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I would think eight pounds is more than water weight, but the weight you lose in the first three to four days is mostly water weight. The weight after that is hard fought weight loss.

Congratulations! A lot of issues we have caused within our bodies can be mostly undone by removing all but the lower glycemic foods. If we were active, we'd be fine with the normal cupcakes and breads in reasonable amounts, but high glycemic foods literally turn off our brain's ability to sense that we are full at the right stage. We have sabotaged some amount of truly good health we always could have had, but never knew.

Let's keep working toward that goal of a permanently healthy change.

By the way, there are ever more tasty keto items that do a great job substituting for the bad versions of cupcakes/ice cream/breads, etc.! The Birch Benders cup cake offerings taste great, but are almost too sweet now for me and my wife. At under 200 calories, the chocolate chip, blueberry, birthday cake, double chocolate brownie (my wife's favorite but the one I like the least) are great examples of tasty low carb food. The Rebel ice creams are amazingly good and rich (triple chocolate might be our favorite, but all are worth trying). For cakes, we've found the Swerve yellow cake mix is our favorite. The Fiber One (70 calories version) cinnamon coffee cake is worth trying. The list goes on, but if you need to address your sweet tooth, there is now plenty.

For keto breads, the Aldi keto breads are the best price point for the flavor, but the Sola (Costco/Walmart) and Orowheat (Kroger) breads are worth trying. For keto frozen meals, the Happi Foods eggplant lasagna and the Shepard's pie are amazing. There are also a half dozen tasty keto Healthy Choice options, but these also have double the carbs for the calories than the Happi meals, and are not as filling.

Interestingly, as we've lost weight, our sensitivity to what is sweet has changed and we find our bodies are pushing back on eating even these healthy sweets.

Give these items a try and tell me what you thought of them.