About 5 days ago I started going on a low carb diet. I'm not really eating packaged foods most of the time, so I doubt that I'm eating more carbs that I think that I am. I'm mostly eating whole foods that aren't processed and I ended up only loosing a pound, then I gained that pound back today, WTH? UGH!!!!

So, I've been eating the same thing almost every day. The only good thing about this way of eating is that I'm almost never hungry since I eat a lot of mostly lean protein and fats.

Up until today, I was eating some low fat lentil chips, only one or two servings of it a day as I love chips, but I kept my carbs in check and didn't go over 100 grams a day. I cut those chips out today and all chips except for some pork rinds that has nothing else in it except for sea salt and rosemary.

I cut the carbs even more by just limiting myself to one serving of low sugar fruit a day. Everyday I'd eat sugar free greek yogurt sweetened with stevia, some almond milk w/o sugar, chia seeds, stevia, low sugar fruit, and make a smoothie out of it.

I'd also eat one or two cans of tuna in oil which is still low in fat, and 3 TBS of sunflower seeds, some low sugar beef jerky, turkey cold cut with salad and two tablespoons of no sugar dressing, and last night, a pre portioned low fat beef patty with worchestire sauce and one serving of cauliflower and parmesan cheese.

For breakfast today I just had 3 pieces of low fat Applegate bacon and I absorbed the extra fat with a tissue, and one egg cooked in non stick cooking spray. I don't eat any corn, wheat, pasta, bread, oats, rice, beans, lentils (aside from the lentil chips until today), and no potatos of any kind, or most carbs except for one serving of low sugar fruit like kiwi or berries now, and up until today, just one or two servings of low fat lentil chips.

I still ate stevia flavored yogurt and cheese though. I might cut out dairy soon as I heard that leads to weight gain. I'm eating almost the same stuff everyday. And I'm not loosing weight! WTH? My only treat is the occasional diet pepsi which I know isn't good, but having one once in awhile shouldn't hurt, right? I'm sure that I don't go overboard on portions. I know what a portion size is.

I measure everything. I drink lots of water mostly. I don' exercise though. I need to loose 80lbs. This is extremely frustrating!

Has anyone else NOT been able to loose weight w/o exercise on a low carb diet? IF you DID loose weight, how long did it take you to loose weight? Also, did anyone notice your weight loss? If so, how much did you have to loose before that happened? Ten pounds? Twenty? I'm sure that no one will notice much difference until I loose at least 25lbs. maybe as I'm huge right now.

I'm only 5'4, but I'm 183-185lbs. at the Drs. office usually, and a size 12-14, ugh! And i used to be a size 4-6 and around 105-115lbs most of the time! This sucks!

I don't drink now and I get plenty of sleep. Why am I not loosing weight? I feel like I'll be fat forever no matter what! I cut out the chips today so my carb intake for today will be 70-80 grams. Last night I did eat a little late. I ate at 9, so maybe I'm retaining water from last nights salty dinner?

[Evening]

I know this will be a bit of a 'too long, didn't read' post, but if you are interested I hope some of this helps.

Are you looking at your calories? A portion size is one thing, the calorie content is another. A lot of things that are good for you can have a surprisingly high amount of calories even in a small amount. Eg. 1 5g Brasil nut has more calories than 100g of mushrooms. They are both good for you, but the amount of calories varies enormously. Lentils are also quite high in calories, but are good also because of the fibre and protien. Meat can have a lot of calories because of the protein and saturated fat content, even with some oil/fat removed. Protein does account for a lot of calories as it's such a dense nutritional source. That's not to say you should reduce protein in your diet too much, you should actually increase it when losing weight.

You haven't mentioned too many fruit and vegetables in what you ate, if you could possibly reduce the amount of meat your eating and compensate by adding vegetables that may help reduce some calories but still fill you up, plus add more fibre.

I eat well, but even when I eat well I tend to not lose weight unless I'm really focusing on what I'm consuming calorie wise. When I was really putting the effort in I was cutting back to 1200-1300 calories a day (which is the absolute MINIMUM you want to reduce it to), and even then, with exercise, I was losing a kilo a week (2.2lbs). As I mentioned in another post the other day, you need to burn 7,700 calories to lose 1kg/2.2lbs. You can cut out certain things like carbs, sugar, etc., but as long as you aren't burning any of that energy (which is what a calorie is), then you are guaranteed not to lose weight. And if you are eating your required energy needs in a day and not exercising, again weight loss isn't going to happen. It's a massive pain in the butt, trust me when I say I know.

