Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

[Rio]

2 weeks on induction and I only lost a pound and a half, but I have to remember I only wanted to lose the 5 I gained during the holidays and 5 more if possible. I was really good and never got in ketosis but today is my second day of the fast and finally!!!!! Pink !!! I have not even thought about cheating and I am not hungry either. I lost a pound and a half from yesterdays fast- can't wait to wake up tomorrow and see the results. I want to stay on it 3 days then go back to induction and stay in ketosis

[not2late]

With a 10 pound weight loss goal, losing 1 pound during the first 14 days of Induction is more than reasonable. You can expect to lose between 5-10% of the weight you need to lose during the 14 days. You've lost 10% of it during your 14 day Induction.

Beware of the ketostix. They only tell you that you are metabolizing fat, but they don't tell you if that's the fat on your body or the fat you just ate with your meals.

Some people never turn those things any color because the ketostix only measures one of the 3 ketone bodies you produce. That particular ketone body comprises about 10-20% of the three ketones.

The more reliable signs of lipolysis/ketosis is the physical signs: loss of appetite, "bad" breath, thirst, and of course, weight loss.

[2big4mysize]

be very careful on that meat fast as it isn't atkins and many folk died doing protein fasts back in the early 80s when they were the in thing to do to lose weight.

Dr Atkins has said his plan isn't fro quick weight loss. it is for a life time of healthy eating as you get smaller and healthier.

As long as you are eating your Atkins correctly you will be in ketosis and burning fats for fuel.

So what are you doing as the exercise part of your Atkins and how many inches did you lose deuing your induction. On your Atkins you are going to do some body morphing adding lean body mass as you burn up the fat mass and while thise may not give you the scale weight changes you want it will shrink your body in size and as one of outr early mods said who sees thepounds when you walk down the street unless of course you tatooed them on your forhead. They will all be seeing the healthier leaner you coming at them.

Happy low carbing.

[IrishIrish]

Be very clear ... a meat and egg fast is not Atkins.

To anyone else reading this post, understand that you can't do Atkins by meat and eggs alone ... you need nutrients found in vegetables. Eating a high protein diet can be damaging.

[Brandi2005]

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?

Hi everybody,
Today is my day 16, and I am so upset, and frustrated. On day 10 of induction, I had lost 10 pounds. I was very excited, and stayed committed. Since then I have only had a .5 loss, and today there was a 2 pound gain. :anger ... I was too embarressed to measure when I began, and now I don't see results on the scale, and I don't know if I have lost inches during the days I haven't lost pounds. :sadblinky Now, I am wondering if I just dropped my water weight, because of suddenly drinking so much (needed) water, and cutting out all bad carbs. I lose water weight easlily when I begin a new "diet"... Could this mean my metobolic rate is low? :help I feel like something is wrong with me... or maybe I'm doing this wrong now? I'll die if I only lose A single pound every other week!!! :guns I'm doing everything the same, if not better because eating is easier the longer I do this... I am determined to get this weight off!!!!!!! Only now my body is CLINGING to it... I was going so well in the beginning, and now I am thinking I'm doomed to be fat forever. (pardon the pitty party please) I am very much in ketosis... no appetite, higher energy, wierd breath, and purple stix.... ( I know I know, the stix aren't reliable... but I love that pruple color urplequ: ).... I'm not giving up, just needed a "Shoulder" to cry on for a sec... So, I'm going to read the book some more, and see what I can do to improve...
I am posting here, because there is a lot of info from several of you "experienced" Atkins folks, that I needed to hear, and I can relate to wanting to drop 50 pounds in a month.... (unrealistic, I know) It doesn't help that I am obsessed with my scale. I tried to hide it and I told myself I would only weigh once a week... but that lasted 24 hours.... I was frantic to see if there was even a tiny .5 loss...
So, thank you for being here, and I feel a little better just knowing "I am not the only one".
271/261/263 :anger

[not2late]

Brandi, look up your degree of metabolic resistance in Chapter 13 of the book. That will give you an idea of how hard it will be for you to lose weight on Atkins.

As for weight gains and losses. It's totally normal for your weight to fluctuate. Read the stickie about weightloss at the top of this forum or in the 14 day forum.

Step away from the scale and only weigh and measure once a week. Remember it took more than 16 days for you to put that weight on. It will take more than 16 days to take it off.

You also should know that it's very common for folks to experience a mini-stall during weeks 3 to 6 of this diet. Dr. Atkins explained it as your body adjusting itself. If you hang in there, you'll move out of this mini stall and begin losing weight again.

Other things to consider too is if your TOM (time of month) is approaching it's very common for women to "gain" water weight and inches. I know I gain an inch and about 3-7 pounds with my TOM. The good thing is this weight goes away.

Hang in there. I know this thread was about a meat and egg fast----not necessary to do, either for the original poster or for you.

[kay_508]

Hi!
I only had 10 lbs to lose too. Five, I really had to get rid of, and another 5 to be at my goal. I lost 6 pounds during the first 2 weeks! I don't know if I was supposed to, but I started adding between 5 and 10 carbs this week instead of the standard five. No weight loss yet. I don't know if its supposedt to be slow, or if i'm adding too much. I really need to try to keep better track of the numbers.
Is it possible to skip OWL and go to pre-maintenance with any results? I hope the 10 gram jump isn't too much.

