Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

[angelawillbethinagain]

Who out there did the extended induction and lost quite a bit of weight?? How long did you do it for? How much did you lose?

What about the normal induction and the moving on, how successful were you?

I have quite a bit to lose and I always hear that if you have more weight to loose, good idea to stay on the extended induction for several months. I also see people who have been really successul and they just did the normal induction.

I am trying to make a decision and need advice/suggestion!!! Please help me determine what how I will do it.

[*Emma*]

Re: Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

the first time i did atkins i stayed on extended induction for what seemed like forever, it was the cause of my failure, if i had done OWL back then i believe i would of stuck to plan, the extra food choices are great when on OWL so i strongly suggest hitting it, however if you have a lot to lose go up slow...

FYI - i lost more weight on OWL the second time round than i did in extended induction the first time around.

hope that helps

[Evermind]

Re: Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

The other two times I stuck with this WOE, I stayed for about 6 months each time, adn lost between 30 and 40 lbs. I was in extended induction the entire time and had some pretty significant periods where the scale didn't move.

This time, I lost 13 lbs in the first week of induction, and nothing the second, which is par for the course for me. But then, instead of sticking with induction, I moved to the first rung of owl, and started losing again. I've been doing Atkins for a month, and have lost 18 lbs.

I was going to stay on the first rung for a long time, but I have decided to move up a rung for a few weeks to see what dairy does to me. This is really necessary for me since I eat very little meat.

I would recommend doing OWL. I think that the reason I fell off and took a couple of years to come back was because I missed dairy and berries so much.

Oh, and I have about 80-100 lbs to lose, as I did the last two times. I think doing OWL is making it come off faster.

[angelawillbethinagain]

Re: Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

Thanks guys! I think you're right. I think that for me anyway, staying on extended induction may have caused my failures... The many times I have done atkins, I have stayed on extended induction and have failed. This time around I may move onto the next step sooner. Any more advice from anyone?? I really am putting everything I have into it this time around. I feel like such a failure to my kids but more to myself when I do fail. I am a pretty strong person however food and goodies seem to have a strong hold on me that is proving hard to break. I really want to succeed this time. I need to learn how to be in control of food instead of the other way around. I am an emotional eater and addicted to sugar SO that is my biggest challenge. It seems when I first begin atkins, after a week I stop craving the goodies and the other bad stuff and then a few months into it, all of those cravings come back... I need help to make it this time. I am not afraid to say that I need help and support. I never thought I would be overweight. I never thought I would be on a support board asking for help in controlling an eating problem... This is someone who was always slender and around 120-125 through even my late teen years. Then after my first and second child I am about 80-90 lbs over what I want to be!! It's not even so much the numbers anymore for me. Its about becoming healthy again. Walking up a flight of stairs without feeling like I am gonna have a heart attack, it's about getting off my high blood pressure medicine and most of all it's about feeling good about myself again. I am very uncomfortable in this body and it's really hard on me. I have to be successful this time!

[meena-beena]

Re: Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

First thing's first....You are NOT a failure. Self defeating thoughts like that need to take a long vacation from your mind.

What you are suffering from is an addiction to sugar and possibly flour. It is not your fault and it is almost impossible to control unless you are 100% committed and really understand what is going on with your body during induction.

Your body will rebel violently, but you sound strong enough to make that recommit and go through it. It took me a few restarts before I was really ready. I managed a clean induction and had a great two week weigh in. After that I stayed on extended induction for another two weeks to get my body adjusted to all of the changes. I think it's really important to climb the rungs because variety is the key to living this WOL forever.

You can do it. The amount of weight you drop or how fast it flies off of you is not important. What matters is that you FEEL better. Go for it!! All you need is a great support system and you've got that right here!! What could be easier???

Good luck with your restart and remember, there is no time like the present to begin!!

[angelawillbethinagain]

Re: Advice wanted on extended induction or just normal

Thank you. That really helped me!! I appreciate all of your support and kind words of encouragement! I need it. And you are right. It really doesn't matter how fast you lose the weight but how much better you feel. I always let the scales get me down. I worried so much about the numbers that it drove me crazy. This time around I will concentrate on how good I feel, how healthy I feel. I will concentrate on my clothes fitting looser and hopefully not needing my blood pressure meds after a few months. I will not worry about the numbers like I did last time. I always see posts about people being so dissapointed about only losing a few pounds on induction. It is the inches you lose and the way your clothes fit looser that really matters. Best advice I received was toss the scales. You don't need them. Don't weight yourself every day or even every week. You can tell your success by the way your clothes start to feel. You can tell by the extra chin going away and a thinner face. I know that in my past fails with atkins lifesytle, i focused on the scales and got very upset. It caused me to just give up and say screw it. I will not do that this time. I am excited to start seeing these changes in myself but I know it takes time to lose this weight. I used to look for the quick fix. I now tell myself, in a years time I can look dramatically different or I can be the same weight as I was today. I don't want to be the same weight that I am now. It took time coming on, same to come off. And I am not going to try to excelerate that. I am so happy that I have learned these things. I really feel like I will be successful now because I realize it's not about the numbers. It's about being healthy, being comfortable with your own body, feeling good about yourself, that's what is important. I will no longer put the pressure on myself that I must lose so and so amount of pounds of I will not be happy. Yes, I would like to get down to the weight I should be for my height which is 5'5. But I no longer focus on that number. I am just excited to have a clean induction phase and begin to move on to the rungs. And do it right this time. I will focus on my kids as my main motivation. My kids deserve a mom who can chase them around the park. I want to do that with my kids.

Thanks again for all of your support!! It means a lot and is very helpful.

Angela