I would recommend working out exactly how many calories you are eating in a day- a bit tedious I know- and finding out your energy requirements. I've just gone online and worked out a bit of a general calculation, and it's come up with between 1,700 and 1,760 calories per day. So basically if you're eating that many calories per day, you weight won't change. But calculate it yourself so you can get a more exact result-

Calorie Calculator - Daily Caloric Needs

[Michelea]

Don't panic, it's still early in your diet. Healthy weight loss take a little time.

I was on the South Beach diet (low carb/low sugar/higher protein/healthy fats), and lost around 20-30 pounds (which is what I wanted to lose), but it didn't happen overnight.

You may already be checking labels to avoid these things, but sometimes things labeled as fat free or sugar free have tons of the other thing in them.

If you feel a little restricted by what you think you can eat on your diet, look online for South Beach (I am sure there are others available too) recipes/menus. Some are very yummy, which helps keep you motivated to continue the diet...and create a "life change" in the foods you eat.

Another good thing to do is avoid getting on those scales everyday, or maybe at all. Go by how your clothes are fitting. It is normal for weight to go up and down a bit each day (maybe even a few pounds), for reasons other than your diet.

If you want to see the scales number (and there is a bit of a reward in seeing that number going down), just check it once a week.

Good Luck on your diet!

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I tried it once and gained. I believe you also have to watch your cals and at lease light cardio. A walk around the block at least.

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[unaluna]

I would recommend weight watchers online. It costs, but you dont have to go to meetings, and they have a really nice online forum. And an online food tracker that is easy to use. I have tried others, this is my favorite. They give you a points "budget" for the week and each day. You eat whatever you want within that budget. I have been losing average a pound per week, ive been on it eleven weeks. I dont exercise that much. I didnt really change how or what i ate, just some amounts on some things. it just makes you more aware of better choices you could make to stay within your food budget.

Originally Posted by Evening

I know this will be a bit of a 'too long, didn't read' post, but if you are interested I hope some of this helps.

Are you looking at your calories? A portion size is one thing, the calorie content is another. A lot of things that are good for you can have a surprisingly high amount of calories even in a small amount. Eg. 1 5g Brasil nut has more calories than 100g of mushrooms. They are both good for you, but the amount of calories varies enormously. Lentils are also quite high in calories, but are good also because of the fibre and protien. Meat can have a lot of calories because of the protein and saturated fat content, even with some oil/fat removed. Protein does account for a lot of calories as it's such a dense nutritional source. That's not to say you should reduce protein in your diet too much, you should actually increase it when losing weight.

You haven't mentioned too many fruit and vegetables in what you ate, if you could possibly reduce the amount of meat your eating and compensate by adding vegetables that may help reduce some calories but still fill you up, plus add more fibre.

I eat well, but even when I eat well I tend to not lose weight unless I'm really focusing on what I'm consuming calorie wise. When I was really putting the effort in I was cutting back to 1200-1300 calories a day (which is the absolute MINIMUM you want to reduce it to), and even then, with exercise, I was losing a kilo a week (2.2lbs). As I mentioned in another post the other day, you need to burn 7,700 calories to lose 1kg/2.2lbs. You can cut out certain things like carbs, sugar, etc., but as long as you aren't burning any of that energy (which is what a calorie is), then you are guaranteed not to lose weight. And if you are eating your required energy needs in a day and not exercising, again weight loss isn't going to happen. It's a massive pain in the butt, trust me when I say I know.

I would recommend working out exactly how many calories you are eating in a day- a bit tedious I know- and finding out your energy requirements. I've just gone online and worked out a bit of a general calculation, and it's come up with between 1,700 and 1,760 calories per day. So basically if you're eating that many calories per day, you weight won't change. But calculate it yourself so you can get a more exact result-

Calorie Calculator - Daily Caloric Needs

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Yes, I am. I might be going over my calories just a little bit, but not much. My food scale is broken and I need a new one. I DO know what a portion size is though. I even level tablespoon measurements with a butter knife.

I do eat low sugar fruit (one serving a day) as well as non starchy veggies everyday. I do need to eat more veggies though as I'll just have a mixed salad for lunch usually with one other veggie for dinner. I'll have to d.l a calorie tracker today to keep track of what I'm eating as I might even be eating to few calories which isn't good either as that slows your metabolism down. It's possible that I went under 1200 calories a few times.

