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Lchf help. Gaining weight!!

douglas99 said:
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How do you know you're eating that many cals, if you aren't counting them?
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The tool I'm using for checking carbs and energy percentage automatically calculates the cals, but i don't really care about them, aiming to eat at least 85 E% fat and less then 10 g carbs per day.
 
So you are weighting and measuring all your food, and not eating an unlimited amount, as you seem to say you're consistent daily.
 
I'm a +45 woman and we generally have a harder time loosing weight compared to men and younger women, to many hormones either starting paying up or already playing up.
 
douglas99 said:
So you are weighting and measuring all your food, and not eating an unlimited amount, as you seem to say you're consistent daily.
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I'm measuring yes, most days, but not limiting myself (record my intake afterwards and feel satiety and pleasure with what I'm eating. At the moment I want to loose weight so I feel satisfied doing it this way.
 
I am 66. I'm afraid I had to calorie count as well as carb count. I have successfully lost all but 4 stones without stalling at all since January. When I reached goal I really did need to calorie count because I couldn't stop losing weight. By upping my calories without upping my carbs I am now more or less stable, but it has been a struggle to find the correct amount of calories from fat for maintenance.. I couldn't have done any of that without calorie counting. But that's just me. Others may be different.
 
modesty007 said:
I'm measuring yes, most days, but not limiting myself (record my intake afterwards and feel satiety and pleasure with what I'm eating. At the moment I want to loose weight so I feel satisfied doing it this way.
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I find satiety comes with habit.
I felt satiety eating 3000+ calories, with a change of mindset I felt satiety eating 1200 calories, now I have satiety on about 2000 calories. I adjust for exercise.
 
I think you said you're using bran for fibre - it's apparently very high carb, chuck it and try flaxseed instead, and plenty of green leafy veggies.

I found that when I was losing weight, it would appear to be going up and down by two or three kilos a day sometimes, before settling down as a bit of weight loss. Initially you're losing a lot of retained fluid.

Robbity
 
alliebee said:
@Robbity morning. Thanks for this...its oat bran I was using. But I'll get some flaxseed as you all recommend it...its so helpful when people tell me about what they found about weight loss on lchf.
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Hi again, @alliebee:) As you are in Northants you may have already paid a visit to The Daily Bread shop, they sell a lot of healthy products etc; there self bagged Flax-seed ( linseed ) is very reasonably priced,but you have have to grind it your self in some kind of coffee grinder or similar device.
Here is there link:Daily Bread wholesome food | DailyBread.co.uk
Some of there goods are very well priced and some a little ott, yet a pleasant visit due to parking and a small garden centre. We go there once a month.
 
How lovely thankyou! I may well visit this weekend. I've not been. In fact I didn't know about it. I've got an old coffee grinder too. Whoop! You guys are the most helpful and kind to take the trouble to help people...only hope I can do the same as I become more knowlegeable :)
 
alliebee said:
How lovely thankyou! I may well visit this weekend. I've not been. In fact I didn't know about it. I've got an old coffee grinder too. Whoop! You guys are the most helpful and kind to take the trouble to help people...only hope I can do the same as I become more knowlegeable :)
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You will.
:)
 
Dozy tip for the day: don't do as I did this afternoon when grinding some pecan nuts in my coffee grinder - I don't know what I was thinking of, but I took the top off while the blade was still spinning, and ended up with a nut strewn worktop.:wideyed::wideyed::p

Fortunately I get my flaxseed ready milled otherwise who knows what my kitchen might look like!

Robbity

PS All this talk of flaxseed made me remember a few years backwhen many of the farmers around this area were growing linseed for crops, and the flowers are a beautiful blue - the fields were a real wonder to behold, it looked as if the sky had come down to cover the ground. Much prettier than our usual bright yellow fields of rape.
 
Well week 3 done! Happy to announce that morning weigh in is a total of ten pounds lost over the 3 weeks! Despite my panic over a weird gain which as you all said. Would sort itself out. It did. I'm really happy though with my bs. It was in the teens last month! So glad I came back to the forum. My daytime average is 6.2. Morning its higher but under double figures now. Lchf works so well
 
alliebee said:
@Robbity morning. Thanks for this...its oat bran I was using. But I'll get some flaxseed as you all recommend it...its so helpful when people tell me about what they found about weight loss on lchf.
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flaxseed is good and has about 2g digestible carb 27 undigestible carb/fibre
oat bran is about the same ratio, about 6g digestible carb and about 80g undigestible carb/fibre
 
Dibbles1 said:
Thanks for writing that about the oatbran too @jack412, didn't know that either.
I haven't used it yet. I tried diet whey the other week, which has flaxseed in it, but had bad stomach cramps on the 2nd day and felt quite ill for a few days.
Not identified why or what caused this, so waiting to feel better before I try anything new again. Don't want to blame the wrong thing, especially when it might be something helpful to diabetes.
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serves you right, for buying tree hugges tucker :) how much is diet whey a friggin kilo?
 
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