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I am a 44 y/o male on the who is a second-timer. The first time I very successfully and rather easily lost the weight I wanted only to piece by piece stray from the diet to the point that a little weight loss became a lot and the little cheating became a full-blown desertion of the diet.
After several other dieting attempts on other forms I have returned to Atkins. I am approaching my 4th week and things are very very different this time around.
I know how to do the diet and know the phases. I am not an expert as some of you are but I do know the basics to the point I feel I know what I am doing.
Anyhow, Induction began well with a 10 day loss of about 8 lbs. After my water weight settled in I ended the 2 week induction fluctutating between 8-10 lbs but feeling like I was on the right track. Since then I have kept what I would describe as a modified Induction or an early OWL rung with horrible results. I have either remained at 10lbs down (for the next 10 days) or even seen weight gain over the past 2 days.
Here are the facts as I see them:
Good:
Eggs and sausage or bacon for breakfast
Tons of Water
Tuna or Chicken salad with minor mayo for lunch
Dinner varies from some type of meat or sometimes replaced with moderate pork rinds and sour cream, almonds, or 4 oz of cheese in some combination
In Ketosis
No alcohol
Good daily exercise program
Potential Bad?
I have a horrible coffee habit but have been able to reduce my coffee to 1-2 cups in the a.m
Recently ate the Atkins Advantage bars until reading that they weren't legit so ditched them
On Anti-depressants
I can tell you if you did a raw caloric intake only I should be losing weight. I can tell you that in the first go around when I limited myself to 1-2 cups of coffee I did not stall nor gain. I can tell you that I was previously able to monitor thins like pork rinds, almonds, and cheese so it isn't like I am eating a can, a bag, or a ton of cheese.
My general feeling is that it is like the water I am drinking for dinner and early evening is not leaving my body sufficiently.
The only other random thoughts I have is to replace the almonds, pork rinds, cheese with vegetables or to simply eat MORE.
I am willing to stick with this but I need to see some postive results and certainly not the old feeling of seeing a scale creep up when you feel it is completely illogical. I honestly feel I can't do much better than I am doing at this point and am rather proud of myself for not consciously cheating at all (it has been tough at times!).
If anyone can share a similar experience or what they did to get out of this "rut" I would appreciate it.
After several other dieting attempts on other forms I have returned to Atkins. I am approaching my 4th week and things are very very different this time around.
I know how to do the diet and know the phases. I am not an expert as some of you are but I do know the basics to the point I feel I know what I am doing.
Anyhow, Induction began well with a 10 day loss of about 8 lbs. After my water weight settled in I ended the 2 week induction fluctutating between 8-10 lbs but feeling like I was on the right track. Since then I have kept what I would describe as a modified Induction or an early OWL rung with horrible results. I have either remained at 10lbs down (for the next 10 days) or even seen weight gain over the past 2 days.
Here are the facts as I see them:
Good:
Eggs and sausage or bacon for breakfast
Tons of Water
Tuna or Chicken salad with minor mayo for lunch
Dinner varies from some type of meat or sometimes replaced with moderate pork rinds and sour cream, almonds, or 4 oz of cheese in some combination
In Ketosis
No alcohol
Good daily exercise program
Potential Bad?
I have a horrible coffee habit but have been able to reduce my coffee to 1-2 cups in the a.m
Recently ate the Atkins Advantage bars until reading that they weren't legit so ditched them
On Anti-depressants
I can tell you if you did a raw caloric intake only I should be losing weight. I can tell you that in the first go around when I limited myself to 1-2 cups of coffee I did not stall nor gain. I can tell you that I was previously able to monitor thins like pork rinds, almonds, and cheese so it isn't like I am eating a can, a bag, or a ton of cheese.
My general feeling is that it is like the water I am drinking for dinner and early evening is not leaving my body sufficiently.
The only other random thoughts I have is to replace the almonds, pork rinds, cheese with vegetables or to simply eat MORE.
I am willing to stick with this but I need to see some postive results and certainly not the old feeling of seeing a scale creep up when you feel it is completely illogical. I honestly feel I can't do much better than I am doing at this point and am rather proud of myself for not consciously cheating at all (it has been tough at times!).
If anyone can share a similar experience or what they did to get out of this "rut" I would appreciate it.
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