PLS HELP! RECOVERING FROM LOW CARB DIET

[dfonz9]

Okay, so I originally lost around 22lbs since I first started to lose weight about two years ago.
I almost reached goal weight but (stupidly) decided to drastically cut carb intake to under 50g a day. I stopped counting calories, but because diet was so restricted and I was barely hungry, I was eating an estimate of 800-1000 calories per day and burning around 500. Although it didn't feel like it, I assume body went into starvation mode.
I've been on a low carb diet for about 4 months now and for the first 3 months I was losing a lot of weight but the past month I began to binge on carbs over the weekend for a day or two which I think caused me to start gaining weight.
A week ago I decided that I wanted to introduce carbs back into diet, so I've been consuming around 1200 calories/100g of carbs a day. All good carbs (brown rice, wholemeal, greek yogurts, fruits etc) but have noticed that I am definitely gaining weight, and fast.

I've done a lot of research on recovering from a low carb diet and I understand that it's normal to gain the weight back and more, but I am freaking out and feel so disappointed with the amount of weight I look like I've gained. I'm too scared to actually weigh myself but it is noticeable and i'm scared it's going to continue.
I'm still exercising 6 days a week with cardio and weights, which has been what I've always done.

Basically, question is how long will I continue to gain weight for/how long will it take to lose it? I heard it could also be water weight? Is there anything I can do to stop the gain?

Please help

[Boss Man]

High Dfonz, good to talk to you.

Your calorie intake at the moment is low and it could cause a "starvation mode", where the body thinks it's being starved and hangs on to fat.

You could remedy this by increasing your protein and healthy fats. If you're eating for example 5 meals, you could add 10g more protein and 10g more fats, then you're getting another 130 calories per meal, so that's another 650 increasing your daily intake to 1,850.

You will possibly experience a little weight gain, because the body is adjusting to some higher calories but you should benefit in the long term, not least as you won't be increasing your carbs, so this might help give you a better calorie intake and maintain your carbs better.