desperate

[lucki]

hi there, i have been reading everybodies messages and feel really good that i have decided to do the atkins diet but, i am really upset. i am on my 5th day of the induction now and i had lost 2 pounds but have now put it on, i just do not understand why. i am absoloutely devastated and do not understand why i am not losing weight i am doing everything properly. the only thing that may be stopping me is that i eat mayo with every meal and i put swweetex in my water so i can drink it. if anyone knows please can you let me know. i have alot of weight to loose and am desperate to loose it (.

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

Welcome to ADBB.

What are your stats? Height, current weight, goal weight.

Could you post one or two menus you had since starting Atkins, including quantities for everything?

What's "swweetex"? You need at least 64 oz of pure water daily, not sweetened stuff (I guess "swweetex" is some artificial sugary stuff).

Are you exercising?

In any case, weight fluctuations are perfectly normal. You can gain 2 lbs today and lose 4 lbs in the next two. If the number on the scale bothers you, weigh only at the end of the first week or at the end of your 14-day Induction. And don't forget to take body measurements too.

[lucki]

Re: desperate

hi thanks for the reply, but i have put on the 2 lbs that i lost, 7th day in and i have lost nothing, i have now stopped taking sweetener as i think too much of it must stop weightloss, and the mayo which has sugar in it so i have stopped having that as well, so i dont know if now i have to wait a few days before i see any results but i am really getting upset as i am following the rules and seeing no results.

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

If you post your menu (incl. quantities), we might be able to make some suggestions. Without a menu, we can only guess.

[kaylasgram]

Re: desperate

Lucki ~ Hello & Welcome To Atkins & The ADBB Forum!!!

Congrats on stopping the sweetner, 64oz a day of pure water is the best way to go!!!

As Georgiana has already suggested the best way for us to assist you, is for us to take a look at a few of your menu's & get an idea of what your eating. That way we might be able to help you tweek it just a wee bit here & there, sometimes it will really make a BIG difference to get the scale moving in the right direction again!!!

We have have alot going on around here 24/7 it may be sharing our stories or giving & reciving information & we have a lot of fun in the process!!!

Below I have listed a Link for you with a lot of good information that I have found very helpful & I put it together all in one place to you get started along your way on your Atkins journey!!!

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/77935-some-helpful-hints-those-new-atkins-revised.html

Please feel free to join~in with us any time & post away with questions, comments, your stories or anything at all & most important keep us posted of your progress!!!

~Cindi~

[lucki]

Re: desperate

hiya,

i eat, smoked salmon, salmon cooked in butter, chicken grilled or fried or roasted. i do like my cheese. i try to weigh it most days so i dont go over. i have fried, poached, boiled or scrambled eggs for breakfast. i have ham, bacon not too much of it though. i eat smoked or unsmoked mackerel, also canned makerel, anchovies, tuna. Prawns cooked in butter, garlic. i have lettuce and a few baby tomatoes, cooked mushrooms in butter. i fry onions. i weight it out as said in the dr atkins new diet cookbook, 120g of salad and 150g of cooked veg. i put olive oil and viniger on my salad. i drink my water i have only 1 cup of coffee now with 1 sweetener and 1 tbs of single cream. i just dont know what else to do, i am really depressed about the situation, why am i not losing weight i cant carry on like this. i am so heart broken i cant explain. i am obviously doing something wrong but i dont no what.

[blueberrylady]

Re: desperate

Welcome to the board!

I see you're eating a lot of salty foods so maybe you're problem is water retention. Try cutting back on the cured meats.

Good luck to you!

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

i weight it out as said in the dr atkins new diet cookbook, 120g of salad and 150g of cooked veg.

Wait, wait, wait... You are going by "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook"? The book dealing specifically with the Atkins Diet is DANDR, not the cookbook. Make yourself a present and buy "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution", ed. 2002. Follow the rules in DANDR, because those are the ones you need to follow.

The "120 g of salad & 150 g of cooked veg" idea is, I assume, an error done by the British editor, plus it is based on the rules in DANDR 1992. Dr. Atkins measured Induction veggies in DANDR in cups, not grams. For Induction you are supposed to eat 3 cups of vegetables per day --- either 3 cups of salad vegetables or 2 cups of salad veggies and 1 cup of veggies from the "Other Vegetables" list. All vegetables should be measured raw. The lists are part of the acceptable foods list: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...induction.html

You can transform between cups and grams using this list: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...p-measure.html

And while you look for the right book, check this thread: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...tion-faqs.html

If you are not doing this already, start tracking your foods in FitDay. Then you can share the link to your FitDay when you want someone to review your menu.

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

I forgot to ask... Did you lose any inches? Take measurements too, don't go exclusively by the scale.

[lucki]

Re: desperate

Welcome to the board!

I see you're eating a lot of salty foods so maybe you're problem is water retention. Try cutting back on the cured meats.

Good luck to you!

thankyou, could well be.

