pretty hard to get rid off

Here's some info about sodium you may not be familiar with.

I am just copying this where I posted it in another thread...

Here are some great links discussing sodium needs. Perhaps not in every case, but usually in low carb, I'd even say almost always... increasing sodium is necessary due to the reduction of insulin which plays a role in sodium retention. You simply don't retain sodium on low carb like you did before.

https://chriskresser.com/shaking-up-the-salt-myth-the-dangers-of-salt-restriction/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=share&utm_term=salt-restriction-danger&utm_content=&utm_campaign=blog

Some of this sodium info isn't even for a target low carb population and is still suggesting that limiting it isn't good for health.
Like this one. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html?referer=http://m.facebook.com/

And this one.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4546722/Salt-won-t-heart-attack-says-scientist.html#ixzz4iEj2j6tZ

And here's Steven Phinney about the role of sodium on a keto diet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WNV0GJcrqp4

If you want to watch a much longer video where he talks about sodium among other things keto, this is a great one
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Qk0U006YZ2w