Losing weight but gaining body fat
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Losing weight but gaining body fat
| Sat, 10-18-2003 - 8:43am |
I've been on the South Beach Diet for 2 and a half weeks now. I've followed it to the best of my ability considering that there are certain fodds that I can't and won't eat. I haven't had any of the processed carbs. No bread, pastas etc. No fruit and I eat my vegitables and have chicken, turkey, sirloins, and the propper foods. The problem that is happening is that while I'm losing weight my body fat is continually rising. I thought that maybe my body had to adjust some more in stage one before I went to stage two. I've lost 17 lbs in 19 days but my body fat has gone up by 13%. When I was on the atkins diet my body fat dropped like a rock. Has anyone else had any similar experiences or can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do? I'm so confused.

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Success or no success in the body fat arena depends on the instruments used to retrieve the measurements. Body fat is hard to judge by a scale. The question asked was why is she losing the weight, but her body fat is going sky high. IMO, scales are difficult to use with body fat. Anyone else agree? Nothing beats the skin calipers and few pinches here and there. I'll let someone else take this because it sounds to me, Ivy Leaves, that maybe you are confused as to what is the actual concern might be or is it possible you are trying to learn as well? Yes, this does write out as I am being negative, but I am not being negative. Your posts are just aligning themselves on a fine line between helpful and "pot stirring." However, this is just my opinion. No harm intended.
Ria
Hope we're able to help:)
When a discussion such as this one comes up, you will see two different groups emerge--the people concerned with the weight loss, and the other group who fine-tunes their definition of success even more. If you call that "stirring the pot", that, of course, is your prerogative. Personally, I call it looking at things from a different perspective.
You posted:
You can lose weight but still increase your body fat, which is what she is experiencing at the moment.
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I would like to know how? The body is made of muscle, fat, and water. If you lose weight and gain fat then you have to lose enough muscle and water to equal the weight you lost plus the additional fat. That would make you very dehydrated and put you into ketosis big time.
Jo
Ria,
I understand better where you are coming from now. I saw your post as insisting that the body needed processed carbs for energy, and I couldn't figure out why you would even think that.
Of course, everyone has a right to their own opinion, and we will disagree on some of the little
Well said, and in my opinion, opinions are great when learning. Which WOE are you following? We have had a little headbutting before, but I see you amended your post on the Atkins board. I am sorry for getting defensive when I read your posts, but I don't like to see the negative posts come in here. Your ideas and opinions are more than welcome of course. People measure success in different ways. The original post was asking why body fat increases 13%. The next person asked how her body was being tested. That was the original idea regarding the posts. Thanks for your insight, and hopefully, we can keep on eating on! Take care,
Ria
Perhaps you have me confused with someone else? I have never amended any of my posts on any board.
I tried to send you an email, but I didn't find an email addy.
Since Atkins doesn't count calories, the sugar-free varieties are considered "legal" after the first two weeks of induction. I did not post any of this info on the SBD board because I'm not sure where the SBD stands as far as sugar-free treats go.
Regarding your statement of me amending my post, I thought you were suggesting that I had changed one of my posts to reflect something opposite than I had originally posted. This was not the case.
(A few days after the posts on the Atkins board I did try the sugar-free peanut butter cups and they are actually quite good--if they are legal for whatever plan you are following, I think you would enjoy them).
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