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Greetings all! I am new and in need of some serious help.
My birthday gift to myself when I turn 25 this year is losing 50 pounds.
I gained 40 pounds in 4 months due to a pregnancy, and never lost any of it. Even after my 6 lb 4 oz daughter was born, within a month I was still at 180. This was eight years ago, and the weight has been here ever since.
I have also been self conscious about my size ever since. Although I carried it well (as I was told) and people, even my doctor, thought I was only about 150, it bothered me. All those people who didn't think I was fat and thought I looked great and well proportioned didn't understand how devestating it was to go from 140 to 180 in a matter of 4 months, and then have the weight stay there like an inseparable best friend.
After visiting the doctor and hearing I had the health problems of a 40 year old, I was scared. So finally, away from all those people, free and on my own, I decided to do something about it. Since I was now responsible for the grocery shopping, I made smarter choices. Since my mother was across town in her own kitchen, I ate my veggies they way they ought to be eaten--- raw, or only slightly cooked. And last, since there was no man to enjoy the "meat" I was carrying, I joined a gym, drank mostly water and cut out everything white. Me and my untreated, underactive thyroid managed to drop about six pounds in four weeks this way. Then I found Atkins.
I had bought the book a long time ago but never read it. Thought it was a quick fix zero carb diet--- attempted it in highschool as a quick fix every now and then, but never committed to it. Didn't understand the science behind it, or why still drinking juice and having gravy were counterproductive to eating less carbs. And to make matters worse, my mother was (and still is) a nurse who is stuck on stale nutrition info (food pyramid all the way for her!)
But Atkins and I became reacquainted--- for real this time. I read the book. Re-read some parts. Had been committed to this way of eating it without even finishing it.
As committed as I am, now I have hit a stall--- I have been at the same weight for over two months and this morning, to my dismay, gained two pounds from yesterday. I had gotten down to 163, crept up to 164 last week, and this morning was 166.
I have remained on the induction phase of Atkins since I started at the beginning of May, for fear that I will blow up if I go past anything other than that. I have a rather sensitive metabolism because I am hypothyroid, my body just reacts to things differently. I must say though, when I first set out on my weight loss journey in March, I was being a not-so-obedient patient and not taking any medicine, (while also not having a specific eating plan) and still lost a little weight. When I committed to Atkins later on and took my Synthroid properly, progress was slower than the typical Atkin-ite, but quicker than it had been and steady. And then suddenly it stopped.
I wasn't doing anything differently, wasn't cheating (fell deeper in love with Splenda though, and began having pork rinds and sour cream as a regular snack), still working out faithfully and then the weight loss just stopped. It was so depressing. I was even undershooting my net carb (usually 15g-17g) allowance each day, just to make sure I didn't exceed 20. And water was not an issue, as I was drinking just about a gallon a day.
I then suspected it was by body no longer responding to my exercise routine, and cut out running each day in exchange for solely resistance training, alternating muscle groups each day. No weight change, but my bras suddenly fit even less than they already had been fitting--- what a bummer. I mean, realisticly, I know they will get smaller as I do, but goodness! What a mockery! Smaller breasts but no loss!
In addition to laying off the Splenda (even though it had never been a problem before), out of desperation, Sunday I decided to drop my carbs to 0 grams for a few days to kick the weight in the butt. Gained two pounds.
After battling through the first side effects of ketosis I've ever felt, I discarded the thought and had broccoli with my steak at lunch today. This was not due to the side effects, which have subsided, but mostly out of boredom with eating all meat and meat products.
Yesterday after work I inhaled a plate of mussel meat and a bag of pork rinds with a hunk of cheese, because the one chicken leg quarter I had for lunch at 12 left me starving by 6 pm.
I'm frustrated now. Really frustrated. I mean, the weight gone is nasty fat that is no longer clinging to me. But nevertheless, I am still fretting more than a little bit.
Please---- someone advise!
My birthday gift to myself when I turn 25 this year is losing 50 pounds.
I gained 40 pounds in 4 months due to a pregnancy, and never lost any of it. Even after my 6 lb 4 oz daughter was born, within a month I was still at 180. This was eight years ago, and the weight has been here ever since.
I have also been self conscious about my size ever since. Although I carried it well (as I was told) and people, even my doctor, thought I was only about 150, it bothered me. All those people who didn't think I was fat and thought I looked great and well proportioned didn't understand how devestating it was to go from 140 to 180 in a matter of 4 months, and then have the weight stay there like an inseparable best friend.
After visiting the doctor and hearing I had the health problems of a 40 year old, I was scared. So finally, away from all those people, free and on my own, I decided to do something about it. Since I was now responsible for the grocery shopping, I made smarter choices. Since my mother was across town in her own kitchen, I ate my veggies they way they ought to be eaten--- raw, or only slightly cooked. And last, since there was no man to enjoy the "meat" I was carrying, I joined a gym, drank mostly water and cut out everything white. Me and my untreated, underactive thyroid managed to drop about six pounds in four weeks this way. Then I found Atkins.
I had bought the book a long time ago but never read it. Thought it was a quick fix zero carb diet--- attempted it in highschool as a quick fix every now and then, but never committed to it. Didn't understand the science behind it, or why still drinking juice and having gravy were counterproductive to eating less carbs. And to make matters worse, my mother was (and still is) a nurse who is stuck on stale nutrition info (food pyramid all the way for her!)
But Atkins and I became reacquainted--- for real this time. I read the book. Re-read some parts. Had been committed to this way of eating it without even finishing it.
As committed as I am, now I have hit a stall--- I have been at the same weight for over two months and this morning, to my dismay, gained two pounds from yesterday. I had gotten down to 163, crept up to 164 last week, and this morning was 166.
I have remained on the induction phase of Atkins since I started at the beginning of May, for fear that I will blow up if I go past anything other than that. I have a rather sensitive metabolism because I am hypothyroid, my body just reacts to things differently. I must say though, when I first set out on my weight loss journey in March, I was being a not-so-obedient patient and not taking any medicine, (while also not having a specific eating plan) and still lost a little weight. When I committed to Atkins later on and took my Synthroid properly, progress was slower than the typical Atkin-ite, but quicker than it had been and steady. And then suddenly it stopped.
I wasn't doing anything differently, wasn't cheating (fell deeper in love with Splenda though, and began having pork rinds and sour cream as a regular snack), still working out faithfully and then the weight loss just stopped. It was so depressing. I was even undershooting my net carb (usually 15g-17g) allowance each day, just to make sure I didn't exceed 20. And water was not an issue, as I was drinking just about a gallon a day.
I then suspected it was by body no longer responding to my exercise routine, and cut out running each day in exchange for solely resistance training, alternating muscle groups each day. No weight change, but my bras suddenly fit even less than they already had been fitting--- what a bummer. I mean, realisticly, I know they will get smaller as I do, but goodness! What a mockery! Smaller breasts but no loss!
In addition to laying off the Splenda (even though it had never been a problem before), out of desperation, Sunday I decided to drop my carbs to 0 grams for a few days to kick the weight in the butt. Gained two pounds.
After battling through the first side effects of ketosis I've ever felt, I discarded the thought and had broccoli with my steak at lunch today. This was not due to the side effects, which have subsided, but mostly out of boredom with eating all meat and meat products.
Yesterday after work I inhaled a plate of mussel meat and a bag of pork rinds with a hunk of cheese, because the one chicken leg quarter I had for lunch at 12 left me starving by 6 pm.
I'm frustrated now. Really frustrated. I mean, the weight gone is nasty fat that is no longer clinging to me. But nevertheless, I am still fretting more than a little bit.
Please---- someone advise!
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