Mini-whoosh

Did you go to a bar and not smoke? None of my business, just wondering.
Alcohol is a dieturetic so it is feasible that it took off previous water
weight. Any way you cut it, you are doing great.
MJ

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit

smoking

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almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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So maybe that gain was just

water weight?<<

Two weeks ago I went on a 6 day round of prednisone for my arthritis. I weighed
myself last week and I had gained a pound! Of course I was upset until this
morning, when I got on the scale and found I had lost 3 1/2 lbs. Meds can
really mess up your system!

Luna said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit smoking
almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

I have always said that the beer diet is where I seem to lose the most
weight.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit smoking
almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

Sounds like it. I have YET to have a 3-lb whoosh in 14 months on Atkins, so good
for YOU :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

You are lucky. Tobacco is a stimulant, and people who quit smoking
suffer/enjoy a slowdown of their metabolic rate, which generally means a
weight gain.

On the other hand, alcohol is a diuretic, and can dry out your body,
resulting in a temporary weight loss.

Best thing? Just keep doing what you enjoy, and don't worry about it. You
will find what's best for you.
..

Luna said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit smoking
almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

Luna, you have been do this far too long to ask such a silly question. And
far too long to be paying daily attention to weight swings.

In article <[email hidden]>,

MU said:

Luna said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit smoking
almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

Luna, you have been do this far too long to ask such a silly question. And
far too long to be paying daily attention to weight swings.

I have not been trying to maintain my loss while quitting smoking for very
long. I pay closer attention to my weight when I have made a major
lifestyle change. I don't normally have daily weight swings either.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes is the equivalent of burning about 200
calories, and since I was smoking 3 packs a day I need to eat 600 calories
less a day to avoid gaining (assuming that exercise stays the same) and I
have not been doing that. I have been eating more. I should be gaining
actual fat, not water weight. I have increased exercise, but not enough to
make up for how much I've been eating.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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Quoted message said:

Luna, you have been do this far too long to ask such a silly question. And
far too long to be paying daily attention to weight swings.

Luna said:

I have not been trying to maintain my loss while quitting smoking for very
long. I pay closer attention to my weight when I have made a major
lifestyle change. I don't normally have daily weight swings either.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes is the equivalent of burning about 200
calories, and since I was smoking 3 packs a day I need to eat 600 calories
less a day to avoid gaining (assuming that exercise stays the same) and I
have not been doing that. I have been eating more. I should be gaining
actual fat, not water weight. I have increased exercise, but not enough to
make up for how much I've been eating.

I hear what you say but the whole idea of pondering over (and perhaps
worrying about) daily weight changes is still an unnecessary and
self-defeating event. I weighed myself every day when losing but for an
entirely different reason. Plain curiosity and statistical history. Could
have cared less what the numbers said in terms of goal reaching. Never
spent much time trying to figure out the physiology of it; biochemistry is
too fragile for that, too (in)dependent of so many variables such as heat,
pressures, mixes etc etc. After six weeks or so, it bored me so I gave up
all record keeping and the curiosity was gone.

Luna:

This low carb business is a walk in the park compared to quitting smoking!

I've been smoke free for 11+ years. Good luck to you, and like the food
cravings, the nico cravings will eventually pass.

The quitting smoking/having kids/not enough free time, definately
contributed to my weight gain over the years.

Larry
6/21/04
293/265.5/190

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In article <[email hidden]>,

MU said:

Luna said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit

smoking

Quoted message said:

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almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but

still)

Quoted message said:

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and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To

my

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surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was

just

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water weight?

Luna, you have been do this far too long to ask such a silly question.

And

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Quoted message said:

far too long to be paying daily attention to weight swings.

I have not been trying to maintain my loss while quitting smoking for very
long. I pay closer attention to my weight when I have made a major
lifestyle change. I don't normally have daily weight swings either.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes is the equivalent of burning about 200
calories, and since I was smoking 3 packs a day I need to eat 600 calories
less a day to avoid gaining (assuming that exercise stays the same) and I
have not been doing that. I have been eating more. I should be gaining
actual fat, not water weight. I have increased exercise, but not enough

to

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make up for how much I've been eating.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

MU said:

Luna said:

Yesterday morning I weighed myself and discovered that since I quit smoking
almost 2 weeks ago, I had gained 2 pounds. Last night I went out to
karaoke and had a bit more to drink than usual, (light beers, but still)
and I was curious if it would show up on the scale this morning. To my
surprise I actually LOST 3 pounds, and I'm back to 149. My scale is
accurate and consistent as far as I can tell. So maybe that gain was just
water weight?

Luna, you have been do this far too long to ask such a silly question. And
far too long to be paying daily attention to weight swings.

I have not been trying to maintain my loss while quitting smoking for very
long. I pay closer attention to my weight when I have made a major
lifestyle change. I don't normally have daily weight swings either.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes is the equivalent of burning about 200
calories, and since I was smoking 3 packs a day I need to eat 600 calories
less a day to avoid gaining (assuming that exercise stays the same) and I
have not been doing that. I have been eating more. I should be gaining
actual fat, not water weight. I have increased exercise, but not enough to
make up for how much I've been eating.

I've picked up my biking, 100-200 miles a week and I'm losing about
3-4 lbs a week. I kicked my carbs up to 30-40 grams a day as well and
don't feel as tired from a 40 mile ride. Right now I'm really losing
inches, I've had to cinch up all my shorts and it's really beginning
to show.

Luna, you're doing fine. The quitting smoking is a good thing and in
a months time you'll see why. A doctor friend of mine told me that's
how long it takes your body to adjust to the lack of nicotine and for
your lungs to clear themselves of tar.
All good medicine,
GREENFEATHER