Post by goodkel on Jun 29, 2015 11:16:57 GMT -5
x-posted from data so it is on hand.
When the body is on an extremely low calorie diet, as you are immediately following surgery, the body uses carbohydrates first as a fuel. Since you are ingesting minimal calories if any at all, your body uses glycogen, which is a carbohydrate stored in your body, as fuel. When your glycogen is depleted, it burns fat for energy. The storage of glycogen involves a large amount of water. Early weight loss is primarily water until the glycogen stores are depleted. That is the point when the body begins using fat for energy.
As you begin to ingest more calories, the glycogen stores are replenished, including the water required to store them. At this point, your weight may stall and sometimes even increase by a few pounds. The fat that you have lost in the interim will remain lost.
Keeping your carbohydrates low will continue to direct your body to consume fat for fuel and you will again begin to lose weight.
When the body is on an extremely low calorie diet, as you are immediately following surgery, the body uses carbohydrates first as a fuel. Since you are ingesting minimal calories if any at all, your body uses glycogen, which is a carbohydrate stored in your body, as fuel. When your glycogen is depleted, it burns fat for energy. The storage of glycogen involves a large amount of water. Early weight loss is primarily water until the glycogen stores are depleted. That is the point when the body begins using fat for energy.
As you begin to ingest more calories, the glycogen stores are replenished, including the water required to store them. At this point, your weight may stall and sometimes even increase by a few pounds. The fat that you have lost in the interim will remain lost.
Keeping your carbohydrates low will continue to direct your body to consume fat for fuel and you will again begin to lose weight.
