getting frustrated

[dfas1228]

hi everyone...ive been reading the message boards for a while now since i started but never wrote....recently I have been getting very frustrated and decided i need someone to tell me what i am doing wrong....i started atkins probable about a month and a half ago....My highest weight was 184 and i managed to come down to about 165 basically starving myslef which i couldnt do anymore and then decided to try atkins.... i went from around 163 to my lowest 151. Its been moving sooo slooowww...but in the beginning I felt great... less bloated and i was very enthusiastic about the diet...i usually exercised every day walking a mile and then running the second mile.... a week and a half ago i went to exercise and wore the wrong sneakers and really cut up my feet so i wasnt able to go running for about a week and a half until they got better...i am planning on starting tomorrow again but i have recently went back up to 155-156. ive been eating less then 20 carbs a day and to the best of my knowledge I am following the diet perfectly.....it seems that even if i add a little more veetables which i have been trying to do i dont lose or i gain...my friend told me its not working on my body anymore and i should give up....but i dont want to i have really been sticking to this and i want to continue..but why am i not losing wieght?

[SnuggleB]

Re: getting frustrated

Don't give up. Does your friend have a motive for telling you to give up? Such as, missing her eating buddy, envious you have come this far, etc... Sounds like you have reached the dreaded plateau. Hang in there and it will start dropping and when it does you will probably see the scales move not one pound but two or three at a time. This diet is wierd that way from what I have found in the past. You may stay the same for two weeks and then all the sudden without warning or changing anything you drop a few pounds what seems like overnight. HANG IN THERE AND ASK YOUR FRIEND TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE. You deserve to be at a weight you are happy and comfortable it.

[Finelly]

Re: getting frustrated

You are right at the "Post Induction Stall Syndrome" time. About 6 weeks or so (sometimes 4 weeks) after people start Atkins, many of us go through a period of between 2 and 3 weeks where we simply don't lose much. Your body is adjusting to the weight loss from the previous month and it needs TIME to recalibrate, so to speak.

It happens to a bunch of us, maybe most of us. Do not fear. The weight starts coming off again. That's a promise! The key is to keep doing what you have been doing, drinking water and exercising, and learn the art of being patient. One morning, you'll wake up, and the scale will be down, and it will keep going down.

[kimkdmm]

Re: getting frustrated

Hi Finelly,

It is totally normal what you are going through...please dont give up. It seems for me each month I have one or two weeks that I dont lose anything and then I lose 5- 6 pounds in a week. Give it a chance, I know that you can do it

[Isabeau]

Re: getting frustrated

I agree, hang in there. You could also post some menus for review. You never know, there may be things that can be tweaked a bit.

[stlcindy75]

Re: getting frustrated

I didn't lose anything in 2 weeks and then BAM- I lost 6 lbs over night! It is the weirdest thing. I no longer dread the scale because i know my body will eventually catch up. I took everyones suggestion and started measuring body parts instead of relying on the scale. There you can see weekly progress. Hang in there. ~Cindy

[soliwit]

Re: getting frustrated

I totally agree with the rest of the posters, I also had a period of not losing and then, BAM, it started again big time.
Just be patient and give your body to do what it needs to.

[dfas1228]

Re: getting frustrated

thank you guys for the encouragement...i am definitly going to stick with it in hopes the scale will eventually start moving again....it is nice to hear someone say that this is common and I will eventually start losing again!

[jsj0305]

Re: getting frustrated

AHH!! THat sounds so familiar!! I am re-restarting today...enough said! I had some medical issuses and listened to the one jeolous friend i have and my weight is back! You're doing great, don't give in now. Believe me, it's MUCH easier to go through the post induction stall once, not three times, like me!!