too much weight loss?

Most of it is simply water weight that comes when you start low carbing.
don't worry, the losing with slow down. Then you'll be singing quite a
different tune.

as for your hubby...he won't drop too low if he eats enough food. Have he
eat somes nuts, that will no doubt slow this loss. And, if he can't eat
because he just isn't hungry, then he'll need to up his carbs.

tia wrote:
:: i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day
:: that i was on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to
:: see what my total was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that
:: sounds extreme to me, and honestly im wondering if thats dangerous
:: or too fast. is this common? from what i've been reading, folks
:: are trying to lose about 5 per month. maybe some info about me
:: would help? i'm 28, no real meds, just birth control... highest
:: ever wt was 315, and im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to go
:: to hit goal at 150, but its well on its way.
::
:: also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight.
:: he's lost 12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month
:: when i started lc. i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense
:: carbs, while having him eat healthy, but his appetite is only so
:: big. we cant afford two sets of foods, so since i need to lose
:: pretty bad, he decided to lc with me. will low carb drop him too
:: low? do you think he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs isnt
:: horrible, but its low for him. any lower and im going to be real
:: concerned. he's very muscular and atheletic and while its nice
:: seeing the muscles show thru more and more, im worried he will drop
:: too far. plus 12lbs in 1 month is a huge percentage for him at his
:: weight.
::
:: any ideas? please help.
::
:: --
:: _____________________________
:: This be Tia's SIG!!! YAY!

You said several times that you have not been eating much because of stress
so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you regularize your
eating your loss will slow down.

When I started LC my SO also started losing weight and he doesn't need to.
So I often add a potato or some rice to his meal. The instant mixes are
great for this, Idahoan makes flavored mashed potatoes that are excellent
and there are a number of flavored instant rice mixes. Makes it easy to add
some carbs to the basic LC meal.

In news:[email hidden],
tia <[email hidden]> stated
| i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day that
| i was on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to see
| what my total was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that sounds
| extreme to me, and honestly im wondering if thats dangerous or too
| fast. is this common? from what i've been reading, folks are trying
| to lose about 5 per month. maybe some info about me would help? i'm
| 28, no real meds, just birth control... highest ever wt was 315, and
| im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to go to hit goal at 150,
| but its well on its way.
|
| also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight. he's
| lost 12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month when i
| started lc. i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense carbs,
| while having him eat healthy, but his appetite is only so big. we
| cant afford two sets of foods, so since i need to lose pretty bad, he
| decided to lc with me. will low carb drop him too low? do you think
| he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs isnt horrible, but its
| low for him. any lower and im going to be real concerned. he's very
| muscular and atheletic and while its nice seeing the muscles show
| thru more and more, im worried he will drop too far. plus 12lbs in 1
| month is a huge percentage for him at his weight.
|
| any ideas? please help.
|
| --
| _____________________________
| This be Tia's SIG!!! YAY!

Those Idahoan flavored mashed potatoes have partially hydrogenated oils:

http://www.idahoan.com/grocery/index1.htm

I think potatoes and butter would be better.

FOB said:

You said several times that you have not been eating much because of
stress
so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you regularize your
eating your loss will slow down.

When I started LC my SO also started losing weight and he doesn't need
to.
So I often add a potato or some rice to his meal. The instant mixes are
great for this, Idahoan makes flavored mashed potatoes that are excellent
and there are a number of flavored instant rice mixes. Makes it easy to
add
some carbs to the basic LC meal.

In news:[email hidden],
tia <[email hidden]> stated
| i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day that
| i was on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to see
| what my total was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that sounds
| extreme to me, and honestly im wondering if thats dangerous or too
| fast. is this common? from what i've been reading, folks are trying
| to lose about 5 per month. maybe some info about me would help? i'm
| 28, no real meds, just birth control... highest ever wt was 315, and
| im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to go to hit goal at 150,
| but its well on its way.
|
| also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight. he's
| lost 12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month when i
| started lc. i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense carbs,
| while having him eat healthy, but his appetite is only so big. we
| cant afford two sets of foods, so since i need to lose pretty bad, he
| decided to lc with me. will low carb drop him too low? do you think
| he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs isnt horrible, but its
| low for him. any lower and im going to be real concerned. he's very
| muscular and atheletic and while its nice seeing the muscles show
| thru more and more, im worried he will drop too far. plus 12lbs in 1
| month is a huge percentage for him at his weight.
|
| any ideas? please help.
|
| --
| _____________________________
| This be Tia's SIG!!! YAY!

