Weird Occurance

[Paleowoman]

Has anyone else found that after a random day of eating way too much and going over one's carb allotment - they actually drop a pound the next day?? I am not encouraging this behavior and am actually disgusted with my loss of control last night because weight loss aside, I do not believe it's healthy to gorge. I am pretty much at goal weight having lost my 10 pounds of winter weight gain -- so now I'm at 106. I'm very short -- 5'3" female. Here's yesterday's menus:

AM: Black coffee (I do not generally eat first thing in the morning but rather have a brunch later.)

Brunch: Large buffalo burger over 1/2 avocado; steamed spinach; 3 oz raspberries; teaspoon of 70% chocolate covered cocao nibs; black tea.

Dinner (which I ate far too late in the evening --starting at 9:00PM and I was eating all the way to around 11:00PM. I am endeavoring to stop the habit of eating on the couch with hubby while we watch tv -- very bad habit -- tough to break.) I've been under massive stress lately -- awful legal battle and money worries -- so I turn to food for comfort. Awful.

2 chicken thighs and one drumstick (skinless) but sauteed in coconut oil with lots of spicy curry seasoning; steamed asparagus and green beans; an ENTIRE 8 oz container of unsalted organic mixed nuts (calorie bomb! and the carbs add up too - I was only going to have a few but nuts are a trigger for me); cherries/blueberries; 2 teaspoons of 70% chocolate covered cocoa nibs; rooibos tea.
So you see my dinner alone was more calories than most people eat in a day -- this cannot be healthy. It's also the week before my period. But I know nuts are a trigger food for me -- I can't just eat a few -- yet I forged right ahead and bought them. This am -- I thought the scale would be up but instead -- I dropped nearly a pound. PS: I did no exercise yesterday -- usually I walk an hour a day. What gives? Has this happened to anyone else??? I went way over my carb allotment -- no way do I generally eat more than 40 or 50 grams (I don't deduct fiber or use net carbs) on a normal maintenance day.

[maxlharris]

I usually expect to see the damage the second day after.
So, I am good today.
I am bad tomorrow.
My scale is down the day after that.
Then back up on the day after that one.

Weight is, for me, a lagging indicator of dietary choices.

I also found that I held weight when I was doing more walking, and if I took time off, I would drop it very promptly. Just a pound or two. Might be that.

[Ammy]

If it is a really rare thing and I get right back "on the horse"...then yes, I've seen a decline the next day.
Sometimes it stays down, and sometimes, like Max, it bites you in the arse the next day or two...

Either way...enjoy, but as you said, don't make a habit of it.
:)

[charleysmommy]

I find it does take one or 2 days to see the damage on the scale. Just get back on
the wagon and dont sweat it too much. Your only human right?

[laughingW]

I agree with everyone else. Second day might show more...

As an aside - when I'm under stress, I need more food. Maybe your body was just telling you.

Also, I have found when I have a day like that, it means I not only have to change something in my menus (like have more food) but I also need to pay proactive attention to doing anti-stress things.

Like 20 minutes of repetitive movement is what works for me (not high stress cardio). My favorite music on the car radio, lots of little things throughout the day.

[Roadstr]

This isn't weird, it's a natural occurrence and it will happen with everyone. Yes you are human and not different than everybody else.

Has anyone else found that after a random day of eating way too much and going over one's carb allotment - they actually drop a pound the next day?? I am not encouraging this behavior and am actually disgusted with my loss of control last night because weight loss aside, I do not believe it's healthy to gorge. I am pretty much at goal weight having lost my 10 pounds of winter weight gain -- so now I'm at 106. I'm very short -- 5'3" female. Here's yesterday's menus:

AM: Black coffee (I do not generally eat first thing in the morning but rather have a brunch later.)

Brunch: Large buffalo burger over 1/2 avocado; steamed spinach; 3 oz raspberries; teaspoon of 70% chocolate covered cocao nibs; black tea.

Dinner (which I ate far too late in the evening --starting at 9:00PM and I was eating all the way to around 11:00PM. I am endeavoring to stop the habit of eating on the couch with hubby while we watch tv -- very bad habit -- tough to break.) I've been under massive stress lately -- awful legal battle and money worries -- so I turn to food for comfort. Awful.

