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"Dropped 19" wrote:
"Martin W. Smith" wrote in message .. . "Dropped 19" wrote: I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that overnight!!! Do you mean you ate and drank nothing from evening weigh-in to morning weigh-in? no - i don't weigh at night. from one morning to the next morning . Then 2.5 lbs is within the margin. If it happens multiple days in a row, so that you establish a trend, then something is wrong, but 2.5 lbs over one 24 hour period could easily just be water/glycogen. |
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"DG511" wrote in message ... "Dropped 19" ttttt writes: I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. Yeah, that's part of TOM. One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that overnight!!! So i started getting suspicious. I didn't change my diet in any big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled chicken and some shrimp that could have been marinated in something. I don't thin kthis would do anything more than stall me a little - not send the scales through the roof!! Here's a weird question: how often did you weigh before you went low-carb? Never. I just didn't. Maybe once in 6 months. Because 2.5 pounds is within the realm of normal for daily weight fluctuation as far as I've read. And especially at TOM. When I started, I already knew I had a monthly weight fluctuation of 3 pounds directly related to my TOM. So I started at my peak to guarantee an almost immediate loss of 3 pounds. (I actually lost 8 pounds in the first 6 days.) When I was losing, I'd gain 1-3 pounds at TOM, and lose the 3 pounds again. In maintenance, I gain and lose the 3 pounds. So what you're describing sounds perfectly normal. Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at the scale again. Relax and wait until after TOM to even look at the scale again. Thanks - at least i can pay attention and learn that this may be something to expect. |
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It's water weight from your TOM. Relax. Stop weighing yourself everyday too.
You'll drive yourself crazy. -- Sheli "Dropped 19" wrote in message . .. I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that overnight!!! So i started getting suspicious. I didn't change my diet in any big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled chicken and some shrimp that could have been marinated in something. I don't thin kthis would do anything more than stall me a little - not send the scales through the roof!! Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at the scale again. (and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!) |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:36:00 GMT, "Dropped 19"
wrote: I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. Poor Tom. He gets the blame for everything. ;-) Carol |
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says... Dropped 19 wrote: Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at the scale again. Don't worry, it's completely normal to retain water as TOM gets near. Some months I gain over 5 lbs. Of course it doesn't help that I crave salt at that time. Why can't I crave chocolate like any normal woman? lol I crave salt then, too. And I give in to the craving -- WTF, I'm going to gain water weight then ANYWAY :-) -- Saffire 205/149/125 - 5'1.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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Yeah, he has to hang around for 5-7 days, make me irritable, and just be
generally useless. Just in my case. LOL! -- Linda 296/203/160 LC since Oct. 13, 2003 http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html "Carol" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:36:00 GMT, "Dropped 19" wrote: I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. Poor Tom. He gets the blame for everything. ;-) Carol |
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I gain anywhere from 5 to 10 lbs during my tom. I like to use those days as
"rest" days from lowcarbing. I don't know if its the raging hormones but it's the only time of the month where I can eat 1 piece of bread or a handful of chips and not want more. If it's not my TOM I can't eat bread or chips because it sends me into such a downward spiral. Eva "Dropped 19" wrote in message . .. I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that overnight!!! So i started getting suspicious. I didn't change my diet in any big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled chicken and some shrimp that could have been marinated in something. I don't thin kthis would do anything more than stall me a little - not send the scales through the roof!! Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at the scale again. (and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!) |
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In article , "Dropped 19"
wrote: I am getting close to TOM and things are getting weird. One day i woke up and was 2.5 lbs up. No way you can just gain that overnight!!! So i started getting suspicious. I didn't change my diet in any big way. i went out to dinner one night and ate a piece of grilled chicken and some shrimp that could have been marinated in something. I don't thin kthis would do anything more than stall me a little - not send the scales through the roof!! Just let me know if I should relax and wait till after TOM to even look at the scale again. (and for you scale-haters out the Don't even reply! I don't wanna hear it! Step away from you r keyboard!!!) Relax. TOM can do weird things water weight. I jumped up a significantly higher amount (as much as 9 pounds) for awhile there - and it usually happens when I'm in for a rough one. YMMV, and I hope it does, but do NOT stress over this if you know you've been fighting the good fight - it's just TOM. -- Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail). |
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