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  • Reverse Atkins = 11 Day Results

    For those of you who were following this, my husband weighed in last night after 11 days and was 8 pounds down. He also went down one waist size on his jeans last week. I would be jealous if I wasn't so glad to see him lose!

    For those of you who have been following this thread and are thinking. Cool way to lose without induction, I would like to add a few things. This is working for my husband because it is the only way I could get him to do low carb. BUT, I am pretty sure he would have lost more if he had done it the corect way. More important, he has missed some of the greatest benefits of proper Atkins as in Appetite loss. He is losing, he is low carbing, but he is also quite hungry every day. The only way I can make his higher version of low carb work is with portion control. He is not counting calories and goes way over the norm for "diet" calories, but still has controlled portions. I do not think he is actual ketosis, I think he is at a pretty high level of OWL. Also this may not have worked for him at all if he was insulin resistant. I don't think he actually is, since he can lose on any diet if he sets his mind to it. But once he gets going, he loses faster and better on Atkins.

    He does realize he was "tricked" into it, but after 36 years, its kind of hard to trick him for long. And he's pretty happy now that he's seen the results.

    He s also going to jazzercise occassionally with me. He started going to make me "keep it up". I don't actually need a push since I love it and go every day if I can, but he actually enjoys it too although so far, he is the only guy I have seen there.
    GINNY
    F
    264/240/130
    Eat to Live; Don't Live to Eat!


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    Re: Reverse Atkins = 11 Day Results

    Ginny, I'm glad it is going so well! I saw your post when you first wrote about this and I wondered how it would work out, I'm glad you updated us! Congratulations to you and your husband!
    ~Amy~

    5'7", 24 years old
    (Re-)Starting Weight- 225-- Current Weight- 164.5 -- Goal Weight- 150

    1st mini goal- 200lbs : Met 5 March 2008!l 2nd mini goal- 185lbs : Met 3 December 2008!l 3rd mini goal- 170lbs: Met 5 February 2009! l 4th mini goal- 160lbs l Goal!- 150lbs




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    • #3
      Re: Reverse Atkins = 11 Day Results

      Well done both of you

      Keep up the good work!
      Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
      Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



      Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





      F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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      • #4
        Re: Reverse Atkins = 11 Day Results

        Weigh to go! Thanks for the update!
        Elsie150
        Female 44, 5'
        SW241/CW215/GW150
        Never Ending Induction Recipes
        http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...n-recipes.html

        You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ~Maya Angelo~

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