just starting please need help

[betyluvu]

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

[Georgiana]

Re: just starting please need help

Welcome to ADBB!

Daily weight fluctuations are perfectly normal.

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-extended-induction/75441-weight-loss-not-linear.html

Is your goal 120 lbs? Based on your BMI, you'd be underweight at that weight.

[poobears1972]

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.

[betyluvu]

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

[Stitcher]

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