I did the no carb diet again, this time with no alcohol either.
Lost twenty pounds in two weeks. Crazy. Went back on carbs today.
I might have been wrong thinking I had transitioned into old man metabolism.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:Dumb slut partied too hard and woke up in a weird house. Ran out the door, weeping for her failed life choices, concerned townsfolk notes her appearance and alerted the fuzz.
(1) If you cut carbs, you are going to lose a huge amount of water weight. Here I am talking about somewhere between five and ten lbs depending upon your overall mass if you are also in a sustained calorie deficit (which causes even more water loss).
(2) If you cut carbs, you are likely just on a calorie deficit as well. You can do that any way you please and lose weight.
(3) Lumping all carbs together is midguided. There are bad carbs that most Americans eat way too much of (bread, chips, tortillas, bagels, donuts, candy, sugary sodas..). There are good carbs you generally want to eat a lot of, especially vegetables.
If you don't believe me, weight yourself in the morning after you download to get a baseline weight without carbs. Then go back to your regular carb-eating diet, but try to eat at maintenance calories so you shouldn't add any more fat. In two days of that, repeat with another weigh-in after you download. You will be surprised by the result, because there is no way you could have gained 5+ lbs of fat in two days. You didn't. It's just water.
Carbs cause water retention, which doesn't make you look fat. Actually quite the opposite. They make your muscles look bigger.
Focus on eating good carbs like spinach, green beans, broccoli, peppers, carrots, onions..
You did not likely gain that much weight in fat. Your body just retained more water when you left a caloric deficit and even more water when you began to consume sufficient carbs again.
You should go by direct measurements and appearance. If your abs start to fade away, then cut your calories a bit until they come back. Abs are a great indicator of your fat levels, since having a visible six pack means you are at worst around 12-14% body fat, which actually is ideal. If they start to go away, then you are gaining far. This doesn't work for women as well, since they tend to put fat on their ass first.
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