Nelie, interesting about the glycogen. I didn't know that. Since the glycogen binds water (right?), is that mainly water weight? Seems like everybody loses big the first 2 weeks, even calorie counting, as long as the diet is significantly "better" than what the person was doing before. I lost 14 lbs just switching from eating truckdriver-like portions of junk food to eating "normal" portions of junk food, when I started last year, just as one example, so is that the same thing going on there? Of course, at that point, I didn't care what kind of weight it was, I was just happy to be 14 lbs lighter!
Now, of course, I'm much more protective of my muscle weight and glycogen stores, so I hope to keep those in good supply, and am aiming for mostly fat loss if I can help it.
CJ, I'm not the greatest with the science part of dieting, but my understanding is that you need carbs to burn fat and also to store fat, since they stimulate the insulin, which is what can access the fat cells (I might be butchering this utterly, I warn you!). So, my feeble mind figured that if I was gonna have an insulin spike, like with sugary fruit, or the sugar in my tea, it would be best if I wasn't having it at the exact same time I'm loading up on my proteins and good fats, cuz if I get the spike, and there's not a lot of fat or "excess" calories to store, what can it do? Anyway, it's just an experiment on my part, because I like to have a yogurt for breakfast, I like to have some sugar and a little milk in my tea, and it seems like if I'm going to have those, it certainly can't hurt to keep them separate from the fats/proteins which are the bulk of my calories, even if it's not really helping (like if I'm totally wrong about the science of it, which is entirely possible...worst case, it doesn't help at all, but so far, it at least doesn't seem to be packing the pounds on, so something somewhere is working).
