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Nancy Howells wrote:
In article , (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote: What's In A Name? wrote: Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185 your whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound back on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this, blame society for the way it treats fat people. cop out much? I'm not at all sure that's a cop-out. I fear gaining any of the weight back, but since I had come to some sort of peace with myself prior to losing weight (I had to - I had to live in my body, and "traditional" higher-carb/lower-fat plans weren't doing well for me), I believe my fear comes from the way I was (and often still am) treated. i do believe that you're smart enough to know that no one on the face of the planet can tell whether or not your weight has fluctuated by a single pound just from looking at you. People are aware that rudeness toward fat people isn't just accepted, it's expected. You see it here, too. it didn't stop him from getting fat in the first place. |
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What's In A Name? wrote:
Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185 your whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound back on me scares me. IF you end up with a dextrose solution rather than a saline solution (and you can probably ASK for saline and specifically decline dextrose), and IF the temporary extra carbs in it cause you to gain any weight, that weight would only be WATER that is retained in the liver along with the new glycogen stores. As long as you stay low-carb otherwise, the water would be shed as that glycogen store is used up again within the next couple of days. In any case, it would not be FAT that would be gained, and there is a HUGE (so to speak) difference. Is someone ELSE weighing you every day (perhaps a snide 7th grader) who is going to ridicule you if the scale moves up a lb or 3? Are you going to be treated differently if your liver weighs 3 lbs more than it did yesterday? Who's going to know? Focusing on the number on the scale to the degree that you freak out when you gain what you KNOW to be temporary water and not FAT is downright illogical. Do you freak out whenever you need to take a big dump or after eating a low-carb, but heavy meal? Yeah, we all look in dismay and momentary alarm at a sudden jump upwards on the scale (sheesh, try being a WOMAN for a month and seeing what happens on the scale just before your period arrives), but freaking out does no good whatsoever, and it's much easier to deal with mentally if you are prepared for it and know the situation to be temporary. -- Saffire 205/148/125 - 5'1.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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