I don't like to exercise, but I'll try to lift some light weights and do at least half an hour of light exercise each day. I cut out the lentil chips and the yogurt, and I went down a pound today, finally!

So I guess that I should eat no more than 70 grams of carbs a day in order to loose weight. Once I loose the weight, I will never let myself gain more than 3 or 4 pounds as it take me forever to loose weight! At this rate, it'll take me at least a year and a half to loose 80lbs! Ugh!

Originally Posted by Michelea

Don't panic, it's still early in your diet. Healthy weight loss take a little time.

I was on the South Beach diet (low carb/low sugar/higher protein/healthy fats), and lost around 20-30 pounds (which is what I wanted to lose), but it didn't happen overnight.

You may already be checking labels to avoid these things, but sometimes things labeled as fat free or sugar free have tons of the other thing in them.

If you feel a little restricted by what you think you can eat on your diet, look online for South Beach (I am sure there are others available too) recipes/menus. Some are very yummy, which helps keep you motivated to continue the diet...and create a "life change" in the foods you eat.

Another good thing to do is avoid getting on those scales everyday, or maybe at all. Go by how your clothes are fitting. It is normal for weight to go up and down a bit each day (maybe even a few pounds), for reasons other than your diet.

If you want to see the scales number (and there is a bit of a reward in seeing that number going down), just check it once a week.

Good Luck on your diet!

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Congrats on loosing the weight! How long did it take you to loose 20-30 lbs.?
I know that a lot of packaged foods have a lot of sugar and additives in it that makes weight loss even more difficult if no impossible. Even worse is that some low carb products have a lot more carbs in them than they claim to have.

So that's why I stay away from most packaged foods unless it's something simple like canned tuna or sunflower seeds, or something with 5 ingredients or less in it. I usually make sure that I know what the ingredients in each thing I buy is. I'm pretty good at reading labels. I stay away from stuff that has artificial sweeteners or colors in it or any other preservative in it like msg, etc...

I don't believe in fad diets. Some say that a low carb diet is one, but this one incorporates whole real foods into my lifestyle, not fake food. I can't help but weigh myself everyday. If my clothes start to feel looser though, I'll feel a lot better about that scale not budging-

Originally Posted by RxQueen875

I tried it once and gained. I believe you also have to watch your cals and at lease light cardio. A walk around the block at least.

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Sorry to hear that- Yes, I am watching my calories. I do need to walk or exercise and start lighting weights again.

Originally Posted by unaluna

I would recommend weight watchers online. It costs, but you dont have to go to meetings, and they have a really nice online forum. And an online food tracker that is easy to use. I have tried others, this is my favorite. They give you a points "budget" for the week and each day. You eat whatever you want within that budget. I have been losing average a pound per week, ive been on it eleven weeks. I dont exercise that much. I didnt really change how or what i ate, just some amounts on some things. it just makes you more aware of better choices you could make to stay within your food budget.

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Thanks. I have tried W.W years ago, and I did loose weight. I hated going to those meetings though and getting weighed. Even worse was when I was the only person who lost 5 pounds that week, I got no positive feedback from anyone. The whole room was silent and I could tell that most of the bigger people, or maybe everyone was jealous of me. Not cool.

Other people got positive feedback, but not me. Also, I hate keeping track of what I eat. That's great that it worked for you. I'm good at knowing what a portion size is, but I'm going to replace my food scale today to make sure of things. I eat at home now to control the fat and caloric content of my food.

I'm going to d.l one of those calorie tracker things on my tablet and phone so that I don't go under or over my limit.

[Michelea]

Originally Posted by Shy Introvert

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Congrats on loosing the weight! How long did it take you to loose 20-30 lbs.?
I know that a lot of packaged foods have a lot of sugar and additives in it that makes weight loss even more difficult if no impossible. Even worse is that some low carb products have a lot more carbs in them than they claim to have.

So that's why I stay away from most packaged foods unless it's something simple like canned tuna or sunflower seeds, or something with 5 ingredients or less in it. I usually make sure that I know what the ingredients in each thing I buy is. I'm pretty good at reading labels. I stay away from stuff that has artificial sweeteners or colors in it or any other preservative in it like msg, etc...

