Mon, Feb-24-03, 09:00
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Senior Member
Posts: 120
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 284/256/140
BF:too much
Progress: 19%
Location: Green Bay Wis. cowtownUSA
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Hello
Well you have found a good site to learn lots of new things, I to am new and have found this site to have lots of valuable info, along with great advice. People on this site really do care, I'am sure you will love it here. About your problem.....are you drinking alot of water???? 13-14lbs is good for 5 weeks and you should be proud of what you have accomplished. Some people just lose slower because of there metabolism, you can read more in Adkins book why. I too drink caffeine, coffee, (soda once in a while) thats my down fall but I only have 1 cup in the morning and then drink water the rest of the day. Any where between 8-10 cups a day. I also work out 5 days a week, which seems to help me alot.
Are you in Lipolysis? You may want to use lipolysis testing strips: Chemically treated paper test strips or sticks that give a reading when exposed to urine. If acetone is present in the urine as a result of incomplete breakdown of Fatty and Amino acids in the body, the test strips change color, indicating Ketosis. This happens when Ketone bodies form as a result of a low carbohydrate dietary regime, allowing Fats (and Proteins) to be oxidized (meaning burned) for fuel. ( found on Adkins site)
Hope this helped, just remember, it took along time for you to gain the weight, it will take some time to lose it. And besides thats 13-15 lbs of "butter" (fat) that you are not walking along with.
Take Care, and keep up the good work!!!!!!!!
Stephanie
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