HELP... In a struggling confusion!

[JillianJ]

I just began the atkins diet 7 days ago. I went from 185 to 173 in 5 days. Day 5 I was taking Tylenol for a horrid toothache I have. Day 6 I went to the dentist and was prescribed penicillin and vicodin for my tooth until I decide if I want them to pull it or save it. I was told I could take the vicodin with ibuprofen... which I have been doing. Can these pills effect my weight loss on atkins? I ask because I am now back up to 180 which seemed to happen over night since I just weighed myself the day before. I doubt it's what I am eating. A general day consists of eggs, bacon, turkey burger, steak, chicken, cheese, cream cheese, veggies ( low-carb vegetables of course ). Thats a typical day... sometimes I have an atkins shake or an atkins bar. I am not sure how much water intake I had yesterday and if maybe thats the problem if I didn't drink enough ( if any? ). Yesterday seems a little hazzy to me. But if it's not the pills, will lack of water for one day cause me to gain 7 pounds?

[Georgiana]

Re: HELP... In a struggling confusion!

Well, you cannot gain 7 lbs of fat unless you ate about 25000 calories. So the weight you've gained is water. Water intake has a lot to do with it -- you should be drinking at least 64 oz per day, better more depending on how much you weigh.

By the way, the Atkins bars and shakes are known to stall weight loss and they also contain ingredients not "legal" during Induction.

Antibiotics can cause bloating, but I don't know how fast this happens... Maybe someone else can help with this.

[JillianJ]

Re: HELP... In a struggling confusion!

Well, you cannot gain 7 lbs of fat unless you ate about 25000 calories. So the weight you've gained is water. Water intake has a lot to do with it -- you should be drinking at least 64 oz per day, better more depending on how much you weigh.

By the way, the Atkins bars and shakes are known to stall weight loss and they also contain ingredients not "legal" during Induction.

Antibiotics can cause bloating, but I don't know how fast this happens... Maybe someone else can help with this.

Thank god it's not fat! I definitely didn't come close to that many calories. I will stop drinking the shakes and eating the bars until after induction. Thank you