Off Atkins

[avram]

OK, I’m off Atkins. For now. This run was a proof-of-concept, and with fourteen pounds lost in eleven days, without even exercising, I consider the concept pretty damn well proven.

Step 2: I find out how quickly it comes back when I go off.

December is a silly time to be trying to lose weight; I’m officially Not Worrying About It till 2004.

Fruit! Sweet Gaia, I can eat fruit again!

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Just a note: a good portion of that 14 pounds is water retention that was flushed out when you moved your body onto a fat-burning economy, and it's going to start storing it again if you switch back to a glucose economy. You'll need to lose more weight over a longer period of time to test what you are wanting to test.

Just a datapoint. (I lost about 50 pounds on Atkins over 4-5 months. I've gained back about 20 of it, but I've been especially sloppy about eating junk food lately, so I'm unsurprised. I plan on going back onto a strict diet after GaFilk.