Thu, Sep-13-12, 07:54
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Posts: 6,140
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Plan: Mostly Fung/IDM
Stats: 165/138.4/135
BF:???/better/???
Progress: 89%
Location: Washington state
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Your question is complex and you will likely get a variety of answers. First, weight loss is almost always great the first week as you dump glycogen stored in the liver, along with several pounds of water stored with it. While you may have lost a pound or two of actual fat that first week, most of it would have been water. When you ate ice cream and pizza, the glycogen was likely restored, along with the water. So, since your off plan eating, you have been re-losing that water. It's hard to know how much actual fat you might have lost since re-starting, but 1/2 is not unreasonable for someone not too overweight.
As for calories, some people find they can eat more calories eating low carb than they did previously, but many of us do not. I have found that I have had to decrease calories as I approach goal to keep losing. If you read the New Atkins for a New You, they suggest you not pay any attention to calories the first couple of weeks and see where you land. If you don't lose weight, they suggest a half dozen tweaks, including women restricting calories in the range of 1500-1800 per day to see if that starts reliable weight loss. Are you on a specific plan? How many carbs are you eating per day? It may be carbs and it may be calories...
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