Journal de bizzybee38, 12 mars 18

After I have a less than keto meal I try to stay more carnivore. Mostly meat & eggs to get back into a deeper ketosis. It seems to help. Good luck. It's a nice day to begin again! 

Hey Bizzybee38! You'll be allright, get back on that wagon. It's simple, what works and is a fact, eat less than 20 grams of carbs a day. You'll be back burning your own fat and the pounds will melt away. It's a way of life and after you have lost your weight, you gradually, add in carbs to keep your weight off for good! Keto On! 

Thank you for the help. I will eat tomorrow and I think I will shoot for 10 carbs or less for the rest of the week in order to help try and get back into ketosis. I love that I can ask for help and people quickly step up to offer suggestions. So appreciate it! 

Oh I do feel your pain. 

Bizzybee..first sweetie... breathe...its ok ..I'm sure its not real weight yet... if you read my journal from the other day I was 141.4..ate salty foods next day was 144.2..ok that being said yesterday I weighed in at 140.8...now in about 24 hrs I was back and even under my weigh...I want you to chart you food for the day ahead of time..stick to what you charted...drink tons of water to flush your system...stay off the scale...find an exercise ...even if its dancing around the room get yourself moving around more..walking is a great way too... Okay...now here comes the train that we all have fallen off more than once...here that whistle a blowing? we are making a stop just to pick you up... are you ready? grab my hand and lets get back on track..you are here with your FS family and we wont let you fall off for very long....climb aboard sweetie......and welcome back lol;) 

Just got done with a 2 day binge. I don't happen to have a scale with me but I am sure it's up 5 - 7 pounds. BUT yesterday and today I am eating to plan with less than 20 carbs and I will be back in ketosis in a few days. Sometimes life cycles like that and if you beat yourself to a pulp every time it happens you are really doing yourself an injustice. Sometimes we just don't have all the power to do what we should. But the important thing is you recognize it and are correcting it. And soon you will be back on track and losing again. Hang in there and good thoughts your way! 

Maxie4- a heartfelt thanks. I got a little emotional reading your post. I am relieved to hear that there is a chance that this weight could be due to retaining water. That gives me hope. Ny_Shelly- I am so thankful that there is so much support on this site. Life does happen and I have to deal with it as best I can. I plan on having some detox tea before I go to bed tonight and I am drinking water with lemon to flush the system.  

Well there is hope or no one would be here sweetie..its going to take some time ..I will go with you through it like so many here..continue to be honest with yourself..always love you...and read some of the inspirational stories here Draglist has an amazing before and after pic...we got you..but most important you got you...go look in the mirror and realize hey its just me as a grown up..Im still the same inside just need to change my way of thinking...I'm not going to give up the pleasurable food for goof either..Im learning that when I do have something I will gain on ..I will know I have my plan in place and right after I enjoy that food back to a better intake...easier said than done..thats why we are all here..love to you sweetie..you on that train yet?... ha ha;) 

Restoring glycogen means adding water weight when you go off/out of nutritional ketosis. For each molecule of glycogen it attaches 4 molecules of water. When you dump the glycogen (reducing carbs or have really good workout) your weight will drop. TL, DR---> water weight so you're okay and if you go back to NK you'll see the water weight top off.  

Relax, if you gained 3lbs the next day it’s 100% water weight! You’re fine. If you haven’t had any. Carbs forever that’s what the reason behind the weight gain is, refueled glycogen stores, water gained from carbohydrates, food digesting in the stomach, possibly poopy💩 & maybe even regained lost (or new) muscle. This is all TEMPORARY.. it’s ok so, don’t freak out. Your progress is fine. you didn’t gain any fat whatsoever. Just continue as normal with your deficit and you’ll lose weight just fine by the end of the week 👍🏻 

And one more thing. Your body will BENEFIT from loading up on all those carbs, so no worries 

I gained about 4 pounds after a couple weeks of bad eating. I was actually surprised it wasn't more. A 24 hour fast usually helps me get back on track and then after that I go back to my diet and it usually takes about 5 days to make up for bad eating. It happens more than I like, but I am figuring out how to recover from overeating. 

Yeah, that sounds about right. Usually overeating constantly from week to week will Mean more body fat has time to accumulate, but other factors can eliminate that from happening even if overeating is frequent. Which would be things like resistance training and exercise and fasting which are all elements that can get the body to lose fat and hinder more to be gained as well. I’ve noticed in the past that from binging 3 weeks straight for me, coupled with weight training, even though I gained at least 2-3lbs of fat. Some weight was muscle, and after about 1.5-2weeks of being back to a deficit, I actually lost a little more body fat then before the 3 weeks I binged. So there’s many many ways that the body processes extra calories as well as various wasys it gets rid of them or utilizes the as well. So, basically, “overeating” doesn’t become a problem unless it’s for long excessive periods of time to a much greater amount, coupled with sedentary lifestyle. But once every so often, or even on holidays, won’t do any damage at all , and if anything, will benefit the body after longer duration in a caloric deficit 👍🏻 

Thank you so much Deadpool, Fritzy and Maxie4. Very good information and support. I truly appreciate it.  

I forgot to thank you Terrapin12 for breaking down the weight gain. I appreciate it.  

Hi Bizzybee I hope the last couple of days have been better for you! 

Thanks NY_Shelly. I am back in ketosis and trying to detox from the sugar and carbs. I appreciate your support.