Dana Cushing Health

You did not gain 4 pounds from ⁣
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eating carbs.⁣
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Your muscles are refueling, and the scale does not know the difference.⁣
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This is where so many women over 40 quit.⁣
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Day 5 to Day 8.⁣
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You add fruit, oats, potatoes, rice, sourdough, or beans back in after restricting carbs.⁣
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Then the scale jumps 2 to 5 pounds, and your brain says:⁣
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Carbs are the problem. Restrict again. ⁣
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When you eat carbs, your body stores some of them as glycogen in your muscles as water. ⁣
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Research shows each gram of glycogen gets stored with about 3 grams of water.⁣
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So when you add carbs back after low carb dieting, the scale can go up before fat loss shows up.⁣
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That weight is not automatically fat.⁣
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It may be glycogen, water, food volume, fiber, sodium, hormones, or constipation.⁣
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The scale cannot separate those things.⁣
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It just gives you a number.⁣
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And if you do not understand that number, you may quit the plan your body needed.⁣
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Carbs give us fuel and fiber. I am loving a golden kiwi as part of my afternoon snack, skin and all.⁣
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A golden kiwi has about:⁣
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* 12 grams of carbs⁣
* 2 grams of fiber⁣
* 52 calories⁣
* vitamin C⁣
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That is a whole food carb that can fit inside a fat loss plan.⁣
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Golden kiwifruit contains actinidin, an enzyme studied for protein digestion.⁣
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Kiwifruit also contains fiber with water-holding properties, which may help soften stool and support regularity.⁣
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So if you have been low carb and feel bloated, backed up, or scared to eat fruit, this matters. ⁣
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Whole food carbs can bring fiber, potassium, vitamin C, magnesium, prebiotics, and fuel for walking, lifting, mood, sleep, and blood sugar balance.⁣
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Carb Confidence is knowing how carbs work in your body so the scale does not make your decisions for you.⁣
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The day the scale gets loud, you need to understand physiology, not another low carb restart.⁣
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I am teaching the full framework so you can enjoy carbs and lose weight after age 40. ⁣
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The Carb Confidence Method⁣
Wednesday, June 10⁣
7 PM Eastern⁣
Free 90-minute workshop⁣
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Comment CONFIDENT and I will send you the link.