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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'' |
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i don't think you will get a tummy shrink its prob from all over. but not i have never done this and really have no clue but on the yahoo chat room a girl i talk to alot swore when she had to get into a dress for weddings and prom she went to a spa and got a think its called a sea weed wrap it squeezes out water weight i guess its very temp but she said it takes off a few inches. now mind you its only water weight and comes right baack. and i have never done it only hear say. stick wiht the slow and steaady you will get there natalie "Lucy" wrote in message om... 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'' |
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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. -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Luna wrote in message .. .
In article , (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. |
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"Chakolate" wrote in message .4... I know that others have said you can't expect to lose from your tummy, but let me tell you what happened to me. In the first two weeks, I lost about 14 pounds, and 2 inches in my waist. Others who've measured themselves on starting and after a couple of weeks have said the same thing. I do *not* claim it will happen to you. I *do* ask this: except for a few pounds and an inch or two, what've you got to lose? Chakolate One thing to note here, the OP stated she was already eating low carb (about 100g per day), so she may not experience the large loss of water weight because of this. Also, she is only about 15 pounds overweight at this point. She may get a small effect from it, but I find it highly unlikely that she will lose any large amount of water weight or inches. Chris That's probably true. *sigh* Not worth the effort then, as I've no plans to go that low carb on a permanent basis. I really wish there was something effective you could do about bizarre little gut protrusions, but I guess if there was someone would already be rich off of it. |
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Chakolate wrote in message . 1.4...
(Lucy) wrote in om: 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. I know that others have said you can't expect to lose from your tummy, but let me tell you what happened to me. In the first two weeks, I lost about 14 pounds, and 2 inches in my waist. Others who've measured themselves on starting and after a couple of weeks have said the same thing. I do *not* claim it will happen to you. I *do* ask this: except for a few pounds and an inch or two, what've you got to lose? Chakolate That probably would be too much for me to expect unfortunately . It's great for you, though! 14 pounds! It takes me at least three months to lose that much, maybe more. |
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Lucy wrote:
I really wish there was something effective you could do about bizarre little gut protrusions, but I guess if there was someone would already be rich off of it. There is, and they are. It's called liposuction. :0) Bird |
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Lucy wrote:
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. Well, crunches are effective for toning and strengthening the muscles of the abdoment, but that doesn't mean you will be able to see the effect. You have to lose the fat to see those muscles, and crunches aren't particularly good for burning a lot of fat. martin -- Clark for President http://www.clark04.com/ Martin Smith |
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