[lucki]

Re: desperate

thanks for that, i have only realised that the cook book is diferent to dandr, i do actually have the copy and have started reading it again. i have not lost any inches. it also says in the cookbook that you can have aspartame artificiual sweetener but i dont think you are allowed. i must say i am very confused why i am not losing weight.

[imagood1]

Re: desperate

At the top of the induction page you’ll find a condensed version of the book - http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/77558-atkins-diet-induction-faqs.html

Make a copy of this list http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-low-carb-dieting-faqs/6781-what-foods-can-eaten-induction.html and take it with you when you go to the store. If a food isn’t listed on the acceptable food list don’t eat it. Learn to read the label on all foods you buy - don’t just look at the “carb” number look at the ingredients list of everything and check the ingredients against your list. Just because it says "low carb" doesn't mean you can eat it. Also check for hidden sugars (learn the names used in place of the word “sugar”).

The recipe sites are helpful for meal planning – just make sure you use Induction Recipes to begin with.
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/menus.html (Linda’s)
(Never ending induction recipes)(Never ending induction recipes)http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/58513-never-ending-induction-recipes.html (Induction recipes)
(Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)(Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/6807-induction-recipe-basics-more-recipes-added.html (Induction Recipe Basics)

If you need anything we’re here to help you!! Good luck to you!

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

thanks for that, i have only realised that the cook book is diferent to dandr, i do actually have the copy and have started reading it again. i have not lost any inches. it also says in the cookbook that you can have aspartame artificiual sweetener but i dont think you are allowed. i must say i am very confused why i am not losing weight.

Dr. Atkins removed aspartame from the 2002 plan because he noticed some dieters were stalled by diet sodas sweetened with aspartame.

While you are reading the book, can you enter a few days in FitDay and show us your menu that way? From the list you gave me, it's impossible to know what and how much of it you ate every day. So either enter them in FitDay or write it in detail here. By "in detail", I mean something like this:

Lunch
1 medium chicken leg, roasted
1 cup red peppers (measured raw)
2 tomato halves (1 tomato), grilled and topped with 1 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese

The foods you listed in your previous post are "legal", but just because they are "legal" it does not mean you will lose weight. You need to eat enough fat, to eat nutritious veggies, to understand which foods might slow down your weight loss, etc. So post one or two menus as in the example above (for all your meals) and then we can take a look at it/them.

By the way, you are measuring all your foods, aren't you? Also meat and oil and spices...

[lucki]

Re: desperate

hi, what is fitday and where do i find it, i am really loosing hope i am getting to the end of my heather. i have lost 2 pound in 9 days and no iches. i dont know where to put my menus so i am going to put it on here. 2 days

2eggs scrambled in butter and grated cheese.
coffee 1 tbs single cream
40g cheese
3 ham slices, some smoked salmon, 4 baby toms, 1 big mushroom fried with butter, lo salt (low sodium salt) black pepper, 1tbs sugarless mayo, teaspoon of djon mustard.
salmon cooked in oven with butter and 2 garliv cloves, sprinkle of dil.
50g lettuce, 2 baby toms, half an onion, olive oil, viniger, losalt and 8 stoned olives.

2nd day

44g of cheese, 40g ham, 2 baby toms, 74g onion, 200g prawns, can of tuna chunks in sunflower oil -138g, 1 tbs sugarfree mayo and djon mustard. olive oil and viniger.
3 pork streaky rashers fried crispy in olive oil and butter. 75g onion, 2 cloves garlic, 50g lettuce. coffee tlbs cream.

i have been told that it could be not working because i am not having enough animal fat, could this be the reason why i am not losing weight. in 9 days i have lost 2 pound have not gone into ketosis. why why why. frustrated big time.

[Georgiana]

Re: desperate

Hang in there. There are things that can be tweaked in your menu and that will hopefully make a difference. Did you take a look at the Induction sticky threads?

On FitDay you can enter all your foods and it will calculate calories, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins & minerals, percentages and all that. This is the link to it: FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
You need to create an account.

So, I entered your two menus in my FitDay. You don't say how much is "some smoked salmon" or how much cooked salmon you eat or how much oil/butter you use in cooking, so I had to approximate those.

For Day 1, you had 1070 calories, 14 net carbs, 64% fat, 6% carbs, 30% protein and less than 2 cups of veggies (approx. 2/3 cup coming from the "other veggies" list). Your veggie net carbs were around 7 grams.

For Day 2, you have 1119 calories, 21 net carbs, 45% fat, 8% carbs, 47% protein and about 2 cups of veggies (one of which is from the "other veggies" list). Veggie net carbs were 12.7 grams.

Okay. So, the percentages should be approximately 65% fat, 5% carbs, 30% protein. Make sure over half of your net carbs are coming from veggies. Also, you need 3 cups of veggies per day, with at most 1 coming from the "other vegetables" list. All veggies should be measured raw. Plan your menus in FitDay to get the numbers right.

You might want to drop coffee too, unless it's decaf. Some people have trouble losing while drinking regular coffee.

Are you exercising? How old are you? Are you on any medication? Are you taking a multivitamin and did you check with your doctor if you need additional supplements? Were you on any diet right before starting Atkins?