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An important thing to note about short term low carbing, is that you will lose a heap of weight but not really fat. It takes longer for the ketosis to kick in properly.
The massive rapid weight loss will actually be the loss of the stored carbs & water. For every gram of carbs you store, there are three grams of water. If you want to increase this effect (like if you are losing weight for a weigh in or getting photos done) then you can drop salt aswell.
If you actually want to lose fat and have more persistent compositional changes, then it will take longer. You can buy ketosis test strips cheaply of ebay to check whether you have entered the state, and also find a threshold of carbs you can ingest without coming out of ketogenesis.
As always, these carbs are best consumed to fuel your sporting activities/exercise, most specifically just afterwards.