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  • betyluvu
    ADBB Amateur
    • Feb 07, 2010
    • 2
    #1

    just starting please need help

    here is a little about me i'm 21 female and this is my first time on atkins and i am comited to lossing a grand total of 80 pounds and i am 5'8.5 my starting weight was 200 and now i am down to 179

    okay so i have been on the induction phase for five days now yay me and i have lost 4 pounds but including the weight i lost prior to atkins that now puts me at a total lost of 21 pounds.
    now this all seems well and good but i weighed myself this mornig as is my ritual and i gained a pound i haven't cheated or anything but goodness im worried why did i gain help
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    • Georgiana
      Moderator
      • Jan 26, 2008
      • 12782
      #2
      Re: just starting please need help

      Welcome to ADBB!

      Daily weight fluctuations are perfectly normal.

      http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ot-linear.html

      Is your goal 120 lbs? Based on your BMI, you'd be underweight at that weight.
      "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

      -- Theodore Roosevelt

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        • poobears1972
          ADBB Advocate
          • Jan 16, 2010
          • 674
          #3
          Re: just starting please need help

          You're 5'8" and you want to be 120lbs? Definitely not a healthy weight.

          Weight will go up and down even if nothing changes in what you eat. I have times I'll gain 3-5lbs during the week but will be down by the end of the week below what I was at the week befores weigh in. It bounces around but it always settles lower.
          Atkins Start date: 01/18/2010--Now off plan for med reasons, still an Atkins lover!
          Female-37 yrs-4'11"
          HW-240/SW-169/CW-143.0/GW-125

          Mini Goals

          159---Hit 02/08/2010 Woohoo
          149---Hit 03/08/2010 YES!
          139
          129





          Highest weight till now



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            • betyluvu
              ADBB Amateur
              • Feb 07, 2010
              • 2
              #4
              Re: just starting please need help

              well i definiatly don't want to be underweight . maybe i should shoot for my weight in high school which was 139 and work on muscle tone

              but aside from that thank you guys for telling me it's normal i was worried i was backsliding for some reason

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                • Stitcher
                  ADBB Amateur
                  • Mar 08, 2010
                  • 12
                  #5
                  Re: just starting please need help

                  You might consider checking out what a person of your height and frame should weigh, and set your goals accordingly. I'd settle for 150 pounds.

                  I went on the Atkins diet in 2004. I didn't make it a resolution for the new year, because resolutions always go by the way side. Anyhow, I was 225 at that time. I lost during the induction, then the ongoing weight loss and maintained my new weight of 175 for some time. Here I am again, back on the Atkins diet so that I can get down to... well I'd really settle for 160. I'm 58 years old, and 5'4", and I know that 160 is still overweight, but I'll be happy with that for some time.

                  So, worry not, it can be done!
                  Stitcher

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