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Thanks both of you! I know...I know.:laugh: I just felt overwhelmed. 12 lbs is a lot for me right now. My pants don't fit the way I want, my rings are tighter, I have a carb baby (my belly swells after I eat carbs making me look pregnant especially since the rest of me is thin)... Letting myself think most of it could be…

If you do give them to a friend, I'd do it in private. I overheard a conversation between a couple of people I know. One asked the other if she wanted this cute dress in a size 14. The other woman said that was nice, but she was a size 10. Then the first woman argued with her about it. All in front of everyone.

Have you figured out why you cave that far in? That seems to be sufficient time to adapt to low carbing and not have any cravings. Everyone is different though. Were you getting enough fat or enough food in general? Is it timing? That is, is it due to hormone changes in your cycle? I know that I have a very hard time…

I looked into Dukan and decided it wasn't for me. I tried it for a couple of days then went shopping for some of the food he allows. He advocates low fat, too. Some of his foods on his acceptable foods list is really high in carbs. I just couldnt bring myself to eat it. The attack phase IS low carb though. The book has a…

Which visual chart? If that is you in your profile picture, I doubt you are 30%. Yes scales and girth calculators are estimates and are prone to inaccuracies, but they are way better than guessing off someone else's picture.

I really think it has something to do with sleep. I've noticed that when I have poor sleep (less time or broken sleep), I weigh more in the morning. Take a nap, and I usually weigh less. Something to do with the release of growth hormone during deep sleep. Now I still weigh in the morning, but wait until late afternoon to…

How old was the child? I live in California and one of the requirements in high school is to pass a physical fitness test or take additional years of P.E. Part of that is getting your BMI. My niece who lived with us was outraged because her teacher told her she was obese. When she told me, I said that she was and that I…

I've found that its ok to eat rice and cereal and other "forbidden" foods--as long as I keep within my carb count zone. However, I've found that it makes things more difficult for me to stay within that zone so i dont do it often. The carbs not only add up fast, but I have a hard time resisting more carbs. So, I try to eat…

Maybe try testing later in the day? I'm always negative, or at the most barely trace, in the morning but show a much darker positive in the afternoon. Then it moves toward trace again in the evenings.

Happens to me, too. I've even found that after little sleep, if I take a nap I weigh less than in the morning. In addition to appetite increasing due to more of certain hormones being produced, I read that it has something to do with a growth hormone that's produced when we sleep. Less of it promotes fat storage.

I set deadlines--and always miss them. :laugh: I like having a deadline though because it keeps me focused and motivated. I have mini-goals and mini-deadlines and adjust them depending on how much weight I actually lost at that point and what is reasonable based on my history. Then I move on and try to meet the new…

Thanks! They do DXA at my local university for $100. I was just worried that they weren't as accurate as hydrostatic. I've seen them both claimed as "the gold standard," but some of the research seems to base the accuracy of DXA on hydrostatic weighing results.

If you have a digital scale, you might need new batteries?

Bump?

I think you can store 100g of carbs as glycogen in your liver and around 400 g in your muscles. I think I've got those numbers right. If not, they are pretty close. I think (I don't have the info on numbers on hand) that you store three parts water along with that. My cut off is 3-5 lbs. you have to decide how much weight…

From what I understand, you could be replacing some of your glycogen stores, hence the water weight gain. I don't think drinking more water helps with glycogen stores like it does with excess sodium. You have to burn those off. I always go up when I up my carbs. However, I learned during my maintenance phase that it…

For the military one, use the smallest part of your torso as your waist and your hips should NOT be the widest part from a front view, but a side view. The tape should pass across your buttocks. Per the military instruction. Should result in a dramatic decrease in percentage and bring it closer to Covert Bailey.

I look heavier when I'm carrying extra water, and my measurements go up.

Yes. My appetite returned to normal within a couple of weeks. I've been on it for two years now and see no difference in appetite when I do take it as opposed to when I don't. My daughter is a little different (teenager). She doesn't have to force herself to eat, but she doesn't feel hunger the way she does when she's not…

Blessedwith3 is on vacation for a couple of weeks, but she said you can join the challenge at any time. Just message her your starting weight and current weight and she will pop it on her spreadsheet.

Fat2fit does not give good instructions for taping for the military one. For women you take the point of minimal abdominal circumference and for hips you take the widest protrusion around the buttocks from a side view. The DoD uses the Navy formula. Look up OPNAVINST 6110.1G or "OPNAVINST body fat." I know for me, that…

I don't count calories per se because I rarely go over unless I'm WAY over on carbs, too. I freak out only when my carbs are high. When i maintain, I plan to only keep track of my carbs instead of bothering with logging everything. Worked for me when i was in maintenance for a couple of months recently. Still, I didn't…

Oops. Thought that 10% was too low. Forgot to convert the grams to calories. As for the other, yes you will lose water when you deplete your glycogen stores and yes you still need a calorie deficit. First, water takes up space too so I don't know why everyone is so dismissive about it. Second, I find it MUCH EASIER to lose…

According to marksdailyapple.com, less than 100 g. Thats a little under 10% of your calories if you eat at 1200. Maintenance range is 100-150 g. The gram ranges don't change based on your calories. Some people like to use percentages of total calories though. High fat, moderate protein for everything else. Hope that helps!

I weigh daily, too. I don't like weekly weigh ins because the day I chose could have been an abnormally high or low day. So I weigh in daily and at the end of the week, I average my weights to get what I consider my "true" weight.

You could try a "carb depletion" work out. It worked for me before. But, I don't bother now. I'd say forget about it and move on. You might be out of ketosis, but depending on how long you've been low carbing, you might get back in fairly quick. I usually get back in in one to two days. At most three if I overdid it more…

50 g of carbs us really still quite low. I can't imagine those would be your maintenance carbs. Every body is different, but i lose at 50. if you visit Marks Daily Apple ( I think), he says 50 is good for weight loss, too., My guess would be the protein. How much are you getting? That can turn into glucose, too. Also, you…

I never seem to experience the symptoms neither last year nor this year. If I didn't use ketostix, I probably would have never known. Might be because my carbs are much higher than Atkins induction level (around 60 g total). But, I remember many years ago I tried Atkins for about a week and I did notice the metallic taste…

Great job! Water takes up space, too!

Good luck! It might be difficult at first, especially if you get the "flu," but it does get easier. For me the first three days were the hardest, peaking on the third day craving-wise. I read though that it can take some people longer for their bodies to get used to low carb. Just hang in there. It does work and is the…