One Full Month.... and None pounds off... Help!!!!
 

I have been one month on Atkins diet, all this time my ketosis strips show that I am in it. My daily food intake goes:

Calories =1250 ( some days up to 1300)
Net Carbs =15g (around this number never higer than 20 just one day 22g)
Exercise = 6 times a week 1 hr. Cardio.
Water intake = 1 Galon a Day.


ps. I don't eat dairy or Vinagre in case I suffer from Candida, my tyroid is OK as it was just checked. I am very very sad and was hoping for someone to give me any idea what might be going on inside of my body that I dont loose weight? I mesure myself and lost almost none either.

_______ I edit this post to put as requested one day menu...


2 Eggs Fired................181 cal.........1 carb
1 Tbls Coconut oil.........117 cal........0 carb
2 oz green peper.......... 12cal.........3 carb
1 tbls Olive oil..............119 cal.......0 carb
1 oz lemon juice.............8 cal.........3 carb
1 clove garlic.................4 cal.........1 carb
1bag lettuce romain.......53cal.........8 carb
4 oz Steak w/fat...........187cal.......0 carb
2 tbls Flax Seeds..........118cal........8 carb
2 oz pork rings.............324cal.......4 carb

Total..............1224 cal.
Net carbs.......13g
Fiber..............15g
Water.............1 galon

I dont drink sodas of any kind, nor aspartame, nor caffein, nor any bars, only the atkins maple syrup.

I do put some salt in my salad, some fiber I add from Konysl that I supended 2 days ago (just in case). and I did change the quality of my exercise this past 2 weeks, all this month was 1 hr. of cardio but this is more intense and I do feel sore all over..

But still would I have lost at least 1 pound?

You're not eating enough calories or carbs, Induction is 20 carbs, OWL is a little more. THe book has the weight loss plans. Are you drinking the water? Are you eating the veges? Are you getting the good fats in your diet? Can't tell by your post, but I'm the poster child for starving myself on low-cal, low-fat, look at me :)

I also work out an hour a day, and I've been stalled for weeks at 1200 calories a day.

LL

(I posted about the same question u did this week)I havnt lost either but Ive lost many inches,muscle weighs more than fat :) Have you measured?

Add more fat, that will up your calories. It makes a huge difference on the scale.

fat fat fat fat, go for it pig out on some cream cheese. They are right the more fat you introduce will speed things right up. Just gotta get out of the low fat mindframe. Best of luck to you

Post a daily menu for us to look at. Are you having any of the low carb bars or treats? Those stall a lot of people. I am in maintence and still can't handle those goodies very often. :(

[I]Hi There,
Have you tried drinking all the water you are suppose to drink? How about exercise? I go in spurts where I will loose three pounds then sit still for a bit. I have found that eating just the basics and not eating things with surgar alcahol or too much sweetner, I will loose weight. Good luck and don't give up - it works!

Congratulations on your success. Now the fun begins keeping the weight off and enjoying the world around you wilth your new way of eating.

CuCu
 

Heres my two cents for what its worth.....You say you have lost inches...well as much as you are exercising you probably are turning your fat into muscle and muscle weighs more than fat so therefore you show no weight loss but it shows up in inches lost as you become more fit...if this is the case and your doing enough exercise to form new muscles mass than 1200 calories is probably not enough to keep your body out of starvation mode....I would bump my calories to 1500-1800 and bring my Carbs up to 20 and ill bet you start losing weight...I have had several friends that turned over a new leaf and started exercising and dieting the same thing happened to them...they lost inches for the first month or so than began to lose weight...Big John

Your food looks pretty good. I agree your fat is maybe a bit low. You could raise your calories a little, probably. But if you are feeling satisfied and not going hungry, you could leave them as they are.

Were you exercising before you got strict again? If not, that might be affecting the scale, particularly if you are doing weights or any type of strength training. Your muscles retain water when you're a new exerciser, or getting back to it after a long delay, and this can affect the scale. It's only temporary though.

You might also want to try not eating the pork rinds for a bit. They are very salty, and the rare ocassions that I have eaten them, I have always gone up a pound the next day on the scale.

Try watching the salt for 3 or 4 days and see if that has any affect.

Good luck. And hang in there. I know how frustrating it can be. Don't be embarrassed by yo-yoing with those five lbs in the fall. I did exactly the same thing after losing really well.

It's only been in the last few weeks I'm going down again. I think sometimes we are just not in the mental place we need to be. When this happens just try to make the best choices you can day to day. As you have discovered, your attitude invariably improves again, and you're ready to go!

Never be ashamed that your journey does not follow the path of someone else's. You're headed in the right direction and that's what counts!

If you perservere, you will make it!

Best of luck to you.

do you really think so, I am not hungry do... I could try do but I am kind of scare about that..



I will post it in my initial Post up top, and I do have the fitday you can see for the past month.



Could that be? how long does it take to make muscle? I thought it took like 3 months to make 1 pound of real muscle. But then again I changed the kind of exercise I was doing to a hi Kickboxing hour and my whole body hurts, I was looking into some post into that information, and how it has on retaining water.


I will stop the pork rings and bacon and see if this is the problem... Thanks.

I agree with Kaillean about the pork rings and adding salt. This causes your cells to retain water. It will look like you haven't lost weight or even at times that you have gained weight--it's just water weight fluctuation. If you feel your waist getting thinner, believe me, you're losing fat.

The maple syrup--I don't know if it has splenda or sugar alcohols, but either can stall weight loss. Sweet things, whether low-carb or not, can trigger insulin spikes.

More saturated fat will help you lose weight, and one of the easiest sources is coconut oil, which you already have. Just make sure that it is pure and unprocessed (not bought in a supermarket.) If you need quality sources for coconut oil let me know and I'll post some.

I know many people here talk about the importance of exercise, and I'm certainly not criticizing that. But I've been losing weight continuously since January without much more physical activity than walking from my car across the parking lot to the store and back, and up and down the stairs a few times a day. The weight will come off if the food is right.

Howard

Hey Howard, thanks I have seen you on post on NeanderThin and well this post just re-inforce my theory about the food I should avoid (in mycase) that I have seen how my body is just directing me togards a more clean diet, tomorrow morning I will start quiting this items that I think where the onlyones that didnt agree with Neanderthin

Maple Syrup (splenda)
Pork Rings
Mayo (sometimes I ate a spoon of it)..

I will aslo add more saturated oil, it wont hurt if you post the link of a good source, at this point I am eating this one, is this good? coconut

I was also reading something about high levels of "Cortisol" as a response of too much exercise, a very stress body and mind can actually elevate "cortisol" and stop you from loosing weight...... So I will rest more time from now on. Thanks..

yes, more fat, more leafies...and fyi, flax seeds/meal have no carbs, it's 100% fiber.

Hey Twilight,

Where do you get your coconut oil? I want to get some

I went to check your gym log - your "cortisol" guess might be right - way too much exercise, too much stress. (See your after exercises remarks, referring to negative emotions, stress.)
More rest days, alternating easy-hard days or cardio-weight/core days etc. could hep a lot.

But as a first step I would recommend a couple of very low key days...

Take care:
Eva

Well thanks to everyone, I am making some changes...

More Carbs
Less Exercise or with more time to rest.
More General Calories
I just changed my Contraseptic Pill to a lower "estrogen" kind
I will make more effort to get better sleep time.