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Old February 23rd, 2009, 06:05 PM posted to alt.support.diet
Doug Freyburger
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Default Is what I am experiencing normal

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Ok I am on a diet and so far its working and I am loosing weight,
which is the good news I have lost about ten pounds in two weeks. The


For keeping it off the loss rate that gives the best long term
chance is 4 per month. Losing faster than that is not good
news no matter how much you wish to lose quickly.

If you work out the calories it turns out that losing more than
about 2 pounds in a week guarantees the rest is something
other than fat. Losing lean is a bad idea and to be avoided.
Most likely it's the carbs stored in your body and the water
your body dissolved it in. There's no real problem losing
this carb/water except that the amount available is finite.
Once it's gone the loss rate starts to reflect fat only loss.
Understand that this burst was one time only.

bad news is I am totally exhausted and I have no energy whatsoever. I
can barely get out of bed is this normal and if so will it get better?


The usual reason for very rapid water loss is low carbing.
The body stores carb dissolved in the water so when the
stored carbs are burned without being replaced the
dissolving water goes with it.

Energy changes (higher or lower) are very common in the
first two weeks of low carbing. The effect goes away in
approximately the third week. Common and temporary.