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On 12/27/2011 3:45 PM, Robin Temple wrote:
> Hello folks,
> Newbie here having not such good luck with Paleo in terms of weight
> loss. I would really like to drop about 30 lbs.
> Was pretty strict with Paleo for three weeks after Thanksgiving and
> lost about 7 lbs. Felt really good as well.
That is really good -- not only the weight loss but the fact that you
stuck to it for three weeks and were feeling good overall.
> Then a week before Christmas was
> at a dinner party and cheated with a sweet potatoe and potatoe dish. Had a
> few drinks and ice cream for dessert. The following day I stuck to Paleo
> except I had a big dish of ice cream at nite. The next day I got on the scale
> and was horrified to see that I had gained back six lbs.
Personally, my first rule of dieting is to stay off the scale. Use your
mirror and your tape measure as your guides -- the scale, as you just
noticed, is unreliable.
> How is that possible?
As already noted, salt may be part of the answer. But I suspect the
biggest part of the answer is you were carb-depleted. Normally, your
muscles and your liver maintain stores of carbohydrates to draw on for
quick energy. When you go on a low-carb diet (which paleo usually is),
those stores will get used up. There's nothing wrong with that -- your
body will then switch over and burn fat for fuel. But when you eat a
bunch of carbs, your muscles and liver will soak them up and store them
for future use. For every gram of stored carbs, your body needs 3
grams of water to store along with it.
So between the carbs and the salt, you probably picked up quite a bit of
"water weight".
The good news is it's easy to lose the water weight -- just cut the
carbs and the salt and it melt back off in a few days. The bad news is
that actual fat loss will take a while longer. But keep at it, and
you'll get it done.
> Have not been that great w Paleo this week as it is the holidays. I want
> to get back on the routine on Jan. 1.
I doubt you are alone on that one. :)
> Can anyone recommend a Paleo routine for losing weight? Should I stop all
> fruit for awhile? Limit carbs seriously? Any help would be appreciated.
Stick with paleo and you will naturally limit fruits and carbs.
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