14 day Induction total loss!

[HAPPYAGAIN28]

Hey ADBB I have completed my 14 day induction period with a grand total loss of 13 lbs! I am so excited. I still have at least 87 pounds to lose so my question is should I move on to OWL or extended induction? Please help!

[2big4mysize]

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woo hoo congrats.

there are 4 questions in chapter 13 you should answer and then you will kow if you are ready to move to OWL or do an extended induction. When you answer yes to any of them you should move.

I stayed exteneded induction until I answered yes to the want more variety in your foods question cause I thought I wanted that low carb bread so I moved to OWL after several months.

[Alexa]

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Congrats Happyagain28! Great result for induction

I agree with 2Big4MySize - check out the questions in DANDR. I stayed on induction for about 2 months before going to OWL but some people are happy to move straight to it. It is not the end of amazing losses - in fact some lose more.

[HAPPYAGAIN28]

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Thanks for the encouragement and info. I don't have the book to refer to the questions and what is DANDR? I'm not bored yet with foods; in fact I've become quite creative with the cooking lol

[BekkiH]

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Congratulations!!! 13 lbs is AWESOME!!! You should feel so proud!

[dyjack]

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Congrats Happy! DANDR = Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (the book). I did Atkins the first time some years back without the book and I did have positive results BUT....

I have the book this time around and it explains so much more than any board or piece of info from a friend could ever do. I highly suggest you try to grab a copy!

[Georgiana]

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Congratulations, Neese!

I strongly encourage you to get the book if you plan to make Atkins a lifestyle.

These are the 4 questions 2Big mentioned (from Chapter 13):

1. Are you bored with Induction?
2. How much weight do you have to lose?
3. How metabolically resistant are you to weight loss?
4. Are you willing to slow down the pace of weight loss in exchange for more food choices?

Before you say "NO WAY!!!" to question #4, you should know that some people actually lose better when they add more nutritious vegetables to their diet.

DANDR = Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (the book).

And here we use the 2002 edition of it.

[atkinsgal08]

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Most of your weight should be lost on OWL.

Induction is about getting your body ready to lose.

[sham]

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Congrats on your loss so far!

[cinnycinda]

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Congrats! I'm still on induction so I can't answer that question. I'm happy for your loss, though. I hope I'll have similiar results! FANTASTIC!!!!

[TropicalBeachLover]

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Yay! Keep up the good work! Very happy for you.

[2big4mysize]

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if you don't move to OWl be sure you are making nutrtionally dense food choices especally with your veggies cause it is hard to get all the needed vits and minerals from the limited anopunt of veggies and food choices in induction. if you use fitday you can see in the reports section what vits and or minerals you are lacking cause the human body is a very complicated biochemical chain of reactions and being deficient in one can set of a chain of reactions that will slow your weight loss in addition to effecting your health.

[HAPPYAGAIN28]

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Thanks all for the clarification and Kudos. I will go get the book so that I make sure I am successful.

[MelTin]

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You should move to OWl. Lots of people stay on extended induction too long. They stay on induction until they get bored and then do not know how to do OWl so they stop Atkins all together or like one of the earlier people who answered you has said, they move to OWL because they want to eat low carb bread or something else. Bread is like rung 9 of the carbohydrate ladder. So if you move to OWL because you want that, it might still be a couple of months before you could legally add it. It is much better to move to OWL and see how your body responds to the different foods. You can always move back to induction levels if you run into problems.