Progress report and a few questions.

[Hoshi]

Hi, I've been on the diet for around two weeks now (took a while to narrow down those little things containing ingredients I shouldn't have)

I was 17st 7lbs at the start and am now 16st 7lbs, I know most of that will be from effects of the diet and not acutal weight loss, in the last half a week or so I've seen no loss at all, my hunger is in full on suppression mode and I find it a struggle to eat (one meal a day sometimes)

I drink plenty of water, anything up to 6 litres usually.

Has my lack of eating caused me to stop losing? I've just been out today and stocked up on foods.

Things I have been eating on a regular basis since I started:

Lettuce, cucumber, tomatos, celery, bacon, eggs, 100% burgers, cheese, peperamis.

I use vinegar, salt and pepper for seasoning, stopped drinking green tea for the time being also. I was taking multivitimins with iron until I read the packet and saw it had starch and other things I also should avoid in it. Just trying to find ones without iron and induction friendly now, I also take omega 3 fish oil capsules.

I've been eating pretty much eating what I usually eat, minus alcohol and all the sweet things.

I also feel very tired all the time and sleep and long time.

I know I should eat more and am about to russle something up now.

Thanks for reading.

[kate58]

Re: Progress report and a few questions.

Yes, eating too little can stall you. However I would not get overly concerned about that for now, as long as you make yourself eat something, even if it's something very small, every siz hours at least.

What you are eating sounds fine, though watch for added ingredients in things like peperamis. But it tells very little about how you eat to see a list like that. It would probably be helpful to post 2-3 daily menus and get people's comments on them.

You can up your calories, which may help with your tiredness also, by adding fat to your food. I don't know how much fat you are eating (posting the menus will help) but it takes relatively little to up your daily calorie intake to a good level. Plus your body should be running on fat now - so you need it for energy.

Most people have a pause in losses after an initial quite large drop when they do induction. And most find that moving on to OWL, especially to the extra veg on rung one, makes it start again. That extra veg will increase your daily carb intake by 5g but with a lot of bang for the buck, since they are healthy and nutririous carbs. That increase can also be enough to just pick your appetite up that little bit which makes having three proper meals a day much easier.

Do you use Fitday? I know some people don't much like it, but it is an invaluable tool for learning what you can eat and making sure your daily intake is properly balanced between fat, carbs and protein. I don't think I'd ever have figured it out without that, and it makes it second nature to eat the right proportions after you have keep records for a while.

[*Emma*]

Re: Progress report and a few questions.

100% burgers, though they may be 100% beef, that can just mean that theyre now 50% beef and 50% other meat, it doesnt mean that they dont have added fillers and sugars, check the ingredients and the carb count, if you struggle come back and post it here & we will help you out.

Pepperamis are a no too really, just use them in an emergency, theyre so processed and full of sugars!

Dont use ready shredded cheese if you are - full of starch!

Appetite supression happens to us all, it does pass, you do need to eat, and force feeding is needed every now and again!

You feel tired because you arent eating, so eat!

[Hoshi]

Re: Progress report and a few questions.

Thanks for the replies, I've already decided to cut the peperamis out (do love them though )

The burgers I get are 99% beef and 1% rosmary.

I really don't have a set menu, I have bacon and eggs, with things like lettuce and tomatoes, cucumber.

I basically combine all the meat I listed with all the salad stuff I listed, mainly eat cheese as a snack.

It's hard to find stuff I can eat safely where I live, and it makes me laugh at all the stuff thats meant to be good for you, and now knowing what I do now and read the ingredients puzzles me.

I also miss bread, goes with everything doesn't it really.

I'll check that fitday out too, thanks.

I've been trying to find some liver too which I love with onions, but now I actually want to eat it on a regular basis it's no where to be seen.

[Hoshi]

Re: Progress report and a few questions.

Hi, I just had a couple of bratwurst sausages (the ones from lidls) but to my horror found out they have sugars in them (fancy names) any idea if these will upset my diet too much, I just intend to drink lots of water and continue eating the stuff I know is ok, not a lot I can do really is there

[Elizellen]

Re: Progress report and a few questions.

Not really - except be extra careful to read labels next time you go shopping
Atkins certainly slows me down when shopping as the writing on some labels is almost too small to read!