Luna wrote in message .. .
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(Lucy) wrote:

Hey all! I've been lurking on this newsgroup for a little while and
find it interesting reading.

I'm not really doing Atkins, just sticking to whole and multigrains
and elminating processed food as much as possible. Probably eating
about 100 grams of carbohydrates a day, give or take. I do have a
question about Atkins, though and I wonder if someone who's done
induction can answer it. I understand induction acts as a kind of
natural diuretic and you can lose a couple pounds of water weight in
the first two weeks or so.

How does this translate into inches and if you do lose inches where do
they tend to be from? I'm asking for a slightly selfish reason, I want
to wear a certain dress for a wedding and it would look better if I
had an inch less stomach. I wouldn't expect the loss to be long term,
I'm doing the slow but sure fat loss for that, but a reasonably quick
and healthy shrinking of the gut for that one night would be nice.

Lucy
165/142/130
5'6''

Hey, I think usually people lose a lot of water weight on induction,
because for most people going to 20 grams a day is a very drastic change.
Also, you're so close to goal you may not lose enough to tell the
difference. My suggestion: lingerie shops make some great undergarments for
smoothing and sucking in the tummy, and a lot of them are quite comfortable.


I'm probably going to do just that, thanks for the suggestion. I
really wish crunches were as effective as the women's magazines
claimed they were, the lying rags. Heh.