I don't believe in fad diets. Some say that a low carb diet is one, but this one incorporates whole real foods into my lifestyle, not fake food. I can't help but weigh myself everyday. If my clothes start to feel looser though, I'll feel a lot better about that scale not budging-

Hmmm, I did this diet awhile ago, but I think under 6 months.

Yeah, it is important to use a diet you like and feel comfortable using.
I chose South Beach because it was originally created as a healthy cardiac diet.

lol, it is really difficult to stay off the scales when you are dieting, especially in the beginning. Think I jumped on them a few times a day when I first started the diet.

[cherryberry]

Originally Posted by Shy Introvert

About 5 days ago I started going on a low carb diet. I'm not really eating packaged foods most of the time, so I doubt that I'm eating more carbs that I think that I am. I'm mostly eating whole foods that aren't processed and I ended up only loosing a pound, then I gained that pound back today, WTH? UGH!!!!

So, I've been eating the same thing almost every day. The only good thing about this way of eating is that I'm almost never hungry since I eat a lot of mostly lean protein and fats.

Up until today, I was eating some low fat lentil chips, only one or two servings of it a day as I love chips, but I kept my carbs in check and didn't go over 100 grams a day. I cut those chips out today and all chips except for some pork rinds that has nothing else in it except for sea salt and rosemary.

I cut the carbs even more by just limiting myself to one serving of low sugar fruit a day. Everyday I'd eat sugar free greek yogurt sweetened with stevia, some almond milk w/o sugar, chia seeds, stevia, low sugar fruit, and make a smoothie out of it.

I'd also eat one or two cans of tuna in oil which is still low in fat, and 3 TBS of sunflower seeds, some low sugar beef jerky, turkey cold cut with salad and two tablespoons of no sugar dressing, and last night, a pre portioned low fat beef patty with worchestire sauce and one serving of cauliflower and parmesan cheese.

For breakfast today I just had 3 pieces of low fat Applegate bacon and I absorbed the extra fat with a tissue, and one egg cooked in non stick cooking spray. I don't eat any corn, wheat, pasta, bread, oats, rice, beans, lentils (aside from the lentil chips until today), and no potatos of any kind, or most carbs except for one serving of low sugar fruit like kiwi or berries now, and up until today, just one or two servings of low fat lentil chips.

I still ate stevia flavored yogurt and cheese though. I might cut out dairy soon as I heard that leads to weight gain. I'm eating almost the same stuff everyday. And I'm not loosing weight! WTH? My only treat is the occasional diet pepsi which I know isn't good, but having one once in awhile shouldn't hurt, right? I'm sure that I don't go overboard on portions. I know what a portion size is.

I measure everything. I drink lots of water mostly. I don' exercise though. I need to loose 80lbs. This is extremely frustrating!

Has anyone else NOT been able to loose weight w/o exercise on a low carb diet? IF you DID loose weight, how long did it take you to loose weight? Also, did anyone notice your weight loss? If so, how much did you have to loose before that happened? Ten pounds? Twenty? I'm sure that no one will notice much difference until I loose at least 25lbs. maybe as I'm huge right now.

I'm only 5'4, but I'm 183-185lbs. at the Drs. office usually, and a size 12-14, ugh! And i used to be a size 4-6 and around 105-115lbs most of the time! This sucks!

I don't drink now and I get plenty of sleep. Why am I not loosing weight? I feel like I'll be fat forever no matter what! I cut out the chips today so my carb intake for today will be 70-80 grams. Last night I did eat a little late. I ate at 9, so maybe I'm retaining water from last nights salty dinner?

I lost 40 pounds and kept them off by counting calories - measuring solid foods by weighing out the serving sizes that were specified on food packages or online, and measuring liquids the same way. Going low carb or cutting out a specific type of food doesn't work, and you dont need to pay for Weight Watchers. Just sign up for myfitnesspal, or google "how many calories does ot take to maintain my weight?" (maintaining the weight means staying at the same weight, not losing or gaining) and eat less than that and you will lose weight. Keep in mind that 3500 calories of food equal one pound of fat. Eat 3500 calories less than your maintenance calories and you'll lose a pound, just like eating 3500 more will cause you to gain a pound.
You might wonder how this should be calculated. You know your maintenance calories is the amount of calories it takes to stay at the same weight, but when it comes to eating 3500 less than that, you might not be sure whether you're supposed to be calculating this based on how many calories it takes to maintain your weight on a daily basis, or a weekly basis, or monthly, etc. Well, how you would do it all depends on how many or how few calories you need to consume per day, week or month to maintain your weight, and how fast you want to lose weight. For most people, unless they're absolutely huge or extremely active or something, it doesn't take more than 3500 calories a day to maintain their weight, therefore eating 3500 less than maintenance every day would be impossible and trying would be unhealthy. But if you are 200 pounds, for instance, need 2,000 calories to maintain your weight and wanted to lose a pound a week, you could eat 500 calories less than daily maintenance i.e 1500 calories, meaning you'd be eating 3500 calories less a week and would lose a pound that week.
Keep in mind that the amount of calories you would eat to maintain your weight will probably decrease as you lose weight and get smaller. Bigness of body, as well as being more active, are a few factors that usually increase your maintenance calories.
Keep a balance between healthy foods and treats, dont deprive yourself, and realize that if you've been doing this a few weeks and the scale isn't budging, then you aren't weighing / measuring or keeping track of how much you are eating (you MUST try to be as accurate as possible, solid foods should be weighed and not measured, and you should not ignore things you consume like butter, condiments, oil or small bites of things here and there, because everything you eat counts!), or that you only think you are not losing and theres a water fluctuation going on in your body, which can be caused by many factors.

Originally Posted by Michelea

Hmmm, I did this diet awhile ago, but I think under 6 months.

Yeah, it is important to use a diet you like and feel comfortable using.
I chose South Beach because it was originally created as a healthy cardiac diet.

lol, it is really difficult to stay off the scales when you are dieting, especially in the beginning. Think I jumped on them a few times a day when I first started the diet.

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Yeah, it is important to be able to stick to the diet you're on. It has to be one that you can live with.

I decided that maybe low carb isn't the way to go for me. I love carbs to much. I think that I should just eat one or two servings of carbs a day and try to mostly eat low glycemic foods instead.

That means that I can eat carbs, but they have to be good carbs like beans, brown rice, etc....no white stuff.

The funny thing is that on Sunday my husband and I went to Black Angus and I got a lean fillet mignon and for the appetizer, we shared the onion rings there. And I had a side of tater tots and coleslaw. Then later that night I had some natural light beer and vodka with zero calorie water. And I LOST three pounds on my cheat day when I was SURE I'd GAIN weight, LOL!

Wow, and I GAINED two pounds after being to hungover to keep much down a day after that! WTH? UGH!!!! I need to exercise more for sure. This is so weird!

I don't intend to have cheat day every week. I just needed carbs then. I'll stick to the good kinds 99% of the time from now on. On the low glycemic index diet, I lost and kept off 20 pounds that I lost in 3 months.

Originally Posted by cherryberry

I lost 40 pounds and kept them off by counting calories - measuring solid foods by weighing out the serving sizes that were specified on food packages or online, and measuring liquids the same way. Going low carb or cutting out a specific type of food doesn't work, and you dont need to pay for Weight Watchers. Just sign up for myfitnesspal, or google "how many calories does ot take to maintain my weight?" (maintaining the weight means staying at the same weight, not losing or gaining) and eat less than that and you will lose weight. Keep in mind that 3500 calories of food equal one pound of fat. Eat 3500 calories less than your maintenance calories and you'll lose a pound, just like eating 3500 more will cause you to gain a pound.
You might wonder how this should be calculated. You know your maintenance calories is the amount of calories it takes to stay at the same weight, but when it comes to eating 3500 less than that, you might not be sure whether you're supposed to be calculating this based on how many calories it takes to maintain your weight on a daily basis, or a weekly basis, or monthly, etc. Well, how you would do it all depends on how many or how few calories you need to consume per day, week or month to maintain your weight, and how fast you want to lose weight. For most people, unless they're absolutely huge or extremely active or something, it doesn't take more than 3500 calories a day to maintain their weight, therefore eating 3500 less than maintenance every day would be impossible and trying would be unhealthy. But if you are 200 pounds, for instance, need 2,000 calories to maintain your weight and wanted to lose a pound a week, you could eat 500 calories less than daily maintenance i.e 1500 calories, meaning you'd be eating 3500 calories less a week and would lose a pound that week.
Keep in mind that the amount of calories you would eat to maintain your weight will probably decrease as you lose weight and get smaller. Bigness of body, as well as being more active, are a few factors that usually increase your maintenance calories.
Keep a balance between healthy foods and treats, dont deprive yourself, and realize that if you've been doing this a few weeks and the scale isn't budging, then you aren't weighing / measuring or keeping track of how much you are eating (you MUST try to be as accurate as possible, solid foods should be weighed and not measured, and you should not ignore things you consume like butter, condiments, oil or small bites of things here and there, because everything you eat counts!), or that you only think you are not losing and theres a water fluctuation going on in your body, which can be caused by many factors.