[brats4]

I'm not sure exactly what you are doing with a 10 carb max but it isn't Atkins. Therefore, asking about OWL isn't really relative as you haven't really done an Atkins induction.

[Desertthorn]

Re: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?

Hi everybody,
Today is my day 16, and I am so upset, and frustrated. On day 10 of induction, I had lost 10 pounds. I was very excited, and stayed committed. Since then I have only had a .5 loss, and today there was a 2 pound gain. :anger ... I was too embarressed to measure when I began, and now I don't see results on the scale, and I don't know if I have lost inches during the days I haven't lost pounds. :sadblinky Now, I am wondering if I just dropped my water weight, because of suddenly drinking so much (needed) water, and cutting out all bad carbs. I lose water weight easlily when I begin a new "diet"... Could this mean my metobolic rate is low? :help I feel like something is wrong with me... or maybe I'm doing this wrong now? I'll die if I only lose A single pound every other week!!! :guns I'm doing everything the same, if not better because eating is easier the longer I do this... I am determined to get this weight off!!!!!!! Only now my body is CLINGING to it... I was going so well in the beginning, and now I am thinking I'm doomed to be fat forever. (pardon the pitty party please) I am very much in ketosis... no appetite, higher energy, wierd breath, and purple stix.... ( I know I know, the stix aren't reliable... but I love that pruple color urplequ: ).... I'm not giving up, just needed a "Shoulder" to cry on for a sec... So, I'm going to read the book some more, and see what I can do to improve...
I am posting here, because there is a lot of info from several of you "experienced" Atkins folks, that I needed to hear, and I can relate to wanting to drop 50 pounds in a month.... (unrealistic, I know) It doesn't help that I am obsessed with my scale. I tried to hide it and I told myself I would only weigh once a week... but that lasted 24 hours.... I was frantic to see if there was even a tiny .5 loss...
So, thank you for being here, and I feel a little better just knowing "I am not the only one".
271/261/263 :anger

Brandi, I have been on a major stall for months, not weeks and not days, months, so I can understand your frustration, but we all lose differently. There are those guys, mostly men, who just drop pounds every week, occasionaly cheat even and lose. Then there are the folks who just lose when their body feels like dropping the weight. When I first started I found that I really fell into this catagory. I didn't lose for weeks and then one day ONE DAY I got on the scales and I had dropped 5 pounds. I new the scales had to be broke, the next week the same thing happened, another 5 and then nothing for a month or so.
The point is, if I hadn't kept after it, I would have given up and gone on to yet another diet, that offered me yet another solution.
So, 1) stay off the scales or if you have to weigh everyday like I do, average out your weight loss over the week and use that as your goal. 2) Dont stress over it. Stress will make your body hold onto fat. and 3) Enjoy Atkins. Enjoy the great foods, enjoy the great recipes, enjoy the exercise and I guarentee you will lose weight.... :hug :hug

[CarbKicker]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

many folk died doing protein fasts back in the early 80s when they were the in thing to do to lose weight.

wow is this true? I never heard of people dying from the meat/egg protien fast...although in the 80's I was in high school and wasn't paying attention to diet news... I myself am using the meat and egg fast to get back into ketosis hopefully fast, because it can take me 5 days according to the sticks...although I get the cotton/dry mouth, thirst and nasuea after about 3 days....I wonder about the sticks...I drink alot of water and even when I was on the plan before I never ever got a dark purple reading....

[G-Mom]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

@Carbkicker: 2big was speaking of protein fasts, I believe relating to the Scarsdale Diet and basically super high protein diets. Honestly, if someone were to just eat meat and eggs for a long time, they would do damage or become very ill.

Remember a meat and egg fast is basically all protein (because you are encouraged to eat lean meat according to Kimmer) and extra protein can convert to glucose. PLUS what will happen after the fast? Will you just gain back that loss when eat the normal, Atkins way?

[2big4mysize]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

didn't say it was a meat egg fast I said it was a protein fast as you can see in the section of my post you quoted. http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu...-01-CBS-5.html this was from the CBS evening news 11/1/77
http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu...-01-CBS-5.html
it was a low cal all liquid protein diet the old formulas also lacked what are now known to be esintical amino acids and proteins. the FDA took actions after linking the plan to over 60 deaths. and because high protein concentrations cause a diuretic effect they were flushing the electrolytes from the body at high rates and not replacing them.

[CarbKicker]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

Oh sorry for misunderstanding your post, when I hear protein fast I automatically think of meat and egg fasts for some reason....which I hear work wonders.

[Elizellen]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

Just to re-iterate what has been said - Meat and egg fasts are NOT part of the Atkins way of eating!!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Helping my induction with a meat/egg fast-finally ketosis!

actually the meat and egg will work wonders for the scale weight temporarily becuase of the diuretic effect of the large amounts of protein but will wreck havoc with your health cause you will be deficient in many micronutrients needed to produce the chemicals in the body to keep the metabolism, the nervous system the immune system and other vital systems running full speed and when their is a shortage of one chem the effect can be gridl;ock in all systems as any hypothyroid person can tell you.

do your Atkins with all those veggies and be well for a long healthy journey. remember getting pounds off isn't our goal it is the shedding of fat pounds.