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I am curious to know how other slow-losers have found their CCLL? I'm also posting in this forum because I'm keen to get some advice from experienced Atkineers & mods who have been on this WOE much longer than me.
Initially I lost 20lbs in 2 months (around 10 weeks). After that, my weightloss has not been a consistent few pounds every week or every couple of weeks. It would be more like a pound here, a pound there - sometimes a pound lost after only one week, other times a pound lost after 4 weeks - with no real consistency.
I know I am supposed to try new foods in the rungs in OWL and/or increase one carb level each week ie increase 5g carbs each week. I am curious to find my CCLL early on, so I know what my boundaries are. So what I'd like to do is go find my CCLL and then drop back to a carb level that I like being at.
If I had been regularly losing pounds and when I increased a carb level, the weightloss slows or stops completely, then I would know that that level would be my CCLL. However, this wouldn't be the case for me.
* DANDR says if we had been losing regularly and to increase carb level until the weightloss slows down or stops altogether. Ok, so for a slow loser, what if I increase the carb level, don't lose or gain, do I move up to the next carb level? Or do I stay on that carb level until I make a loss?
* How can I tell the difference between stalling at a certain carb level, or it is simply my body adjusting towards the next weightloss? ie if I take 4-5 weeks to make a loss, then do I stay at that carb level during that whole time? (I guess this could apply to trying a new food can't it? - I just can't see myself eating the same "new" food for 4-5 weeks)
* Or as my weightlosses are far and few in between, do I keep increasing to the next carb level till I gain weight? and when I do, drop back, and if I stall on it, drop back again and work backwards?
I know this sounds confusing, but as I draw very close to where I should be moving onto Pre-Maintenance, I also need to get my head sorted out on this and find my boundaries ie if I go over my current carb level, then I don't necessarily need to look at it as a cheat, but rather I have moved within my CCLL.
At the same time, I think this will help me move through the rungs with more confidence instead of hesitating like I am at the moment.
Initially I lost 20lbs in 2 months (around 10 weeks). After that, my weightloss has not been a consistent few pounds every week or every couple of weeks. It would be more like a pound here, a pound there - sometimes a pound lost after only one week, other times a pound lost after 4 weeks - with no real consistency.
I know I am supposed to try new foods in the rungs in OWL and/or increase one carb level each week ie increase 5g carbs each week. I am curious to find my CCLL early on, so I know what my boundaries are. So what I'd like to do is go find my CCLL and then drop back to a carb level that I like being at.
If I had been regularly losing pounds and when I increased a carb level, the weightloss slows or stops completely, then I would know that that level would be my CCLL. However, this wouldn't be the case for me.
* DANDR says if we had been losing regularly and to increase carb level until the weightloss slows down or stops altogether. Ok, so for a slow loser, what if I increase the carb level, don't lose or gain, do I move up to the next carb level? Or do I stay on that carb level until I make a loss?
* How can I tell the difference between stalling at a certain carb level, or it is simply my body adjusting towards the next weightloss? ie if I take 4-5 weeks to make a loss, then do I stay at that carb level during that whole time? (I guess this could apply to trying a new food can't it? - I just can't see myself eating the same "new" food for 4-5 weeks)
* Or as my weightlosses are far and few in between, do I keep increasing to the next carb level till I gain weight? and when I do, drop back, and if I stall on it, drop back again and work backwards?
I know this sounds confusing, but as I draw very close to where I should be moving onto Pre-Maintenance, I also need to get my head sorted out on this and find my boundaries ie if I go over my current carb level, then I don't necessarily need to look at it as a cheat, but rather I have moved within my CCLL.
At the same time, I think this will help me move through the rungs with more confidence instead of hesitating like I am at the moment.
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