Hi Everyone, This is my first time posting. I started Atkins on April 1 and went merrily along for two weeks losing 17 pounds. Then I decided (stupidly) to take one day off for Easter and then go right back on. Even though I actually ate very little that day that was "bad" and kept my calories to around 1200 for the day, the next morning the scale showed a 9 pound gain. I have been strictly following Atkins again ever since. It took me 5 days to get back in the purple zone. Now I'm 5 days purple and no weight loss. HELP! I actually eat very little (around 700-800 calories a day usually) and I have been keeping my carbs under 15 grams daily. I'm taking the Atkins vitamins regularly.

Aargh. This is so frustrating. A little history. Over the last 2 years I have lost about 180 pounds. I had gastric bypass surgery (which is why I eat so little). But now, here I am still hovering above the 200 pound mark which on a 5-7 frame is about 60 pounds overweight. There was a time I thought I would be thrilled to be here happily wearing size 16 jeans, but I really want to be THIN! I'm so close I just have to get there!

:confused: Does anyone have any suggestions that could help me break through?

Thanks!
Patti

Hi Patti,

Welcome aboard. To be honest with you, eating so little might be the cause. Low-calorie diets work great in the first few weeks, and then your metabilism slows down to stabalize your weight at such low-calorie level. :)

This same issue keeps coming back, and my advice is always eat and feed your metabolism, treat it as a furnace that needs feeding to burn more fat.

Wa'il

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You know, you may have a point there. The first two weeks when everything was going so well I ate on average about 5 small meals a day. Now I'm only eating the standard 3. I think I'll make a point to add those extra meals in again. Maybe that would make me less cranky too! Thanks for your suggestion. I'll keep you posted.