Is taking a few days to detox 1st ok?

[dietchick]

I'm restarting induction soon, but I wanted to get all of the stupid stuff I ended up eating yesterday out of my system first. I ate way too much yesteday. (of bad food lol) Basically, an entire day of carbs. So, I was wondering..is it ok to just not eat for a few days? I kinda just want to do water..water..water..and get it all out of my system. Because with the weight of food/water weight/PMS I gained 11 pounds in 1 nights. (wtf? right?) So...instead of crying I'm trying to think practically.

[Mirya]

Re: Is taking a few days to detox 1st ok?

you actually detox during the 14 day induction thus the reason for it.

If you do not have a copy of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution 2002 edition you will want to get a copy asit is our bible her and outlines an shows all acceptable foods, some menus, a pl recipes but the guidlines and how to procedd is what oyu'll ned.

[Debi2007]

Re: Is taking a few days to detox 1st ok?

I'm restarting induction soon, but I wanted to get all of the stupid stuff I ended up eating yesterday out of my system first. I ate way too much yesteday. (of bad food lol) Basically, an entire day of carbs. So, I was wondering..is it ok to just not eat for a few days? I kinda just want to do water..water..water..and get it all out of my system. Because with the weight of food/water weight/PMS I gained 11 pounds in 1 nights. (wtf? right?) So...instead of crying I'm trying to think practically.

I did that. I have done induction three different times now. One of the time I tried a detox first. This past time I just let the diet be my detox. I felt much better this past time. The diet is a great method of detox.

[not2late]

Re: Is taking a few days to detox 1st ok?

I'm restarting induction soon, but I wanted to get all of the stupid stuff I ended up eating yesterday out of my system first. I ate way too much yesteday. (of bad food lol) Basically, an entire day of carbs. So, I was wondering..is it ok to just not eat for a few days? I kinda just want to do water..water..water..and get it all out of my system. Because with the weight of food/water weight/PMS I gained 11 pounds in 1 nights. (wtf? right?) So...instead of crying I'm trying to think practically.

Those carbs are "out of your system" by now. Carbohydrate digestion begins in your mouth. Within 2-6 hours, your stomach has broken them down further and are circulated throughout your body via your blood. Whatever you didn't use for energy was brought back to your liver where it was converted to glycogen. Any excess glycogen was converted to body fat. So after 12-24 hours, it's out of your system.

Just start your Atkins with your next meal---that's the best "detox".

[makinbiscuits]

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there's nothing really wrong with fasting for a few days.

I've read a person can survive close to three months without food (ideal health and conditions) so a few days without food really poses no harm to you.

The longest I've done is 6 days.... The second day for me was **** (hunger pangs) but after that I entered into an almost zen like state.

[Mirya]

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there is really no point to doing so. Why put yourself through that when you detox during induction. anyway just my opinion

[Designbabe]

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I detoxed for 3 weeks before starting Atkins induction. And I don't mean a water fast detox. Rather, an herbal detox, while eating only veggies, fruit, lentils, fish, chicken, and eggs. My reason was to ensure that my liver and kidneys are in optimal shape to get the best out of Induction. I am prone to CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and detox twice a year anyway to stay well.

I think if you're going to detox, do one that will actually tone your organs of elimination (liver, kidneys, bowels). You can get one at any health food store, and they vary in duration from 1 week to 3 months.

Brands I often use: Wild Rose, Heel, Knowledge Products. Talk to your health food store person, they can help you more.

[dietchick]

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Thank you everyone. I didn't eat yesterday. I'm trying to get rid of the water weight, mostly. I'm pretty irritated that I gained 11 pounds in one night and it's only down to 5 pounds now. Shouldn't it come off in the same amount of time? Grr. So, I guess I probably won't eat until my weight is back down to 141 again. Is it feesable to think that that 5 pounds is all water? I really want to start Atkins again but I'm afraid it will just prolong the water weight coming off.

Thoughts? Has anyone else had this problem?

*EDIT*
By the way, my inches are pretty much the same right now. There might be a half an inch difference here or there.
Diagnosis?
Lol, sorry for taking up your guys' time. I really appreciate it.

[kate58]

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I took a bit of time before posting this, because I know that not everyone will agree with me, but here goes anyway.

This is a waste of your time. Not eating anything is at least cheap. "Detoxing" using many of the products sold for the purpose is not just a waste of your time it's a waste of your money too. I really believe that, I don't care what the particular products are.

You body is already designed to keep itself clean or "detoxed" if you will. It's working away on it all day and all night every day and every night, without any input from you. Your liver and kidneys do a great job in weeding out what the body needs from what it doesn't. Your bowels get rid of more of it. Feed it good food and it'll work fine.