--
Bob M
remove ".x" to reply

FOB wrote:
:: You said several times that you have not been eating much because of
:: stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you
:: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.

Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her husband was
ill?
Surely not.

::
:: When I started LC my SO also started losing weight and he doesn't
:: need to. So I often add a potato or some rice to his meal. The
:: instant mixes are great for this, Idahoan makes flavored mashed
:: potatoes that are excellent and there are a number of flavored
:: instant rice mixes. Makes it easy to add some carbs to the basic LC
:: meal.
::
:: In news:[email hidden],
:: tia <[email hidden]> stated
::: i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day
::: that i was on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to
::: see what my total was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that
::: sounds extreme to me, and honestly im wondering if thats dangerous
::: or too fast. is this common? from what i've been reading, folks
::: are trying to lose about 5 per month. maybe some info about me
::: would help? i'm 28, no real meds, just birth control... highest
::: ever wt was 315, and im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to
::: go to hit goal at 150, but its well on its way.
:::
::: also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight.
::: he's lost 12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month
::: when i started lc. i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense
::: carbs, while having him eat healthy, but his appetite is only so
::: big. we cant afford two sets of foods, so since i need to lose
::: pretty bad, he decided to lc with me. will low carb drop him too
::: low? do you think he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs
::: isnt horrible, but its low for him. any lower and im going to be
::: real concerned. he's very muscular and atheletic and while its
::: nice seeing the muscles show thru more and more, im worried he will
::: drop too far. plus 12lbs in 1 month is a huge percentage for him
::: at his weight.
:::
::: any ideas? please help.
:::
::: --
::: _____________________________
::: This be Tia's SIG!!! YAY!

Roger Zoul said:

FOB wrote:
:: You said several times that you have not been eating much because of
:: stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you
:: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.

Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her husband was
ill?
Surely not.

I think she is. She's the one who doesn't get along with the Queen. She also
seems to be following JC's advice to reduce her food intake as much as she can.
But since none of us has a webcam pointed at Tia, none of us know whether
she's been eating a reasonable amount of food or she's been starving herself.

tia said:

i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day that i was
on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to see what my total
was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that sounds extreme to me, and
honestly im wondering if thats dangerous or too fast. is this common? from
what i've been reading, folks are trying to lose about 5 per month. maybe
some info about me would help? i'm 28, no real meds, just birth control...
highest ever wt was 315, and im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to go
to hit goal at 150, but its well on its way.

also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight. he's lost
12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month when i started lc.
i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense carbs, while having him eat
healthy, but his appetite is only so big. we cant afford two sets of foods,
so since i need to lose pretty bad, he decided to lc with me. will low carb
drop him too low? do you think he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs
isnt horrible, but its low for him. any lower and im going to be real
concerned. he's very muscular and atheletic and while its nice seeing the
muscles show thru more and more, im worried he will drop too far. plus
12lbs in 1 month is a huge percentage for him at his weight.

any ideas? please help.

Hi Tia,

It looks like you need to tell others how much food you have actually eaten for
anyone to tell you whether you have lost a reasonable amount of weight or you've
been so successful because you've been starving yourself. May be you can try to
track your calories for the next 3 days or so and post your stats here, that
would get you more helpful replies.

Cheers,
Ada

Roger Zoul said:

Ada Ma wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: FOB wrote:
::::: You said several times that you have not been eating much

because

Quoted message said:

::::: of stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When

you

Quoted message said:

::::: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.
:::
::: Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her
::: husband was ill?
::: Surely not.
:::
::
:: I think she is. She's the one who doesn't get along with the

Queen.

