Where is my Atkins GPS?

[miller98b]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, what do we think is next? I have been at OWL rung 1 for three weeks now and I am wondering if I should make any changes. My weight has been steady at 269 for two weeks and I am not really interested in moving into OWL rung 2. Not a milk fan if I cannot add it to cereal.

I have been hovering between 25-30 net carbs per day for this entire week and I am not noticing any changes in weight or measurements. My water consumption is always above 100 ounces and exercise is inconsistent, but it is happening.

OWL rung 1 was 25 net carbs, so technically I may be at OWL rung 2 at this point, but without the dairy addition. More to the point of my question, do we think I should hold steady or possibly lower carbs back to 25 or less? When I moved from extended induction to OWL rung 1 I lost 7 pounds, but I don't want to add or lower carbs and find a "two" week stall become a four week stall.

The good news......Most of the experienced Atkiners may have noticed this change at some point, but it is funny that my brain has just registered that weight loss is not of immediate concern, because their is no need to rush the weight loss. My brain was telling me that the sooner we get to our goal weight the sooner we can stop dieting.......but then I stopped and said to myself, "This is for life, what is the rush." Not a revelation of biblical proportions, but when you finally register that reality in your brain, you feel a sense of calm about the whole thing.

Well, thanks for your thoughts and I will be seating here waiting for the responses to pour in.......

[miller98b]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

"Seating Here"....................So much for two undergraduate degrees and a Graduate Degree!

[poobears1972]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

You don't have to do every rung, if there's a rung you don't like the foods on skip it. Go to rung 3 instead.

[Georgiana]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

OWL rung 1 was 25 net carbs, so technically I may be at OWL rung 2 at this point, but without the dairy addition.

The rungs of OWL refer to the food groups you add, not to your net carbohydrate level. So you're still on Rung 1.

More to the point of my question, do we think I should hold steady or possibly lower carbs back to 25 or less?

I would hold steady for at least another week... stay on Rung 1.

How many calories are you getting?

[Georgiana]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

I am not really interested in moving into OWL rung 2. Not a milk fan if I cannot add it to cereal.

OWL Rung 2 is not only milk. You could add, for example, ricotta, cottage cheese, yogurt...

[miller98b]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

Ok Gerogiana and others,

I stayed at Rung 1 until now and I am down to 263 pounds. I have had between 25 and 30 net carbs per day. Should I continue to move up my net carb intake to, say 35 net carbs in hopes I will lose more weight, or should I keep it where it is because it is working for me?

Could moving up my carb intake possibly cause me to lose weight faster or is that almost never the case?

Thanks!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

carb increase and exercise are directly linked so are you going to be consistant in whatever exercise you are doing? if so then you can move another rung or add more of those veggies for another 5 net increase. if you gain or stop losing or get wild cravings drop the new to you food and see what happenes at they carb level with old to you foods. if the weight gains or cravings persist you know you have found your current CCLL and need to stay at 25-30 net grams of carbs.

you could then swap out some of your already eatting fods for a new rung if you want to keep trying the rungs to get to the top or you could sit where you are and see if as you get smaller and better insulin and blood sugar controls going will your CCLL get bigger.

Or you could workout more and gain a higher CCLL 2 hours in the gym lifting BFL style 3 days a week and 3 days HIITing for 60 min gained me a CCLL of 115net. cutting out the lifting and just treadmilly 30 min dropped mine to 45 net. there is a chart in your DANDR chapter 14 that shows you how regular exercise can increase CCLL levels.

[miller98b]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

That helps. I am not trying to find my CCLL at this time, I am trying to find what carb count will maximize my weight loss. Whemn I increased from 20 net carbs per day to 25-30 net carbs per day, I lost weight faster. Therefore, would it benefit me to raise it to 35 net carbs to increase weight loss even more. I know it is personal to each person, as I stated in another thread we are talking in, but I was once again collecting the information to make an educated decision. If you all believe that my 2.5 pound weight loss per week at 25-30 net carbs is pretty darn good and I shouldn't mess with that, then I won't. But if someone said that they started to lose more weight when they increased their carbs......like many do when they go from Induction(extended ind.) to OWL.

I am an information garbage disposal.....it helps me make decisions.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

>>I am trying to find what carb count will maximize my weight loss.>>

That's not really the point of OWL though. Your body will lose at the rate it will.

>>would it benefit me to raise it to 35 net carbs to increase weight loss even more.>>

There's no way to know until you do it.

No one can predict what a future rate of loss will be.

And remember ... the slower you lose the weight, the more likely you are to keep it off.

[2big4mysize]

Re: Where is my Atkins GPS?

That helps. I am not trying to find my CCLL at this time, I am trying to find what carb count will maximize my weight loss. Whemn I increased from 20 net carbs per day to 25-30 net carbs per day, I lost weight faster. Therefore, would it benefit me to raise it to 35 net carbs to increase weight loss even more. I know it is personal to each person, as I stated in another thread we are talking in, but I was once again collecting the information to make an educated decision. If you all believe that my 2.5 pound weight loss per week at 25-30 net carbs is pretty darn good and I shouldn't mess with that, then I won't. But if someone said that they started to lose more weight when they increased their carbs......like many do when they go from Induction(extended ind.) to OWL.

I am an information garbage disposal.....it helps me make decisions.

never heard it put quite that way but good for you.

some times when folk do extended induction they don't monitor and correct for vits and minerals they are lacking from their induction food choices. adding that extra 5 net grams of veggie and mineral dense foods that are on the lower rungs of OWL can dramitcally help boost metabolism for somebody who was lacking them.

If however you are not lacking anything then you will not get dramtic help unless you did something to change your cal balance either added more exericse or less cals eatten but as you have read that is a tough act to balance.

Your 2 pounds a week is a great rate of loss as you will be a 100 pounds lighter in less then a yr if it keeps up