If you want diureses to "flush out toxins" (as so many of these products promise to do), drink more water if you like. It'll make you pee more, but since your body is getting rid of unwanted stuff all the time, as long as you normally drink enough all that will change is that you get rid of it in more a more dilute form.

Of course you will lose weight when you eat nothing, but what's the point when you'll also lose it by eating right? The speed is not the essence of the thing, or if it is the speed that matters for you don't pretend you are detoxing - you are not, you are just trying to temporarily drop some water weight so you look and feel less fat for a while. Once you start eating again it'll balance itself out, that "weight" will return pretty quick, so what's the point?

You cannot 'tone your organs of elimation'. They are not muscles. You can certainly harm them by feeding them crap, but if you eat good food, they need no additional assistance.

Is anyone in a health food store going to say "No need for that, just eat well, drink plenty and you'll be fine"? Of course not, there is no margin for them in that. There is a FORTUNE made from these detox products. It's a sort of voluntary tax on the ever-hopeful.

On the up side, the body's resiliance is such that feeding it a very odd or restricted diet or even nothing at all for a short time won't do it any harm. But feeding it well with good food permanently and in the long term will do it a heck of a lot more favours than either.

Everyone who starts Atkins drops water weight fast at the start. Dropping water weight is a trivial matter, but it's contribution to loss of fat is equally trivial. If you drop the water before you start, you just won't have it to drop when you do start - either way it will go, so I fail to see the point of fasting first.

Losing weight is not about speed, it's not about fast results or quick fixes and it's definitiely not about deprivation. It's about finding a good way to feed your body in the long term that keeps you healthy and the right weight for good.

Sorry if this offends anyone - we all do what we do and I know that - but there is just no solid basis in anything I have ever read for detox or fasting as making a positive contribution to anything other than someone else's bank balance, and I really felt that needed to be said.

[JenLynn]

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Thank you everyone. I didn't eat yesterday. I'm trying to get rid of the water weight, mostly. I'm pretty irritated that I gained 11 pounds in one night and it's only down to 5 pounds now. Shouldn't it come off in the same amount of time? Grr.

You gained 11 pounds in one night???? That doesn't seem possible........or is it just me????

[dietchick]

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Yeah I know. It's pretty messed up right? I weighed myself and I had gone from 141 to 152. The next day it was 148. Today it was 146, but now it's back to 148.

I'm not really sure if I should restart induction yet..because I don't want to add insult to injury, ya know? More food seems like a bad plan. However, it'll be necessary eventually.

[JenLynn]

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I would nix detox and do induction right away.........think about it........when we starve ourselves we loose LESS weight then when we eat RIGHT. So do induction. IMO.

[dietchick]

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Thanks Jen! And thanks everyone. I guess I'll start induction today but keep the cals and sodium down too and see what happens. Good things I hope lol.

[philliha]

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Starving yourself while "doing atkins" is not doing atkins. Keeping the calories down during induction is counterproductive. If you havent done so, read the book! If you can't get over the fact that you will have to eat fat and therefore calories on atkins, perhaps consider a different plan (south beach, for example limits fat intake).

I agree with the other good advice you've gotten...induction is our detox here.

[Designbabe]

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Kate,

"TONE" simply means strengthen. To say that herbs & supplements do nothing to strengthen specific organs is like saying that our bodies are perfectly self-regulating, even in the worst of toxic environments. If this were so, obesity and auto-immune disorders would not be so pandemic. For many people, their liver and kidneys do not "do a great job in weeding out what the body needs from what it doesn't", simply because they are too over-burdened to do so.

The truth is that our bodies are toxic waste dumps. No need to tell you how polluted and chemical-laced everything around us is. No need to tell you how the produce we eat today have 50 times less nutrients, and a hundred times more pesticides than they did a hundred years ago. Our bodies are too over-loaded with pollutants to "naturally" elminate quite so much crap that we breathe in and ingest daily. We were not designed to live in such pollution, just as the earth around us is having problems dealing the toxic waste we keep dumping in it daily. (Again, no need to tell you that Global Warming really does exist, and that it's a direct result of pollutants). To use the analogy of an automobile engine with a dirty, residue-filled Oil-Filter, you have to clean out the Filter before your enghine will work properly.

If you mean to say that dandelion and milk thistle does not clean the liver, and that parsley and uva ursi does not affect the kidneys, then I'm sure you're of the opinion that calcium does nothing for the bones, and omega-3's does squat for the brain.

Anyway, it's not my intention to sway you to my opinion. The way I see it, even if you're not a Nuturopathic expert who has helped hundres of people come alive from the brink of fibromyalgia, lupus, CFS and such, you're entitled to your opinion (and I respect that, becuase I recognize that, at one time, I thought like you)..

My reason for writing this is because I feel I need to speak up due to the prevalence of Environmental Illnesses around us, the cause of which i the toxic environment we live in.

Good luck on your weight loss.