by S B » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:25 pm
Welcome aboard!
Here is something you need to know and should NOT be alarmed over! If you have been “low-carbing”, then you might experience a slight gain in weight when you first begin McDougalling WHILE you are ACTUALLY LOSING FAT! This weight gain will NOT be from body fat! It will be from restored glycogen in your muscles and liver. “Low-carbing” rids your body of lots of glycogen which is dissolved in water (which gives it most of its weight).
Also, most everyone, whether or not they have be low-carbing, will have an increase in digestive tract weight (from high fiber foods that hold water).
Once these changes take place, your weight should start to drop.
Remember the saying, "The fat you EAT is the fat you WEAR, effortlessly!" …..and keep in mind that eating too much protein has LOTS of very harmful side effects. So, the only thing LEFT to eat LOTS OF is CARBS! .....and this is FINE since our brains and bodies NEED carbs for fuel. However, KEEP IN MIND that the best way to get carbs is by eating whole starchy foods -- NOT highly processed/refined foods!
As you already know, you need to couple this healthy diet with some exercise and clean habits for best results -- weight-wise and health-wise!
Of course, volume eaters (binge eaters) need to be careful NOT to OVEREAT moderate and high calorie-dense foods, in general, while still eating a high starch diet. Keeping LOTS of raw green & yellow veggie salad on hand AT ALL TIMES to guiltlessly binge/pig-out on is one way I combat my volume eating tendencies. That way, I am not tempted to eat 3 or more large platefuls of dinner when only 1 to 1.5 platefuls are all I need for one meal. Also, I sometimes eat a medium plateful of a balanced McD-type meal and then wait 30 minutes (to allow my brain and body to acknowledge that I have eaten) and then go back for seconds, if I am still hungry.
BUT -- MOST people are NOT volume eaters. So, do NOT worry about all of this volume eating stuff right now. Just follow the regular McD plan (12-Day). If that does not work try MWL. If that does not work, then read the article on volume eating in the Nov. 2005 McDougall Newsletter.
I wish you much success!
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I believe we McDougallers can have a loud enough voice to influence enough people to cut back on livestock consumption/farming that we CAN have a positive impact on global warming -- if we REALLY try!
If you put steamed veggies or veggie chili on a potato or with rice, you will have lots of good, filling food and lose weight, simple as that.
