Going into week 5....stalled

[SuperDork]

I was doing pretty good and the last about...oh 9 to 10 days, I have been totally stalled around the same 5 pounds on the scale. And I measured myself again this morning and I'm not losing inches either.... I haven't eaten anything bad, been drinking all my water and exercising. (even got 30 minutes in on the elliptical yesterday!)
I thought maybe I'd had too much processed meat (bacon etc...) so I've cut that back and the only real thing I could think it could be is maybe that I've been borderline sick and have had a really bad cough, so I got some of the Diabetic Robitussin...No sugar or alcohol....but I noticed it does have Dextrose.
So could that be what's been stalling me? Is there anything I can do to kind of kickstart myself back up?

~Jen~

[Elizellen]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

Have you read the sticky thread called 'weightloss is not linear'? http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=5090
It is normal to have times when we dont lose weight or even gain it even though we are eating to plan!
Just keep on keeping on and your body will sort itself out again and start dropping the weight in time.

[burtonator]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

Also..... a lot of people have noted that you shouldn't consider a stall until you're into 30 days...

And yeah... read that sticky...

[2big4mysize]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

Dr Atkins says it isn't a stall until you go 4 weeks without a loss of pounds nor inches.
you are experieincing a minor hesitation in weight loss right now and will be moving again in noi time. when the immune system is active weight loss can suffer. try increasing your exercise to a minimum of 30 min and see what happens to your inches. Are you in the 6WEC? you can see the great results folk get with regular exercise and eating their Atkins.

Happy low carbing.

[jimenitayo]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

also, how are you doing on the water?

i know they always recommend increasing your fluids when you get sick.

who knows, it might help the cold AND the pounds...

[Ginasfuntime]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

I read this thread on cutting out cheese when stalled should get you moving again

[sombersusie]

Re: Going into week 5....stalled

i agree with everyone else....for me the weight loss comes in little spurts. i'll be the same weight for a couple weeks, then i may lose 2-3 pounds over a few days. Just hang in there it will happen!