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I'm 6 months out and 21 pounds from my goal of 130. I've noticed the last month or so it seems I lose more or faster when I eat more carbs. I usually try to eat one heavy carb a day like, rice, potatos, tortilla and the rest of the day low carb.. I eat about 1/3 a cup when I eat. My sleeve is just as small now as the day I got sleeved.. I don't drink sugar and rarely drink drinks with any other sweetner.. Yesterday, DH's birthday... I ate BBQ, potato salad, baked Beans heavy on the BBQ Sauce and cake without frosting and a smoothie from smoothie king.. No extra exercise... I lost a pound and a half.. I weigh myself twice a day every day and my weight does not flucuate I usually weight myself before i eat and at night at least 2 hours after I eat.. This is not the first or the second time this happened to me.. In the past I haven't eaten anything this extreme though. I'm starting to think my body is in starvation mode... What do you all think?

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This is interesting for me... is this a regular pattern for you? I am trying to work out what my body wants/needs to lose more weight. I've come to a grinding halt with the low carb route, I have started to add some good carbs to my diet lately.

I will be interested in what others have to say on this one.

I am almost 11mths out now though... I am hoping that this isn't the end of the road for me! =]

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When I hit six months on the 9th, I started adding one heavy carb. I've lost about 6 pounds since then.. Before I completely stated away from potatos, Pasta, rice or bread and of course sugar..

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