Moonfruit wrote:Hi talkingmountain... Thanks for your reply. I am sure you are right - I HAVE JUST GAINED ANOTHER 3 POUNDS SINCE YESTERDAY - it HAS to be water or fibre.
Good advice about the water. Thank you!
Thanks concerned for the pfd. I've just downloaded it. I think I need to go easy on the flours and grains.
Cheers! I am really grateful for all of your help and advice.
That weight gain is very odd. But I agree with Ege, you might just want to stop weighing yourself for a period of time. It could be your scale. Are you weighing yourself in the same clothes at the same time every day? Our weight an vary throughout the day as much as ten pounds.
If your are salting food, it can cause a lot of bloat. Something else I'd like to ask about: in your first post, you said
I have eaten only potatoes, vegetables, peas, lentils and oats - I have used no fats or oils whatsoever, and have not eaten any nuts, seeds, olives, coconuts or avocados.
However, in the last post, you said you needed to go easy on the flours. So have you been eating bread and tortillas? Bread, although wonderful, is very calorie-dense, and can easily be overeaten. It can also contain fat or salt, which both can derail an attempt at weight loss when you only have 20 pounds to go.
One other thing you mentioned earlier is that you might start juicing your vegetables. DON'T! This way of eating does not encourage juicing. Juicing can allow you to consume too many calories, and it also oversteps the chewing that is very important to digestion. If you are indeed gaining because of retention, more fibre is what you should strive for, not less. So avoid juicing. Keep us posted. I'm sure this weight gain will pass, and once your body is more comfortable with this new regimen, you will lose as well.