Low carb high fat diet sticky!!!

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Tinkerbell2104

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hi all
I'm a newbie looking for advice. I have been doing a high fat low carb diet for last 7 weeks. I have gone from 14st7 to 12stone2. Now that I have started maintenance(gradually introducing dairy) I've found I am 3lbs up. I'm still drinking 2/3 litres of water a day and I need help. What am I doing wrong that the weight is creeping back up. Within 2 days the 3lbs have been put back on.
The diet is called the secret diet drops diet.
They have a Facebook forum page with lots of members. I asked them for advice and complained about weight going back on now that I had introduced other foods and they took it as me being negative and blocked me from page.
Can anyone help me and give me some good advice.
The diet website is
 
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You have regained water weight, when you cut carbs, your body drops a lot of water weight, when you reintroduce carbs to your diet you will regain the water weight, but keep any fat loss you may have achieved. For those of us who follow a VLC style diet (not high fat) it is a lifestyle, not a diet. Take a look at the KetoGains or the Optimal Ketogenic Living groups.
 
Trusylver said:
You have regained water weight, when you cut carbs, your body drops a lot of water weight, when you reintroduce carbs to your diet you will regain the water weight, but keep any fat loss you may have achieved.
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Exactly.

I have done low-carb on a few separate occasions and every time I met the same result. I would eat low-carb for a week or two, lose a good ten or twelve pounds in the process and the changes in my body could be seen in my face and my stomach. Then, I would have a cheat night and eat some pizza or pasta or something loaded with carbs and I would literally gain back four or five pounds overnight. It wasn't that I had put on four or five pounds of fat - no - my body was just retaining a ton of water.

Like Tru said, when you stick to a low-carb diet your body will shed a lot of water weight. Yes, you will lose fat in the process, but a lot of the weight you shed (especially in the beginning) is pure water weight. However, the second you stray from eating low-carb and consume starchy, carb-loaded foods like pasta, bread, potatoes or rice, your body will react by holding on to 'excess' water which will add a few pounds to your current weight.

Don't worry about it though. It's water, not fat. As long as you stay active and continue to eat healthy your water weight will disappear.
 
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