Wed, Feb-25-04, 21:47
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Senior Member
Posts: 111
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 144/117/115
BF:
Progress: 93%
Location: Poulsbo, WA
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bk--
I wouldn't really call this a stall--it hasn't been even 2 weeks since you lost weight. It might seem like it's been a long time at the same weight, but you did cheat, and your body had to readjust. I've noticed with this diet, and what I've read others experience, is that after the initial quick weight loss during the first 3-4 weeks of this WOE, things slow down. Some people describe plateaus where they don't lose weight for awhile, then drop a few more pounds, then plateau again. I plotted my weight loss on a graph, and over the whole course of time since I started eating this way (not going to call it a diet anymore) I have averaged about .75 lbs/per week. That's pretty slow. I've done low-fat diets before, and with those you do lose quickly, but they are impossible to stick to. Also, one loses muscle with those diets, so that accounts for some of that weight
loss. I've been eating this way since September, with just a few cheats over the holidays. I have never before stuck to a diet like I can stick to this one. You will notice that I'm pretty much at my goal. I am fully confident that I will NEVER gain the weight back--I've never had that kind of confidence before.
I am urging you to be patient and stick with it--you will, in the end, probably lose your weight much faster,even at this slow pace, than you put it on. I bet that within 2 years you will be at your goal! Two years might seem like a long time, but what's 2 years out of a whole lifetime? And a longer, healthier, more enjoyable lifetime at that!
Peach
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