Question:
Does adding carbs slow weight loss?
I have just started adding a few carbs a day to my diet. I had a half sandwich for dinner last night and a half of a nectarine mid-day for a snack. Ever since I added carbs (about a week now) I haven't lost a pound--in fact this morning the scale was up 1.5 lbs! Has anyone else noticed a stop or decrease in weight loss when adding carbs? — Laura R. (posted on July 16, 2001)
July 16, 2001
I don't know if this is true for everyone but it is for me. About three
weeks ago I started watching what I was eating and I was taking things
like, half a sandwich or part of a bagel or noodles for lunch at work and I
gained a pound each week for two weeks. I was really upset because I
thought I was eating too much. So this weekend I was really strict and I
only ate veggies and protein items and this morning I lost 3 pounds. I am
almost 10 months post op and I have really slowed down but carbs where
making me slowly creep back up on the scale. I think I will stick to
protein and veggies.
— Sherri M.
July 16, 2001
I wouldn't worry about a 1.5 lbs gain;it's probably water retention,like my
doctor said even if you add carbs to your diet the amount of it that we
intake it's not enough to make you gain weight.Just relax and enjoy your
foods I assume that you like me didn't go through all this to be forever
obsessed with what your eating... :)
— [Anonymous]
July 16, 2001
Maybe thats the problem---I am 13 months post op-lost 117lbs gone but have
remained the same weight now since March---A few weeks ago I started
looking on this site for answers regarding plateaus and I found that most
claim the plateaus were broken by returning to the way we ate in the
beginning. Interesting factor is that in the beginning I could not
tolerate breads at all-(just pizza crust and melba toast) potatoes-I
gagged!, and I would go into a somewhat slight dump if I exceeded a certain
amount of sugar--When I was able to add these things, my loss slowed
down--I should have seen this connection but didn't---it has to be the
carbs---2 weeks ago I just ate proteins-minimal carbs and an increase in
the fluids---walllah---it budged-ever so slightly but it did. I went back
to the carbs and it crept back up to the 187 its been. So now I know--
Funny how last year I said I would have been content just being
170lbs....now I am angry that I can't budge because I am not willing to
settle for less because of all the work I went through for this!!
— Carole C.
July 16, 2001
I am Pre-Op, but I know that my body does not process Carbs very well. I
started doing Suzanne Somers' program that is based on not combing carbs
and proteins together, because your body releases insulin when you eat
carbs and that in turn converts the carbs(and anything else you ate with
them) to sugar and is stored as fat. When I follow her program strictly
the weight starts coming off.
I would recommend that you read her books. Her program is based on a
medical principal that Sugar is the problem in our diets today and not the
Fat.
All the best to you! KM
— Kim M.
July 16, 2001
Be careful people. Carbs are the fuel for our bodies. Although we
shouldn't eat more than we burn off
(because this fuel will turn to sugar) we don't want to make our diet only
protein. If the body is only taking in protein it will absorb probably
about half that we intake and then it will start feeding on out lean muscle
mass including the most important muscle, our heart. That is why people
with eating disorders die of heart attacks. Be careful.
— Christine A.
July 24, 2001
Watch the carbs! You do need some carbs for energy; but, eat
too many and you will slow the weightloss. Count your carb
grams. It's become like a religion for me. I allow myself 50
grams of carbs a day....spread over my 4 mini meals.
— [Anonymous]
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