Fri, Jul-25-03, 16:21
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Plan: SPII IS/BOAG
Stats: 186/136/140
BF:A lot/18%/20%
Progress: 109%
Location: Jackson, MS
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I think insulin control also figures into it -- we accustom our bodies to low and even blood sugar levels, so we don't have much insulin floating around in our systems to store fat. When we eat "normally", we go into insulin overdrive, and the pounds pack on. It evens out eventually, as your system gets used to running on carbs again, and you go back to maintaining or gaining at pre-LC rates. If high-carb is what made you gain before, high-carb will do it again! Lisa is so right -- eat like you used to eat, and you'll weigh what you used to weigh!
Also, you put on a fair bit of water weight if you suddenly shift to high-carb eating -- that's why a 4-oz serving of ice cream can make you gain 5 lbs overnight. It's the exact reverse of that big induction water/glycogen weight loss. When I went on my honeymoon cruise, I ate dessert every day and drank more than usual, and the scales went up 8 lbs in a week. They were back down 8 lbs after a week of clean eating, so I didn't gain any real fat weight. But If I'd started doing Atkins with only 10 pounds to lose, and didn't really understand about water/glycogen storage, I could easily have thought I gained it all back and given up entirely.
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