20 days in, 19 pounds lost

[Sassy_Soccer_Mom]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

Hello Tina, congrats on your awesome success. I just wanted to suggest that you try some flax seed oil to help with the bowel movements. You can get it at GNC in liquid or pills. I prefer to just take a spoonful of it. Flax oil has many other benefits also.
Keep up the good work.

[Fabulou$]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

Congrats on your weight loss!!! I've heard about the flax seed oil too Sassy. I hate veggies to death!!! I am thinking about making mini veggie smoothies similar to V-8 juice, and hold my breath and drink it. The fiber supplement suggestion sounds really good too. I know Dr. A said to take one and a multi-vitamin (which I do). If pills bother you even injesting liquid vitamins, then how does it differ from the laxative you took?

[IrishIrish]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

Eating only protein is not Atkins. And sustaining weight loss on high protein only won't help you with any long term goal.

Eating habits are developed over a lifetime and many of us developed poor eating habits, thus the problems with being overweight. Dr. Atkins (DANDR, 2002) prescribes a way of eating for life.

Over time, pure protein may cause you more problems than just constipation.

[aclarke]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

Hi,
Just discovered recently that rhubarb is a vegetable and low in carbs so could you make up some of this with some splenda to sweeten it is lovely with cream stirred through and high in fibre.
Good luck.

[imagood1]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

I agree with IrishIrish -- you aren't actually following the Atkins plan - you are following what the general public think of as Atkins (no veggies). You have lost weight yes, but not a healthy way. How many carbs are you eating daily? You are suppose to be getting 20 net carbs daily MOST of them coming from vegetables.

Instead of saying "I don't like vegetables" try something new - your tastebuds are different today than when you first started because you have stopped filling your body with crap.

As far as only having a bowel movement because of taking a laxative that is because you aren't eating any fibre so you aren't able to rid your body of waste.

Start eating vegetables - it's a must

[FUTUREBEAU]

Re: 20 days in, 19 pounds lost

wow can you give me tips, i started atkins at 212, on 5/17 I am now 203.4, can you please give me tips on how to work this induction phase