Quoted message said:

:: She also seems to be following JC's advice to reduce her food

intake

Quoted message said:

:: as much as she can. But since none of us has a webcam pointed at
:: Tia, none of us know whether she's been eating a reasonable amount
:: of food or she's been starving herself.

Well, if she is the poster that i now recall as not eating (due to an

ill

Quoted message said:

hubby), and even being encouraged to eat by myself and others, and if

she

Quoted message said:

really hasn't been eating, and is now posting as if she didn't expect

to

Quoted message said:

lose 25 lbs and is wondering if that's too much, then she is about to

make

Quoted message said:

my "stupid" list.

;-)

Ada Ma wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: FOB wrote:
::::: You said several times that you have not been eating much because
::::: of stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you
::::: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.
:::
::: Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her
::: husband was ill?
::: Surely not.
:::
::
:: I think she is. She's the one who doesn't get along with the Queen.
:: She also seems to be following JC's advice to reduce her food intake
:: as much as she can. But since none of us has a webcam pointed at
:: Tia, none of us know whether she's been eating a reasonable amount
:: of food or she's been starving herself.

Well, if she is the poster that i now recall as not eating (due to an ill
hubby), and even being encouraged to eat by myself and others, and if she
really hasn't been eating, and is now posting as if she didn't expect to
lose 25 lbs and is wondering if that's too much, then she is about to make
my "stupid" list.

Roger Zoul said:

Ada Ma wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: FOB wrote:
::::: You said several times that you have not been eating much because
::::: of stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you
::::: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.
:::
::: Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her
::: husband was ill?
::: Surely not.
:::
::
:: I think she is. She's the one who doesn't get along with the Queen.
:: She also seems to be following JC's advice to reduce her food intake
:: as much as she can. But since none of us has a webcam pointed at
:: Tia, none of us know whether she's been eating a reasonable amount
:: of food or she's been starving herself.

Well, if she is the poster that i now recall as not eating (due to an ill
hubby), and even being encouraged to eat by myself and others, and if she
really hasn't been eating, and is now posting as if she didn't expect to
lose 25 lbs and is wondering if that's too much, then she is about to make
my "stupid" list.

I only hope she doesn't go from one extreme (obese) to another...

"Ignoramus15841" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In my first month of dieting, I lost 20 lbs. I was not even low
carbing, just eating less and walking, maybe 50% of calories from fat.
It was an unintended rate of weight loss that slowed to 8 lbs per
month thereafter. It simply happened.

[SNIP]

being on every low fat diet imaginable, i never lost more than 8lbs the
first week and 2lbs after that, per week, then dwindling down to every
month, then nothing. it sucked. im not new to starving myself, i did it
all through highschool and reading that thread about anorexia really didnt
seem all that shocking. girls have been starving themselves into whatever
the 'size' is that year for a very long time. i have never been successful
on a diet, much less with starvation. when i get stressed, i cant eat. for
two weeks i sat and worried about a very wonderful person who i love dearly.
you're calling me stupid? well alright then.. but to have lost a
significant amount of weight with low carb (i never lost weight like this,
duh, or i wouldnt be here or obese in the first place), thats astonishing to
me. as far as *i* knew, nobody lost 25lbs in a month without being severely
overweight or doing some drastic surgery...which is why i asked here.

i have regained eating since my man's alright. we are still under a lot of
stress but now that im home i'm okay and having 1 solid meal a day with
snacks at night while we watch adult swim (cartoon network)...(yea yea,
flame on)...oh and by the way, im not doing it because *JC* said so.. lol.
im doing it because im just not hungry -- why should i force feed myself?
isnt that why i'm here in the first place? everybody says its eventually
about calories -- why should i force too many on me?

anyway, you asked what i eat? today a sandwich with lc bread. water,
water, water. honestly im not hungry. yesterday it was jello, lc chips &
salsa. day before that was a steak, sauteed veggies and jello.

if starvation worked, i wouldnt be so surprised. i guess it will
eventually, but my sugar was so out of control. i would get weak, dizzy,
almost sick i was so hungry. not the case here in low carb. yes i find it
to be a miracle. something works. so i'm naive that it would really work
that well for me. /shrug. if thats stupid, i guess i am. for somebody
that failed time and time again, im proud of the [almost] 100lbs (5 more to
go for that lil goal) ive lost so far and the 25lbs this month due to low
carb. thanks for the support to those that have been supportive. i really
appreciate your advice.

