Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

[Louisea]

Re: Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

Thank you. It says very specifically in the book that you may follow a more restrictive diet, 20g carbs a day, for longer than the specified 2 weeks' induction period, until you reach your goal weight. I did not have masses of weight to lose, but I wanted to continue until I reached my goal weight, which I did. I dropped a dress size and lost about 9 pounds. Being late once in a while is perfectly normal, but in my experience, it is not normal to be late by 3.5 weeks, and after speaking with nutritionists and others on atkins in this forum, it is quite common when following a low carb diet in particular. I feel strongly that this should be stated explicitly in the atkins book and literature.

[Georgiana]

Re: Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

Thank you. It says very specifically in the book that you may follow a more restrictive diet, 20g carbs a day, for longer than the specified 2 weeks' induction period, until you reach your goal weight. I did not have masses of weight to lose, but I wanted to continue until I reached my goal weight, which I did.

What book are you reading? From DANDR 2002 (this is the book we go by at ADBB), Ch. 17, "The Wrong Way to Do Atkins", page 224:

6. Misconception: You can just continue to do Induction until you lose all of your weight.
Reality: You will lose weight more quickly if you continue doing Induction, but you won't learn how to keep that weight off permanently if you don't move through the four phases. More important, you will miss out on the benefits of the phytochemicals present in health-promoting carbohydrate foods.

[not2late]

Re: Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

Just my experience but before Atkins my periods were irregular---very irregular to the point I was very close to being put on hormone therapy to regulate my periods. About 2 months into Atkins, my periods normalized to the typical 28 day cycle.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

>>It says very specifically in the book that you may follow a more restrictive diet, 20g carbs a day, for longer than the specified 2 weeks' induction period, until you reach your goal weight.>>

Could you please cite the chapter and section where it says that?

Thanks.

J.

[mygarden]

Re: Female problem with Atkins: After 2 months doing Atkins, my periods have stopped.

I really think that you need to have a pregnancy test at a doctors office. Congratulations on you weight loss. Best of health!