14 Day Induction Progress Report

[grecogl]

I just finished my first 14 days, and I lost 10 pounds total. I think it is a good start, and I am now trying to decide whether to continue induction for awhile or move to OWL. I am going to read the info in the book about that, and any advice anyone else has would be appreciated.

37 year old female
5' 6"
196/186/135

[Georgiana]

Re: 14 Day Induction Progress Report

I just finished my first 14 days, and I lost 10 pounds total. I think it is a good start, and I am now trying to decide whether to continue induction for awhile or move to OWL. I am going to read the info in the book about that, and any advice anyone else has would be appreciated.

37 year old female
5' 6"
196/186/135

During Induction, most people lose 5-10% of the weight they have to lose. Because you started with 61 lbs, 10 lbs means over 16%. So your results are excellent! If you check the charts on page 158 you'll see that 10 lbs put you right in the middle of the average-low range of metabolic resistance.

We have seen on the Board that many people who do not have a high metabolic resistance or a lot to lose, but decide to extend their Induction, experience a stall in their weight loss. However, this is not a rule. The best thing to do is read Chapter 13 and take the decision you think is best for you.

[Elizellen]

Re: 14 Day Induction Progress Report

From Chapter 13 of DANDR

Weight Loss During the First Two Weeks on a Fat-Burning Program for Patients at Three Levels of Obesity

Degree of Metabolic Resistance for Men
Pounds Lost in First 14 Days When Metabolic Resistance is high, average or low:
Pounds to Lose . . . . High . . . . Average . . . . Low
Less than 20 . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . 8
20-50 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 9 . . . . . 12
Over 50 . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . .12 . . . . . 16

Degree of Metabolic Resistance for Women
Pounds Lost in First 14 Days When Metabolic Resistance is high, average or low:
Pounds to Lose . . . . High . . . . Average . . . . Low
Less than 20 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 6
20-50 . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 9
Over 50 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 8 . . . . . 12

So it appears you have a low to average resistance to weightloss and therefore probably would not benefit from staying on induction any longer.

[grecogl]

Re: 14 Day Induction Progress Report

Thanks for the feedback. I was just thinking that because I still had about 50 pounds to go, maybe I should stay on induction; however, I had not considered the metabolic resistance factor. Thanks for the info!