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Thanks for all the tips. I knew most of that already. I'm going to just go back to eating low glycemic index foods. I think balance is key and to not go overboard on fat, protein, or carbs is best.

I'm going to keep track of everything, including salad dressing, etc....everything with even one calorie in it counts as do bites of food. My body is so weird. I LOST weight the day that I went out to eat on Sunday! WTH? And I GAINED weight when I hardly ate anything! I threw up some of what I ate that day and I gained 2 pounds!

I'm starting to think that my thyroid is messed up. I started doing some light stretching and light exercise today. I'll start using my ten pound weights again. My friend is thinner than I am, but she tried to loose weight and didn't eat much but chicken salad for two days and lost almost nothing.

I guess that happens when you get older, loosing weight becomes so much harder. I'll never let myself get fat again once I loose all this weight, if I ever do. I've been heavy for over ten years now. Hopefully that'll change soon with consistent diet and exercise. If it doesn't, then I'll need to get my thyroid checked even though it was normal the last few times supposedly.

[Evening]

The thing with your weight fluctuating is that any retention or anything sitting in your intestines will add weight. I can drop a few kg in weight and cm around my stomach over a few days depending on how I eat. And I can gain it back. Today is one of those days.
It might be better to weigh yourself on a weekly basis rather than a daily ine because of these fluctuations. And carbs aren't all bad, it's the type of carbs. Carbohydrates are what give you energy, it just needs to be complex carbs, so as you said brown rice, etc.

[scorpiosis37]

When your body fluctuates from day to day, you are not actually losing or gaining weight (fat/body mass). Those fluctuations are due to how much water you are restraining, what part of your cycle you are in, etc. You will not get accurate results if you weigh yourself every day. You should pick one day a week, and weigh yourself at the same time on that day. Also, if you reduce your calories but don't do exercise, specifically strength training, some of the weight you lose will be from muscle-- not just fat (usually 60-70% fat, 30-40% muscle/lean mass). Doing more exercise will also help your skin tighten up once you lose weight. I recommend the fooducate app. If you pay $5 for the upgraded version, it will track all of your nutrients (% carbs, % protein, % fat) as well as your grams of sugar, saturated fat, net carbs, salt, etc. It's extremely helpful in figuring out what you are getting too much of and too little of. It's super easy and, if you stick with it, you will absolutely see results. I don't have any weight to lose anymore, but I still use it to help me stay on track. What I discovered using the app is also that a lot of seemingly healthy foods that you buy in the grocery store have ingredients that are actually really bad for you-- if you scan those in fooducate, it will point that out and offer an explanation. For instance, the 98% lean turkey I was buying had a bunch of unhealthy stuff in it-- so now I buy a different brand without that stuff.

Originally Posted by Evening

The thing with your weight fluctuating is that any retention or anything sitting in your intestines will add weight. I can drop a few kg in weight and cm around my stomach over a few days depending on how I eat. And I can gain it back. Today is one of those days.
It might be better to weigh yourself on a weekly basis rather than a daily ine because of these fluctuations. And carbs aren't all bad, it's the type of carbs. Carbohydrates are what give you energy, it just needs to be complex carbs, so as you said brown rice, etc.

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You're probably right about that. I'll try to weigh myself once a week from now on. I gave up on the low carb diet. I need carbs. I love carbs. I try not to eat to much of anything. I keep my calories in check. I'm not hungry anymore, and I don't feel deprived either. This will make loosing weight slower, but it's something that I can live with. Diets don't work.

