CC Roll Call - Tuesday February 23rd, 2010

[Aways2Go]

Good afternoon all -

Well, it's a good thing I am somewhat persistant. I have yet to lose a single pound this month despite eating in a way that I think SHOULD make me lose. Stuck in a daily 5 pound range. Just looked at my stats for the month, and I am averaging about 31 or 32 carbs a day and somewhere around 2000 calories. Fat percentages are fine. Obviously there is a difference in what I think SHOULD make me lose and what actually does. Not that that is a new situation for me, I've experienced it most all my adult life (used to be in the counting calories dept).

This may end up being the first ever month on Atkins that I did not lose a single pound. I suppose after eight months, it was bound to happen sometime. I also know I haven't had as much water these past two months as before because I hate being cold and drink a lot of coffee in the winter (mostly decaf) and it doesn't leave as much room for water. I also know being cold makes me lazy and I haven't exercised as much. Additionally, I know that what seems to be my cutoff point for losing over the past 8 months is a carb level somewhere in the low to mid 30s, so I am riding the line most days anyway.

It pains me to think that perhaps I have wasted an entire month over a matter of cutting out about 3 carbs a day and drinking maybe 2 more glasses of water daily.

But, I'm also happy that I haven't gained, and have lost a tiny bit in my measurements (1/4 to a 1/2 inch in just a couple of places, but I'll take what I can get).

Still, it can be frustrating at times. Was talking to someone not that long ago who was asking about my diet. He stated that he cut out bread and coke ONLY a few years ago and made NO other changes and lost over 60 pounds in about 6 months. How nice that must be, while I struggle to count carbs daily and apparently have to stay right at 30 carbs a day or less to lose anything.

Okay, that's enough of my complaining fest. I suppose I should get up and do some exercise and drink a glass of water even though I don't feel like it. I also don't feel like going another several weeks with no weight loss, LOL!

I know it will work if I stick with it and make some tiny adjustments. It's just so much more fun when you see results somewhat regularly.

Happy Tuesday -

[niko772]

Re: CC Roll Call - Tuesday February 23rd, 2010

Why not drop 5 carbs for the next week and see what happens? It would be interesting to see if you've already hit your limit.

As for exercise...Have you looked into the President's Challenge? It's an accountability thing.

[Aways2Go]

Re: CC Roll Call - Tuesday February 23rd, 2010

Yep, it probably is what I need to do. I have attempted to drop back to a max of 30 for the last however many days, but it seems like each day that when I start adding it up, somewhere a few extra sneak in and I end up at 31, 32, 33 instead of the 30 max I was aiming for. I probably should go to 25 and see if I can jumpstart something, because this is getting me nowhere fast and it's getting annoying as I really need to drop another pants size to have any selection, as I have mentioned. Right now nothing really seems to fit - everything is too big or too small.

I normally turn ketostix slightly pinkish purple nearly all the time, but I checked a few times this past week and each time it is trace only. I know the sticks don't work for everyone, but they have for me, consistently, from the very start. Up until this past month or so, pretty much anytime I wanted to randomly check (morning, afternoon or evening a few times each week) they would turn up at the "small" level. I was pretty much always losing every week or two. Now that they are showing trace, I am making no progress on the scale and very little in measurements either.

Besides getting back on the exercise horse and adding more water, the only other things I can think of are that one, I added in a small handful of peanuts a couple times a week over the past month or two. No cravings, counting the carbs, but maybe I am not tolerating those as well as I had hoped. Too bad, because I was really enjoying their addition. Also I am not taking all the supplements I originally was, basically because I got busy and started forgetting.

Hard to say which of these might be responsible, but it is probably a combination of several or all (less water, less exercise, a few extra carbs, peanuts, fewer supplements). To determine, of course, I would have to add each back in separately and then give it a week or two to determine. I don't want to waste that kind of time to find out, LOL, so I'm going to try to "fix" all at once to the extent possible. I need new pants and don't have time to waste being so scientific, LOL!

Okay, new game plan - aiming for mid 20s carb levels for the next week or two, cut out the peanuts, force myself to get back to at least some exercise even if I am cold and grumpy about it, extra couple glasses of water a day, and add my supplements back in. Something will work, I'm sure.

New pants size, here I come!