-tia

"tia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

i have regained eating since my man's alright. we are still under a lot
of stress but now that im home i'm okay and having 1 solid meal a day with
snacks at night

I'm glad you're both home.

Quoted message said:

anyway, you asked what i eat? today a sandwich with lc bread. water,
water, water. honestly im not hungry. yesterday it was jello, lc chips &
salsa. day before that was a steak, sauteed veggies and jello.

LC works particularly well for people with IGT and diabetics. Your glucose
control will get better with weight loss, particularly if you maintain that
with exercise. I think if I were you though I'd try for more veggies and
less jello : ) There's also the concept that you might slow your metabolism
by eating too little - although I agree you don't want to force-feed
yourself. Maybe if you added in some exercise to that cartoon mix you'd want
to eat a bit more good food, and solve several dilemmas in one : )

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

"Nicky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm glad you're both home.

thanks. its almost like we feel we can overcome anything at home, yanno?

Quoted message said:

LC works particularly well for people with IGT and diabetics. Your glucose
control will get better with weight loss, particularly if you maintain
that with exercise. I think if I were you though I'd try for more veggies
and less jello : ) There's also the concept that you might slow your
metabolism by eating too little - although I agree you don't want to
force-feed yourself. Maybe if you added in some exercise to that cartoon
mix you'd want to eat a bit more good food, and solve several dilemmas in
one : )

Nicky.

still working out the diabetic thing. when i talked to mom last, she said i
was positive for the hypoglycemic part, but she doesnt recall a positive for
diabetes, so its off to the doc when i get the chance. ya, you're right
about the veggies and exercise. i do walk, i didnt mention that, and when
husband feels better, we're going to run around the track again like we used
to. im still really new to this low carb lifestyle, but as well as i'm
doing, id like to stick with it. thanks for your advice, nicky. i really
appreciate it. 🙂 🙂 🙂

-t

i was wondering how you handle low carb foods that have sugar in them? im
doing my best to try and find deli meats, chicken broths, etc, without
sugar. so far, ive just been avoiding foods and restaurants that
specifically dont use marinades and sugary ingredients. its getting pretty
sparse tho. do you just cope with the small amounts of sugars in foods? or
do you avoid them ? ive not found a single deli meat (regardless of price)
that didnt have a trace of sugar or dextrose, and i cant seem to find
italian style sausages and other products that dont have at least dextrose
in them. chicken broth - fuggedabout it... everything has sugar. im
worried about the last time i tried atkins and i accidentally had something
with sugar and i got really sick. so what do you guys do?

-tia
___

"Nicky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"tia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

i have regained eating since my man's alright. we are still under a lot
of stress but now that im home i'm okay and having 1 solid meal a day
with snacks at night

I'm glad you're both home.

Quoted message said:

anyway, you asked what i eat? today a sandwich with lc bread. water,
water, water. honestly im not hungry. yesterday it was jello, lc chips
& salsa. day before that was a steak, sauteed veggies and jello.

LC works particularly well for people with IGT and diabetics. Your glucose
control will get better with weight loss, particularly if you maintain
that with exercise. I think if I were you though I'd try for more veggies
and less jello : ) There's also the concept that you might slow your
metabolism by eating too little - although I agree you don't want to
force-feed yourself. Maybe if you added in some exercise to that cartoon
mix you'd want to eat a bit more good food, and solve several dilemmas in
one : )

