What Janet said. As well as, when you start a new eating plan, follow it. Stick with it for at least a month, and see what happens.
If you have weight loss, if you have other benefits that you can see, keep sticking with it. Keep sticking with it until and unless you hit a 2 month plateau.
At that point, maybe, you'll need to change things. But not always, and not usually what the conventional wisdom would tell you.
Last year, in the winter, I started eating WAY too much dried fruit and ice cream, and regained 12 of 20 lbs I'd lost in 7 months. By May, I'd slapped myself around, and gotten back on the plan that had gotten me there in the first place: Wheatbelly, where I ate zero grains, and no more than 45 carbs/day, with no more than 15 in any 4-6 hour window.
In 3 months, I was back to where I'd been before my carb out.
But then, I stayed there for close to two months. So, I raised my fat, I lowered my carbs, and started losing again. Not at lightening speed, but today I'm 10 lbs lower than last July, and closing in on goal. Mind you, I didn't start eating coconut oil by the tablespoon, I just started eating eggs cooked in bacon grease, more bacon, period, and ate things like the crispy skin on chicken.
Your low carb journey won't be identical to mine. But what you most likely WILL find, that is nearly universal, is that your hair gets shiny and lovely again (we need fat in our diets), your brain works better again (we need fewer carbs, and more fat to feed our brains) and your joints are less painful (higher carbs = higher levels of inflammation = more pain). And, because you feel better, you'll want to move more, and that will increase muscle tone.
Whatever lovely changes you have in your future, keep asking questions and letting the forum know how you're doing. People here really do care.
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