2 chicken thighs and one drumstick (skinless) but sauteed in coconut oil with lots of spicy curry seasoning; steamed asparagus and green beans; an ENTIRE 8 oz container of unsalted organic mixed nuts (calorie bomb! and the carbs add up too - I was only going to have a few but nuts are a trigger for me); cherries/blueberries; 2 teaspoons of 70% chocolate covered cocoa nibs; rooibos tea.
So you see my dinner alone was more calories than most people eat in a day -- this cannot be healthy. It's also the week before my period. But I know nuts are a trigger food for me -- I can't just eat a few -- yet I forged right ahead and bought them. This am -- I thought the scale would be up but instead -- I dropped nearly a pound. PS: I did no exercise yesterday -- usually I walk an hour a day. What gives? Has this happened to anyone else??? I went way over my carb allotment -- no way do I generally eat more than 40 or 50 grams (I don't deduct fiber or use net carbs) on a normal maintenance day.

[Frank Hagan]

I find that if I delay eating, I eat much more. I can skip breakfast only if I sleep in and miss the normal time for it (6:30 am). If I rise at 5:30 I can go until early afternoon before I really get hungry. But then I'm really hungry, and won't stop eating until I go to bed.

I think there's something psychological about being denied food, even for a little while, and then being exposed to food that's readily available. It seems like I want to eat it all, just in case I'm denied food again. That may be the same type of thing when you eat a large brunch, and then don't eat again until late in the evening.

[isisrose]

It's also the week before my period. But I know nuts are a trigger food for me -- I can't just eat a few -- yet I forged right ahead and bought them.

I remember reading something years ago (about a decade) that for about a week before and a few days during T.O.M. your metabolism increases by about 10% and you should eat 10% more calories. This is due to all that is taking place in the female body at this time.

I know for myself I become ravenous right around T.O.M. I am new to PP but have a plan. When I was low fat, I ate within that plan now that I am low carb I will eat more but stay within this plan.

I am about a week or so away from this and this is what I plan (it will be my first time doing this so I will report how it works):

1. I will not make any LC treats as those could be a trigger during this time, especially anything with either chocolate or peanut butter as I feel I may not be able to control portions and heck may just eat the whole batch of whatever in the course of a day. (I'm currently not eating any of this anyways and plan to hold off for a bit until my BS is more stable. But even then I will follow this around and during T.O.M.)

2. I will eat more proteins and fats during this time (calories be damned and besides metabolism is up anyway). I theorize this should satisfy the ravenous hunger and keep blood sugars stable.

3. will work hard to keep carbs where they are and not go above (#1 and 2 should help with that).

4. If I am hungry I will eat no matter time of day or night. I will not try to fight the hunger as that will lead to danger in MHO. I will just make the wisest choices I can and I feel I will be in more control if I just work with the T.O.M and what it does to my appetite rather than against it.


I am new to this but I would think that if a food is a trigger for you and you know it is you should avoid it like the plague (and in away for you isn't it?). Perhaps later on you could try a small amount of nuts and see if you can control that, if not then don't eat them.

I may sound a bit harsher than some on this last part but then I think of the consequences of eating off plan and what it does. I know for me my health would be in immediate jeopardy. My B.S. would rise as well as the other issues I have and I would be suffering. I haven't been doing this long but already I see a drastic improvement in my quality of life. My fibromyalgia is beginning to improve, something that has been devastating for many years and I am actually beginning to sleep for more than a half hour, up for 3, back to sleep for a half hour, up for 4. It used to take me 12 hours in bed just to get 3 hours of sleep and that is if I was lucky. It has only been a few days, but I actually sleep 2 - 3 hours before waking and get more sleep in a night. I expect this to improve greatly.

I know for me, I can't say "I'm only human." I have to make the wisest choice always or suffer the consequence. Nothing tastes as good as feeling good feels.

Already I have some pain free moments and hours and can't wait for a pain free day. It amazes me how much I hurt and sometimes you don't even realize how much until the moments you don't. Can't wait to not have to live like this and what a life of thinking I was eating right but not has done to my body.

OK I'm getting off of my soap box now.