No shift !

[skieferin]

Hello
I have said in previous threads that I lost 5 stone (70lb) in 6 weeks when I first did the Atkins, and after reading advice from you lovely people I have now gone a week with no Atkins breakfast bars, and limited my sweetners down to 2 teaspoons of Splenda per day.
I eat mainly homemade mayo (Egg + Oil + mustard) with tuna in oil, 100% beef burgers 0.4g per burger of carbs-No sugar, just meat and salt 'n peper.
Chicken breasts plain, lettace, maybe 6 cherry tomatoes per day,cucumber, cheese. I drink water, probably about 6 glasses, pepermint tea and decaffinated coffee.
Yet, after a week not a lb of weight has shifted, I remember that the last time when I lost all the weight (3 years ago) that I lost around 6-8lb in the first week then I went into freefall !
I am not any less active than I was, but can someone explain why this time I am having trouble losing weight ?

Many thanks

[Georgiana]

Re: No shift !

100% beef burgers 0.4g per burger of carbs-No sugar, just meat and salt 'n peper.

Where do the carbs in the burgers come from?

Chicken breasts plain, lettace, maybe 6 cherry tomatoes per day,cucumber, cheese. I drink water, probably about 6 glasses, pepermint tea and decaffinated coffee.

You are supposed to drink a minimum of eight 8-oz glasses of pure water per day. The more you weigh, the more you'll have to drink on top of these 64 ounces.

Yet, after a week not a lb of weight has shifted, I remember that the last time when I lost all the weight (3 years ago) that I lost around 6-8lb in the first week then I went into freefall !
I am not any less active than I was, but can someone explain why this time I am having trouble losing weight ?

From your previous posts, you are losing weight -- you've lost ~6.5 lbs from March 18th to April 6th . But you should not compare the weight loss rate you have now with the weight loss rate you had years ago, because our metabolisms change as we age.

It is also common to experience a pause in weight loss after Induction. This is called the "Post-Induction Stall Syndrome (PISS)", and there is a whole thread about it in the "Most Memorable Posts" forum.

[kibskix]

Re: No shift !

make sure you're getting 2-3 cups of veggies from the salad list and if its 2cups, you get another 1cup from the other list.
You can't compare your weight loss to any previous attempt. Your second/third/etc attemps are almost always slower. you're older, your bodys changed, and every time you lose weight its going to be a little different. Please take Gs advice and read up on PISS. that first initial loss is water. your body may be dehydrated when this happens. As it re-balances, you may gain some water weight back at the same time you're losing fat, so it may show as a stall or even a gain. I gained 5lbs back my second week, and it took another week to get moving again. Just keep going and don't demand your body to change overnight. My biggest challenge is keeping the big picture, and take measurements. just because the scale doesn't move doesnt mean you aren't losing fat.

[chinadoll]

Re: No shift !

I have done Atkins four times. Once when I was a teen and followed the '72 version. Once seven years ago when I lost most of my big weight, last year, and then after a couple of months off this winter I started again March 6th.

Each time my rate of loss and pattern of loss has been different. You cannot compare what happened last time to now. And I will say that each time gets slower. Just a year ago I was a wait and whoosh loser, Right now I am steadily losing about a pound and a quarter a week. I am doing a few small things differently but nothing that should be making this big a change.

If you expect the same results, don't. It is not going to happen the same way. You are different. Your body is different. You are older. You have yoyoed. You have had that many more months at your high weight than you had last time. There are lots of little things that play into this. I even have different food intolerances this time around. It's frustrating, but you might as well know now.

[kibskix]

Re: No shift !

speaking of food intolerances, mine are a lot more sensitive this time. the first time i could (and did) drink diet rite, cheese, coffee and processed things like bacon/ham/sausage like it was going out of style, and still lost. now, diet rite makes me sick, cheese slows me down, processed meat makes me gain, and caffeine makes me freakishlly hungry and sick.