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

tia said:

i was wondering how you handle low carb foods that have sugar in

them? im

Quoted message said:

doing my best to try and find deli meats, chicken broths, etc,

without

Quoted message said:

sugar. so far, ive just been avoiding foods and restaurants that
specifically dont use marinades and sugary ingredients. its getting

pretty

Quoted message said:

sparse tho. do you just cope with the small amounts of sugars in

foods? or

Quoted message said:

do you avoid them ? ive not found a single deli meat (regardless of

price)

Quoted message said:

that didnt have a trace of sugar or dextrose, and i cant seem to find

Quoted message said:

italian style sausages and other products that dont have at least

dextrose

Quoted message said:

in them. chicken broth - fuggedabout it... everything has sugar. im

Quoted message said:

worried about the last time i tried atkins and i accidentally had

something

Quoted message said:

with sugar and i got really sick. so what do you guys do?

-tia
___

"Nicky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"tia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

i have regained eating since my man's alright. we are still under

a lot

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

of stress but now that im home i'm okay and having 1 solid meal a

day

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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with snacks at night

I'm glad you're both home.

Quoted message said:

anyway, you asked what i eat? today a sandwich with lc bread.

water,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

water, water. honestly im not hungry. yesterday it was jello, lc

chips

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

& salsa. day before that was a steak, sauteed veggies and jello.

LC works particularly well for people with IGT and diabetics. Your

glucose

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

control will get better with weight loss, particularly if you

maintain

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

that with exercise. I think if I were you though I'd try for more

veggies

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and less jello : ) There's also the concept that you might slow

your

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

metabolism by eating too little - although I agree you don't want

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

force-feed yourself. Maybe if you added in some exercise to that

cartoon

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

mix you'd want to eat a bit more good food, and solve several

dilemmas in

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

one : )

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Learn to cook your own. These foods are designed to appeal to
non-low-carber masses, hence the sugar.

Roger Zoul said:

FOB wrote:
:: You said several times that you have not been eating much because of
:: stress so that is probably why you have lost so much. When you
:: regularize your eating your loss will slow down.

Oh, is this the poster who hasn't eaten for weeks because her husband was
ill? Surely not.

of course it is.

"tia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

i was wondering how you handle low carb foods that have sugar in them?

Carb is carb - your body doesn't care if you're eating a spoonful of
glucose, potatoes or flour. I don't avoid glucose especially (just add it
all up), but I'm very careful of sugar alcohols, because I metabolise them
in just the same way as sugar.

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Ignoramus15841 said:

I cannot see a huge harm in eating 1 gram of sugar in 100 grams of
meat.

i

As is nearly always the case in manufactured foods, there are plenty of
carbs to go around. Here's a link to just hot dogs but the same
applies to other deli meats. Check out the range of carbs due to
"low-fat" varieties.

http://www.wmdt.com/diet/previous-diet.asp+id+59

tia said:

i have a chart where i track my weight. i noticed the other day that i was
on low carb for exactly 1 month. i weighed that day to see what my total
was for the month....... i lost 25lbs? that sounds extreme to me, and
honestly im wondering if thats dangerous or too fast. is this common? from
what i've been reading, folks are trying to lose about 5 per month. maybe
some info about me would help? i'm 28, no real meds, just birth control...
highest ever wt was 315, and im at almost 215 now. i still have a bit to go
to hit goal at 150, but its well on its way.

also, another question, my husband is dropping a lot of weight. he's lost
12lbs this month and he was at his goal of 172 last month when i started lc.
i'm trying like mad to get him to eat more dense carbs, while having him eat
healthy, but his appetite is only so big. we cant afford two sets of foods,
so since i need to lose pretty bad, he decided to lc with me. will low carb
drop him too low? do you think he will stop somewhere? at six foot, 160lbs
isnt horrible, but its low for him. any lower and im going to be real
concerned. he's very muscular and atheletic and while its nice seeing the
muscles show thru more and more, im worried he will drop too far. plus
12lbs in 1 month is a huge percentage for him at his weight.

any ideas? please help.

Give him some sweet dessert, like ice cream, carrot cake, little cakes
or something like that.

These pack in the carbohydrates and extra calories to keep his weight up.

Then you and he differ in diet in only one thing.