Fri, May-30-03, 17:31
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 280/203/200
BF:
Progress: 96%
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
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OK, the first carbs you eat when you "go back" will be immediately burned, knocking you out of ketosis - fat burning.
The first excess carbs (carb-loading) you eat will be stored as glycogen in your liver, adding 3-5 pounds of water weight for each pound of glucose up to 5-10 lbs total.
The next round of excess carbs will flood your bloodstream, driving up your insulin levels as your body struggles with the excess glucose. The insulin/glucose flood will trigger the conversion of this excess into fat.
The very process of dieting (any diet) is believed to increase the number of fat cells in the body by maybe 20%. (Precursor cells are allowed to mature into fat cells - the new cells are smaller, but there are more of them.) These extra cells make it easier to regain lost weight and harder to lose the weight the next time around. That is one reason why yo-yo dieting is so destructive long-term.
The instructor therefore was only partly right, at best - not the first carbs, but rather the first or second big glut of overeaten carbs will be turned into fat.
The point is this - IF you go on a diet - STAY on the diet!! The yo-yo-ing and cheating are not benign variations - they are deadly. Our WOE needs to be a WOL in order to keep the weight off.
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