Originally Posted by scorpiosis37

When your body fluctuates from day to day, you are not actually losing or gaining weight (fat/body mass). Those fluctuations are due to how much water you are restraining, what part of your cycle you are in, etc. You will not get accurate results if you weigh yourself every day. You should pick one day a week, and weigh yourself at the same time on that day. Also, if you reduce your calories but don't do exercise, specifically strength training, some of the weight you lose will be from muscle-- not just fat (usually 60-70% fat, 30-40% muscle/lean mass). Doing more exercise will also help your skin tighten up once you lose weight. I recommend the fooducate app. If you pay $5 for the upgraded version, it will track all of your nutrients (% carbs, % protein, % fat) as well as your grams of sugar, saturated fat, net carbs, salt, etc. It's extremely helpful in figuring out what you are getting too much of and too little of. It's super easy and, if you stick with it, you will absolutely see results. I don't have any weight to lose anymore, but I still use it to help me stay on track. What I discovered using the app is also that a lot of seemingly healthy foods that you buy in the grocery store have ingredients that are actually really bad for you-- if you scan those in fooducate, it will point that out and offer an explanation. For instance, the 98% lean turkey I was buying had a bunch of unhealthy stuff in it-- so now I buy a different brand without that stuff.

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Thanks for the tips. I don't want to loose muscle, so I'll try to exercise more. I gave up on dieting as I love carbs, so I decided to eat only a small amount of forbidden food once in awhile. I count portions.

I don't exceed 1500 calories, and I normally eat no more than 1200-1400 calories a day on average. I mostly eat unprocessed food and I avoid sugar most of the time. This is a much more sustainable long term way of eating for me instead of going on a diet and restricting what I eat all the time.

It'll take me forever to loose weight this way, but the chances of me keeping the weight off is good since I won't go overboard and give in to cravings and pig out since I'm already eating what I like in moderation. I'm no longer hungry anymore-

[ScientiaOmnisEst]

Nvm, but good luck anyway.

[~Christina]

Increase your water intake, a lot . 8oz glass 15 mins before meals. Helps you feel full faster and of course water is fantastic for your entire body.

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I always drink lots of water. I love ice water. It's my favorite drink. I know that it's good to keep hydrated, And it's great for the skin too.

So far I've managed to loose 5lbs. just by not eating to much and cutting back on carbs a little, but not completely. I can live with this-

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I've been on a low-carb, high-protein diet for like 4 months now and I've lost 30 pounds. I'm a lot bigger than you, though. I started at 250. It took me like a month to start seeing the weight loss. And it really didn't start kicking in until I added resistance training and cardio into my routine(:

I wouldn't panic or anything! There's lots of yummy stuff you can eat, and my dietitian has taught me that it's really about the net carbs, so even if something has like 30 carbs, if it has like 45g of protein its ok to eat!

Congrats on our weight loss! Thanks for the info. I'm eating carbs again. I'm no longer on a diet, but I am trying to eat whole foods and control my portions. I won't loose weight fast that way, but when I do, it'll probably stay off longer. Good luck with your weight loss! It's hard, but if we stick to it, we'll get to where we want to be eventually! Lifting weights is good! Muscle burns fat! I'll start using my weights and start walking more. I'm kind of forced to move more now that I just started working. I'm going to start a second job soon.

Hey Shy, I think the amount of work you'll be doing you may well find you burn the calories off, especially if you end up shop floor.

Think weights and walking is a great idea, basically anything you enjoy is good imo because you're more likely to stick to it.

I don't personally like idea of diets which cut out food groups, carbs are essential for energy, just make sure you balance them out with lean protein.

Originally Posted by prefabsprout

Hey Shy, I think the amount of work you'll be doing you may well find you burn the calories off, especially if you end up shop floor.

Think weights and walking is a great idea, basically anything you enjoy is good imo because you're more likely to stick to it.

I don't personally like idea of diets which cut out food groups, carbs are essential for energy, just make sure you balance them out with lean protein.

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Hi, it probably will. Now that I'll be working two jobs soon, I'll loose weight w/o really trying to hard to- I have to wait for the background check to clear and that might take a week. I got hired for a deli position for a grocery store!

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Originally Posted by ~Christina

Increase your water intake, a lot . 8oz glass 15 mins before meals. Helps you feel full faster and of course water is fantastic for your entire body.

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I cannot agree more.

Also, I doubt that you are doing the right thing eating stevia and foregoing fruit. Stevia still contains carbs, even though it does not contain calories. With fruit, you get HYDRATION, which always helps - see above, plus FIBER, which binds sugar, plus vitamins and other good stuff, and you feel full. Stevia does not do any of that for you - it just makes the taste sweet. I dropped it in favor of real fruit.

I also need to lose 80 lbs after having lost 10 lbs, but I am hopeful that I will lost at least some if not all the way. But I do much more exercise than you do, and my skin looks tight and toned. If you could add swimming, go for it - in my experience it does wonders to skin tone.