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I've been doing this for a while, so I thought I am able to figure out if there's anything wrong in my menu. Everything was fine until 2 weeks ago, but since then my weight has been going up... not a lot, about 3-4 lbs, but I find that significant as I don't have a lot to lose anyway.
Background... I did two weeks of induction, started at 162.4, lost 2.2 lbs. Then rung 1 for ~ 2 weeks, lost 2.2 lbs. Then rung 2... here I've lost weight in the first 3 days (which were exactly the days in which I had yogurt... 100 g or 3.6 oz per day), and then the scale started hating me.
I eat at the university canteen and there is not too much variety in 'legal' raw veggies. Usually I have lettuce (iceberg, green leaf, red leaf), cucumbers (with skin on) and tomatoes. Some days I eat raw cabbage (max. 1/2 cup), radishes, onion (max. ~ 1/2 cup) or celery. There is more variety in 'legal' cooked veggies, but these usually have a lot of salt added so I'm careful with the quantities. I tried cauliflower, broccoli, green and yellow squash, tomatoes and green beans. Didn't add anything new to my menus during rung 1, I just increased the number of net carbohydrates. At the end of induction I was still losing while eating ~ 30 carbs.
When I started rung 2, I did not increase the number of carbs. Here I've introduced cottage cheese (with which I had a few 'cheats' during the end of rung 1 as well and it does not cause me problems) and plain yogurt (4.1 carbs in 100 g). I had yogurt three times, in consecutive days... which I know is not smart, but anyway. The weight kept going down and on Oct 21st I was 155.8.
After Oct 21st the lbs began coming back. At this point I was still at rung 2. I cut yogurt to no more than 1 oz of yogurt per day (although I don't think it's a staller as I did lose while eating it), but continued having cottage cheese.
This Monday I ate macadamia nuts (1 oz), but I can't say how/if they affected my weight. It's still slowly going up.
Two days ago (so this would be the third) I cut the carbs back to 20 g, eliminated cooked veggies, mayo, cream, cream cheese, mustard, sour cream, and all rung 2 and rung 3 foods. Basically I live on (unprocessed) meat, raw veggies (arugula, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, celery, onion), sliced swiss cheese (max. 2 oz per day), olive oil and vinegar (white and red wine vinegar, if that matters... anyway, not balsamic). I don't expect results to appear over night, but my weight did not change in these two days.
I do drink regular coffee some days (max. 4 oz espresso), but it's not something I introduced recently. I also had it before without any issues. Sometimes I drink it black, sometimes with stevia, but no cream (used to be with cream, but I ditched it).
I determined my CCLL before I started a big cheating adventure this summer (restarted Atkins around Sep 20), and it's around 40-45 carbs, depending how many come from veggies.
Other things that might matter... I sleep 4-6 h per night, drink about 200 oz water per day, take a multivitamin/mineral supplement, don't drink alcohol and exercise at least 5 days per week, about 1.5-2 hours per day (C25k, elliptical, stationary rowing, biking, strength training with weights, abs, push-ups and badminton). And nope, TOM's not around.
OK, I hope I didn't forget anything... The link to my FitDay account is in the siggy. You can also see my sodium/water intake if you check my stats (link also in the signature).
Any ideas why the scale hates me?
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Forgot to add this... the tape measure does not hate me, but it does not love me either. No change in inches since I started gaining.
Background... I did two weeks of induction, started at 162.4, lost 2.2 lbs. Then rung 1 for ~ 2 weeks, lost 2.2 lbs. Then rung 2... here I've lost weight in the first 3 days (which were exactly the days in which I had yogurt... 100 g or 3.6 oz per day), and then the scale started hating me.
I eat at the university canteen and there is not too much variety in 'legal' raw veggies. Usually I have lettuce (iceberg, green leaf, red leaf), cucumbers (with skin on) and tomatoes. Some days I eat raw cabbage (max. 1/2 cup), radishes, onion (max. ~ 1/2 cup) or celery. There is more variety in 'legal' cooked veggies, but these usually have a lot of salt added so I'm careful with the quantities. I tried cauliflower, broccoli, green and yellow squash, tomatoes and green beans. Didn't add anything new to my menus during rung 1, I just increased the number of net carbohydrates. At the end of induction I was still losing while eating ~ 30 carbs.
When I started rung 2, I did not increase the number of carbs. Here I've introduced cottage cheese (with which I had a few 'cheats' during the end of rung 1 as well and it does not cause me problems) and plain yogurt (4.1 carbs in 100 g). I had yogurt three times, in consecutive days... which I know is not smart, but anyway. The weight kept going down and on Oct 21st I was 155.8.
After Oct 21st the lbs began coming back. At this point I was still at rung 2. I cut yogurt to no more than 1 oz of yogurt per day (although I don't think it's a staller as I did lose while eating it), but continued having cottage cheese.
This Monday I ate macadamia nuts (1 oz), but I can't say how/if they affected my weight. It's still slowly going up.
Two days ago (so this would be the third) I cut the carbs back to 20 g, eliminated cooked veggies, mayo, cream, cream cheese, mustard, sour cream, and all rung 2 and rung 3 foods. Basically I live on (unprocessed) meat, raw veggies (arugula, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, celery, onion), sliced swiss cheese (max. 2 oz per day), olive oil and vinegar (white and red wine vinegar, if that matters... anyway, not balsamic). I don't expect results to appear over night, but my weight did not change in these two days.
I do drink regular coffee some days (max. 4 oz espresso), but it's not something I introduced recently. I also had it before without any issues. Sometimes I drink it black, sometimes with stevia, but no cream (used to be with cream, but I ditched it).
I determined my CCLL before I started a big cheating adventure this summer (restarted Atkins around Sep 20), and it's around 40-45 carbs, depending how many come from veggies.
Other things that might matter... I sleep 4-6 h per night, drink about 200 oz water per day, take a multivitamin/mineral supplement, don't drink alcohol and exercise at least 5 days per week, about 1.5-2 hours per day (C25k, elliptical, stationary rowing, biking, strength training with weights, abs, push-ups and badminton). And nope, TOM's not around.
OK, I hope I didn't forget anything... The link to my FitDay account is in the siggy. You can also see my sodium/water intake if you check my stats (link also in the signature).
Any ideas why the scale hates me?
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Forgot to add this... the tape measure does not hate me, but it does not love me either. No change in inches since I started gaining.
What rung are you at?
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