The occasional cheat, followed by a small whoosh!?
 

Greetings Fellow Low-Carbers...

'Splain this to me: I'm not sure why, but on the odd occasion when I allow
myself to cheat, not only does it not seem to affect me (or knock me out of
ketosis), but - perversely enough - it sometimes will result in a slightly
accelerated weight drop.

Example: I'd been hovering around 244 for a day or so. I'd already cheated
at lunch by having a "house special" roll and a couple of pieces of sushi
with the rice for lunch. That evening, I decided "screw it" and pigged out
on pizza - 4 slices of Papa Johns thin crust, and 3-4 pieces of "chicken
sticks" appetizer to boot. Now, in the old days I'd polish off most of a
large by myself, but after 4 pieces plus the chicken sticks I was stuffed to
the gills (think "Mr. Creosote", if you're a Monty Python fan). I shudder
to think what the carb count for the day was.

So the next morning I step on the scale....and I'm at 242. The day after
that, I hit 241.

I don't do it often - I don't want to revive old eating habits - but it
seems like the occasional cheat doesn't hurt me. What gives?

LowCarbLurker
262/241/175 (since 9/8/2003)

P.S. My coworkers are starting to notice. A woman I worked with stopped me
in the hall yesterday with "you look different - are you smaller?" and when
I told her I'd lost 20 pounds in the past 6 weeks she looked worried and
said she hoped I wasn't sick. Which evolved into a 4-person hallway
mini-seminar on Atkins. :)

I got into this to knock down my high cholestrol and triglycerides, not
further my modeling career (haha)...but it's nice to get compliments. And
fit into all those old clothes I never had the heart to give to Goodwill
(down from a 42 waist to all my old comfortably sprung 40 waist jeans, and
some of my cool old XL t-shirts fit again...)

The occasional cheat, followed by a small whoosh!?
 

I read a web page recently that gave a scientic explanation for this.
Apparently after you have been losing weight for a while the body tries to
resist further weight loss by adjusting the production of chemicals
(leptin?) in the body. If you eat 'norally' for a short period your
metabolism is 'reset' and the weight loss resistance is relaxed. I have no
idea how much truth there is in this, but it makes a kind of sense.

Sorry I can't remember the web address

Martin

"LowCarbLurker" NA wrote in message
...
Greetings Fellow Low-Carbers...

'Splain this to me: I'm not sure why, but on the odd occasion when I allow
myself to cheat, not only does it not seem to affect me (or knock me out
of
ketosis), but - perversely enough - it sometimes will result in a slightly
accelerated weight drop.

Example: I'd been hovering around 244 for a day or so. I'd already
cheated
at lunch by having a "house special" roll and a couple of pieces of sushi
with the rice for lunch. That evening, I decided "screw it" and pigged
out
on pizza - 4 slices of Papa Johns thin crust, and 3-4 pieces of "chicken
sticks" appetizer to boot. Now, in the old days I'd polish off most of a
large by myself, but after 4 pieces plus the chicken sticks I was stuffed
to
the gills (think "Mr. Creosote", if you're a Monty Python fan). I shudder
to think what the carb count for the day was.

So the next morning I step on the scale....and I'm at 242. The day after
that, I hit 241.

I don't do it often - I don't want to revive old eating habits - but it
seems like the occasional cheat doesn't hurt me. What gives?

LowCarbLurker
262/241/175 (since 9/8/2003)

P.S. My coworkers are starting to notice. A woman I worked with stopped
me
in the hall yesterday with "you look different - are you smaller?" and
when
I told her I'd lost 20 pounds in the past 6 weeks she looked worried and
said she hoped I wasn't sick. Which evolved into a 4-person hallway
mini-seminar on Atkins. :)

I got into this to knock down my high cholestrol and triglycerides, not
further my modeling career (haha)...but it's nice to get compliments. And
fit into all those old clothes I never had the heart to give to Goodwill
(down from a 42 waist to all my old comfortably sprung 40 waist jeans, and
some of my cool old XL t-shirts fit again...)

The occasional cheat, followed by a small whoosh!?
 

"Martin" wrote in message
...
| I read a web page recently that gave a scientic explanation for this.
| Apparently after you have been losing weight for a while the body tries to
| resist further weight loss by adjusting the production of chemicals
| (leptin?) in the body. If you eat 'norally' for a short period your
| metabolism is 'reset' and the weight loss resistance is relaxed. I have no
| idea how much truth there is in this, but it makes a kind of sense.
|
| Sorry I can't remember the web address
|
| Martin
|
| "LowCarbLurker" NA wrote in message
| ...
| Greetings Fellow Low-Carbers...
|
| 'Splain this to me: I'm not sure why, but on the odd occasion when I
allow
| myself to cheat, not only does it not seem to affect me (or knock me out
| of
| ketosis), but - perversely enough - it sometimes will result in a
slightly
| accelerated weight drop.
|
| Example: I'd been hovering around 244 for a day or so. I'd already
| cheated
| at lunch by having a "house special" roll and a couple of pieces of
sushi
| with the rice for lunch. That evening, I decided "screw it" and pigged
| out
| on pizza - 4 slices of Papa Johns thin crust, and 3-4 pieces of "chicken
| sticks" appetizer to boot. Now, in the old days I'd polish off most of
a
| large by myself, but after 4 pieces plus the chicken sticks I was
stuffed
| to
| the gills (think "Mr. Creosote", if you're a Monty Python fan). I
shudder
| to think what the carb count for the day was.
|
| So the next morning I step on the scale....and I'm at 242. The day
after
| that, I hit 241.
|
| I don't do it often - I don't want to revive old eating habits - but it
| seems like the occasional cheat doesn't hurt me. What gives?
|
| LowCarbLurker
| 262/241/175 (since 9/8/2003)
|
| P.S. My coworkers are starting to notice. A woman I worked with stopped
| me
| in the hall yesterday with "you look different - are you smaller?" and
| when
| I told her I'd lost 20 pounds in the past 6 weeks she looked worried and
| said she hoped I wasn't sick. Which evolved into a 4-person hallway
| mini-seminar on Atkins. :)
|
| I got into this to knock down my high cholestrol and triglycerides, not
| further my modeling career (haha)...but it's nice to get compliments.
And
| fit into all those old clothes I never had the heart to give to Goodwill
| (down from a 42 waist to all my old comfortably sprung 40 waist jeans,
and
| some of my cool old XL t-shirts fit again...)

Here is what your looking for. I have also had the same results:
http://www.theministryoffitness.com/.../article18.htm
Chris B.
265/250/220
Aug 25, '03

The occasional cheat, followed by a small whoosh!?
 

Martin wrote:

I read a web page recently that gave a scientic explanation for this.
Apparently after you have been losing weight for a while the body tries to
resist further weight loss by adjusting the production of chemicals
(leptin?) in the body. If you eat 'norally' for a short period your
metabolism is 'reset' and the weight loss resistance is relaxed. I have no
idea how much truth there is in this, but it makes a kind of sense.

Sorry I can't remember the web address

Martin

I wonder how long that short period might be? And the trick is
having the self-discipline to get back to LCing thereafter.

--
Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA