Week # 4 - Gained 2.2 lbs. !

[atkins-si]

Well - I gained 2.2.lbs. this week. Admittedly I am unhappy and it is taking very ounce of emotional ammunition i have to not be disillusioned ... I refuse to become depressed as I have in the past on gains when I have not gone off plan ... attempted to stay on eating legal all week ... only walked once so my exercise goals suffered ... the only explanation I can muster is that I had 2 restaurant meals -- one business lunch on Friday and a birthday dinner last night ... ordered pork chops friday (asuce i odered on teh side was served all over the chop so i wiped it off -- didnt taste sweet and theyclaimed that there was no sugar or flour or balsamic but I am suspicious about that ) and steak last night ... had legal appetizers last night (grilled seafood) ... the apps last night had some higher carb items like clams, oysters, calamari (all grilled) ... everything was "restaurant" salty ... so I am attributing this as a "blip" due to salt induced water gain and perhaps underestimating those higher carb seafood options ... I hope! ...

Well - off to walk now in the 14 degree weather ! and eat all home cooked today - much safer ...

[SouLThinKing]

Re: Week # 4 - Gained 2.2 lbs. !

I feel your pain. I am having the same problem. But, my weight is actually fluctuating that 2 lbs. I have carefully reviewed my past week. A: I haven't been drinking 64oz of water daily. Some days pretty close others..not even close. B: I haven't been getting my OWL limits of veggie carbs daily. Some days I do fine ..the rest I don't even reach 10g of veggie carbs. I also have been eating my calories (which used to not matter) in 2 big meals. I eat a muffin-in-a-minute for BF then lunch is like 350-400 calories and the dinner is the biggest so I might flip that this week and let my evening meal be the lighter one. I have yoyo'd so much to my own detriment over the past 4 yrs that I have really made my self resistant to weightloss. I will not give up because in my own mind I know that if I am not following the plan the way it was written then I can not blame it for failing. So I am going to do my utmost best to make sure I get 15 to 20 grams of veggie carbs in this week and have at the minimum of 64 oz of water ..i know i need more. So anyway, go over what you have been eating and see if there is any tweaking that needs to be done and YES the water weight from sodium is a big problem for me too.
good luck

Nichole