I don't want water weight, either :p Anyway, the immediate gain-back is too much to really be all fat, but I think the overall loss includes some "real" weight. And even though it's plateau'd - the big thing is that this is the first time I haven't been steadily GAINING in a few years, now. I think a huge part of that is because I don't feel compulsive or addicted, about food. Something about cutting the carbs out made listening to my body's cues WAY easier, which is something I don't want to let go of. I realize that's a really subjective and complicated (and possibly placebo!) thing, so I haven't been shouting it from the roof tops. But it's so much easier to just eat when I'm hungry, and stop when I'm full, compared to the whole rest of my life...even if I just DON'T GAIN and eat normally, those are huge positives :) I stopped eating gluten in late February, so I guess we're creeping up on 5 months.
I go back and forth about the whole gluten thing having helped my inflammation problems. I've had a huge reduction in symptoms, but there are so many variables there (arthritis ebbs and flows naturally, and I also started supplementing fish oil at that point, and doing other repair-your-gut-permeability things - just all kinds of stuff). I mean I DO NOT want to toy with any variables, because the symptoms being gone is such an improvement. But, wanting to stay off of gluten is bigger than that.
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Date: 2013-07-20 07:17 am (UTC)I go back and forth about the whole gluten thing having helped my inflammation problems. I've had a huge reduction in symptoms, but there are so many variables there (arthritis ebbs and flows naturally, and I also started supplementing fish oil at that point, and doing other repair-your-gut-permeability things - just all kinds of stuff). I mean I DO NOT want to toy with any variables, because the symptoms being gone is such an improvement. But, wanting to stay off of gluten is bigger than that.