I hope that these aren't famous last words but my rate of weight loss right now is unbelievably fast on this low carb diet.
A bit of background:
I am 58 years old and have always lost weight extremely slow. My last big push started in 2008 and it took me 2 years to get from 300+ to below 200 pounds. I just looked at my weight log and it took from Jan 14, 2010 to March 22 to go from 204 to 198. I was working hard at it too. I weighed and measured my food, stuck to 1200 calories and was exercising 4-5 days a week at a gym.
Then my father was diagnosed with cancer, and, for several reasons related to that, I started eating badly and gained back up to 250 over the course of a couple of years.
Fast forward to 2013, in March I was feeling desperate about my weight. My knees hurt badly, my mobility was decreasing, and I just could not stick to a healthy food plan. I decided to try a local bariatric physician.
I started on March 20. At first she put me on what seemed like an extreme diet, low carb, 800 - 900 calories and 20 net carbs per day. We gradually raised the calories and carbs and now I eat about 1100 calories and under 50 net carbs per day. I often find that I am perfectly happy with 30 to 40 net carbs a day.
I expected, and got, fast weight loss at first. I am amazed that my rate of loss stays so good! When I started getting close to 200 I mentally prepared myself for a slow down. I weigh so much less than in March and eat so many more calories that it was logical that my loss would slow down.
My rate of loss has not slowed down. Actually my rate of loss has been faster in August than it was in June and July. On August 1st my weight was 205.2. I hoped to get below 200 by the end of the month but was prepared for it to be sometime in Sept. However, on Saturday I saw a whoosh down to 198.8. This morning I weighed 197.6. My head is swimming
this is so unbelievable!
I am kicking myself for not embracing low carb sooner. It is so much easier and better for me. I just wanted to tell someone and thought that this is the appropriate place.