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Gaining weight on induction
Hi all,
I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal |
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Gaining weight on induction
Noticing some salty foods there, in the bacon and sausage. May be helping
you to retain water. I'd skip the processed pork (perhaps replace with hamburger or chicken breast), double my water intake, and see what happens. Good luck. Jake. |
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Thanks Jake,
I do salt EVERYTHING... this may be the problem... Talking with my wife (she is 45kg Duh!!) perhaps I am using too much oil on the salads... Hard to know. The portions are very light and I do not eat between meals. According to the "strips" I am not in keytosis, unless the faintest hint of purple is keytosis??? It is weird - last time I lost so fast and so easily I just thought it would happen the same way.... "Our" bodies sure are complex... Mal Jake wrote: Noticing some salty foods there, in the bacon and sausage. May be helping you to retain water. I'd skip the processed pork (perhaps replace with hamburger or chicken breast), double my water intake, and see what happens. Good luck. Jake. |
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Hoedy;
Something to think about is a salt substitute (like "No Salt"). It has no sodium, is high in Potassium and really has a decent "salt" flavor. I use it for the Potassium. Regards Dan "Mal" wrote in message . au... Thanks Jake, I do salt EVERYTHING... this may be the problem... Talking with my wife (she is 45kg Duh!!) perhaps I am using too much oil on the salads... Hard to know. The portions are very light and I do not eat between meals. According to the "strips" I am not in keytosis, unless the faintest hint of purple is keytosis??? It is weird - last time I lost so fast and so easily I just thought it would happen the same way.... "Our" bodies sure are complex... Mal Jake wrote: Noticing some salty foods there, in the bacon and sausage. May be helping you to retain water. I'd skip the processed pork (perhaps replace with hamburger or chicken breast), double my water intake, and see what happens. Good luck. Jake. |
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Mal wrote:
I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. The question is what are you gaining. If you are in ketosis it is NOT fat. Atkins is a fat loss process not a water loss process. I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) Ah, 5 pounds. My water retention swing is 5-6 pounds, too. The difference is I eventually learned what my water swing is. Water, water, everywhere, and all of it on the fricken scale. But at least not a speck of it is actually fat. You are doing fine. |
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Something is amiss in your method of counting calories.
-- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Mal" wrote in message . au... Hi all, I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal |
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Hmm. Can't say for sure without exact portions, but it doesn't look like
the OP is overdoing the food. People do gain weight for other reasons than excess calories, sometimes. Water weight gain, for example. Or, in my case, a really crappy cheap scale where the reading fluctuates relative to the humidity in the air. It usually says I'm lighter than the scale at the gym, though, not heavier. For the original poster, I would suggest using fitday.com and accurately measuring your portions, to see what your exact calorie count is. I remember reading something here that if you've done low-carb before, gone off it, then go back on, it's harder to lose the second time, so calories are even more important. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: Something is amiss in your method of counting calories. -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Mal" wrote in message . au... Hi all, I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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If you are eating less than maintenance calories, you will not gain weight.
Which part of this do you not understand? -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Luna" wrote in message ... Hmm. Can't say for sure without exact portions, but it doesn't look like the OP is overdoing the food. People do gain weight for other reasons than excess calories, sometimes. Water weight gain, for example. Or, in my case, a really crappy cheap scale where the reading fluctuates relative to the humidity in the air. It usually says I'm lighter than the scale at the gym, though, not heavier. For the original poster, I would suggest using fitday.com and accurately measuring your portions, to see what your exact calorie count is. I remember reading something here that if you've done low-carb before, gone off it, then go back on, it's harder to lose the second time, so calories are even more important. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: Something is amiss in your method of counting calories. -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Mal" wrote in message . au... Hi all, I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Oh, I understand that. But I also understand that very occasionally people
gain weight even when their calories are less than what their body needs. In very rare circumstances, to be sure, like extra water retention from certain medications, stuff like that. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: If you are eating less than maintenance calories, you will not gain weight. Which part of this do you not understand? -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Luna" wrote in message ... Hmm. Can't say for sure without exact portions, but it doesn't look like the OP is overdoing the food. People do gain weight for other reasons than excess calories, sometimes. Water weight gain, for example. Or, in my case, a really crappy cheap scale where the reading fluctuates relative to the humidity in the air. It usually says I'm lighter than the scale at the gym, though, not heavier. For the original poster, I would suggest using fitday.com and accurately measuring your portions, to see what your exact calorie count is. I remember reading something here that if you've done low-carb before, gone off it, then go back on, it's harder to lose the second time, so calories are even more important. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: Something is amiss in your method of counting calories. -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Mal" wrote in message . au... Hi all, I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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No, you don't understand.
-- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Luna" wrote in message ... Oh, I understand that. But I also understand that very occasionally people gain weight even when their calories are less than what their body needs. In very rare circumstances, to be sure, like extra water retention from certain medications, stuff like that. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: If you are eating less than maintenance calories, you will not gain weight. Which part of this do you not understand? -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Luna" wrote in message ... Hmm. Can't say for sure without exact portions, but it doesn't look like the OP is overdoing the food. People do gain weight for other reasons than excess calories, sometimes. Water weight gain, for example. Or, in my case, a really crappy cheap scale where the reading fluctuates relative to the humidity in the air. It usually says I'm lighter than the scale at the gym, though, not heavier. For the original poster, I would suggest using fitday.com and accurately measuring your portions, to see what your exact calorie count is. I remember reading something here that if you've done low-carb before, gone off it, then go back on, it's harder to lose the second time, so calories are even more important. In article , "JC Der Koenig" wrote: Something is amiss in your method of counting calories. -- JC Lyle's New Ultimate Diet "1. eat less you fat **** 2. exercise more you fat ****" "Mal" wrote in message . au... Hi all, I was on the Atkins diet some 9-12mths ago and lost 15 or so KG (about33lbs)..... I went back to carbs and gained about 10KG (22lbs) I am now in my second week of induction and still gaining. I eat:- B/fast 2 eggs (fried) two sausages (pure minced meat) and two rashers of bacon. Evening: Meat/fish/egg and salad greens.... (Moderate portions - standard dinner plate about 1" deep) I drink lots of water 1 cup of coffee am/pm..... I use cream, instant coffee and stevia to sweeten. I walk 1hr per day (gentle-moderate) and do forty "squats" per day (without weights). I am almost 55yrs old and my starting weight was 100kg at the start - it is now 102.2kg (about 220 now 225lbs) My calorie count has decreased markedly.... Something is amiss? Maybe the coffee but it is a very low carb count (say 2 per cup)... The "greens" - cabbage is my absolute favourite - may include a portion of cauliflower some days and small quantities of herbs (fresh) chilli white raddish etc... Similar story to Mr Richard Wakeman post? Any help appreciated Mal -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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