Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

[Anjelique]

Its day six and I haven't lost anything and trust me I have eaten no carbs, only about 10 a day. Whats wrong?

[stephbob]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

It goes a bit further than eating 10g of carbs a day unfortunately. Can you post a menu? You may be eating foods which are considered illegal at this stage. You shouldn't be eating anything that's not on the allowed foods list:


You also need to ensure that you're drinking 64 oz of water a day. That's 8 pints, or 16 glasses.

Are you exercising? Although exercize makes up an essential part of Atkins, you may find that you're losing fat but replacing it with muscle instead, and since muscle weighs more than fat, the scale won't be able to distinguish between the two.

The best advice I can give is to ditch the scales. Instead, take a tape measure and use that once a week. If you're measuring every day, a lack of weight loss may discourage you.

If you follow the plan correctly, you will lose weight.

also, what are your stats? Age? Sex? Starting weight? Goal weight?

[Anjelique]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Alright I eat this daily so here it is:

Breakfast:
Eggs/Cheese
Turkey Sausage
Water

Lunch:
Some salami and cheese

Dinner:
Tuna or Pork chops or Hamburgers/cheese

Snacks:
cheese and roastbeef or just string cheese




I drink water with every meal and yesterday I drank some green tea

Stats:
Female
Starting and Current weight 176 goal weight 140

[Brook]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Good grief!

You've gotta be retaining more water than the Hoover Dam with all that sodium

You don't list how much of what you're eating. You're only allowed 3-4oz of cheese a day total.

Where are your veggies?!! You've got squat in there for veggies and that's not Atkins. Your body needs not only the nutrients and fiber from those veggies, but you're supposed to be starting to learn eating habits that will carry you through and make this a lifestyle!

And with all that meat and cheese, I'd imagine that your digestive system is pretty...<ahem> backed up. That'll weigh you down too.

Water with every meal? Is that 24oz total or is that 64+ total a day?

Supplements?

[stephbob]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

I see a SERIOUS lack of vegetables in that diet! In fact, you dont have any!

Add some salad (up to three cups a day) and one cup of other vegetables (broccoli, zuccinni, anything, check the list I posted)

Cut back on the cheese, you're not stating exactly how much you're having at each meal but it looks far too much too me.

Also, you're not eating enough by any means. You need to eat much more, but the salad and vegetables will help fill your menu out.

[stephbob]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Wow, I must be picking this up better than I thought if I'm giving the same advice as you, Brook hehe

[Anjelique]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

I eat just one slice of cheese if I eat it with anything and I eat string cheese

[Brook]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

K. Well that's a start, Anjelique. What about the rest?

LOL Steph. You crack me up!

[RationalBeing]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Yeah honestly you gotta be retaining water like crazy. You're eating a ton of processed meat (not necessarily bad) but my money is on the water retention due to all the sodium.

Dont forget to eat the veggies, and if you want my opinion on this diet:

Max weight loss = MEAT + WATER + VEGGIES

I can lose up to a friggin pound in one day if I only eat veggies (salad, squash & broc) and nothing but pure, unprocessed meat like chicken breast.

This is true for me, I'm not sure for others.

Luc

[Anjelique]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

I eat unprocessed meat

[stephbob]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

If you want to know what I'd do to that menu if it were me, here's my opinion:

Breakfast:
scrambled Eggs
bacon/Turkey Sausage (make sure it's not packed with filler, a lot contain bread as fillers!)
grilled tomato
Water

Lunch:
Tuna/chicken salad
water

Dinner:
Pork chops/steak/chicken/turkey breast with broccoli
water

Snacks:
string cheese (since you obviously like cheese lol)

Just as an idea. There are so many other options open to you, but it's nearly midnight here and I'm pretty tired lol

[RationalBeing]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

I eat unprocessed meat

Wrong. Salmi, sausage, roast beef = processed.

I bet if you cut those out you'll lose like 3lbs in water

[Brook]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Rational is correct. Most of the meats you listed are processed - more than likely loaded with fillers and about guaranteed to be sodium soaked.

Why no veggies? It'd certainly be easier to give you advice/suggestions for incorporating them into your menus if we knew why you're not eating them or what you like

Again - how much water are you drinking? Supplements? Exercise?

[Anjelique]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

I don't eat sausage I eat Turkey Sausage, it has no carbs, the salami I eat says no carbs and so does the roast beef

[Brook]

Re: Day 6 and I haven't lost anything

Turkey sausage is STILL sausage. It's loaded with fillers and salt to make it sausage - pork or beef doesn't sausage make - it's what they add to it.

If it's not pure protein or pure fat, it's got a carb count - and you can bet with the fillers and additives that you've got carbs in there you're not counting.

Reading the nutritional label for counts isn't enough. You have to read the ingredients too.

This is where knowing how labeling laws work is handy. Not sure where you're from (Columbia?) - but here in the USA a food product can be labeled as having 0 grams of carb per serving if it has less than .49grams. It can be labeled as having <1 gram if it has .5-.99 grams of carb. If it says zero grams and it's not pure protein (and even some meat sources naturally have a carb count - like lots of seafood, for example) and it's not pure fat, it has a carb count.

If you're not looking for suggestions and experience, that's cool. We're just trying to help. If you are, giving us the info we've asked for to help you will get us all a lot farther a lot faster

HTH
~Brook