Extended Induction...is it true?

[CountryMum]

I know that you have to do induction for 2 weeks, but is it true that you should actually be in induction until you reach half of your goal weight? So if I want to lose 100 lbs I would stay in induction until I have lost 50? I read this somewhere and no it wasn't the book because I haven't read it yet and yes, I know I have to read the book. lol

[Georgiana]

Re: Extended Induction...is it true?

is it true that you should actually be in induction until you reach half of your goal weight?

Nope. Not true. When you get the book, Chapters 12 and 13 explain when it is time to move to OWL.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Extended Induction...is it true?

>>is it true that you should actually be in induction until you reach half of your goal weight? So if I want to lose 100 lbs I would stay in induction until I have lost 50?>>

As has been noted, not true at all!

Staying on Induction too long is generally counterproductive ... lots of people who are "redoing" Atkins report that one of the reasons they didn't succeed at keeping the weight of was because they stayed on Induction too long, didn't spend enough time on OWL, and thus didn't learn what they needed to learn to succeed at keeping the weight off (maintenance).

Learn from their mistakes!

[spuffy]

Re: Extended Induction...is it true?

That's a good comment atkinsgal08, I myself am trying it differently this time.

[just4me]

Re: Extended Induction...is it true?

In the book he does state that if you have a lot of weight to lose extending induction to a month is an option, and some stay on it even longer. I will be on extended induction because I'm not finding it hard or limiting. If you feel too limited and aren't quite thinking you can make it past the two weeks of the rules of induction then it is time to move on regardless, better than falling out of the new way of life all together!