I have done Atkins before and enjoyed increased energy. This time I feel weak and tired (yawn). I have been following the plan as outlined. Can I be losing weight too quickly? I'm on day 7 and have lost 7 pounds. I am looking to lose 13 pounds. I take my vitamins and drink my water.

If I increase my carbs to slow down weight loss, how many grams do I increase?

Please help! Thank you!

take a look under "newbies questions" and karen's official "I feel tired" thread.

the short answers are

possibly potassium depletion--either pills or lite salt (potassium salt) will cure this (hint this is the problem: achy legs, too)

or it'll resolve itself in a couple days

raising carbs no more than 5 grams per week (every 2 weeks would be better), and mostly in the form of veggies.

HTH!

Razzle, can you please tell me where I can find Karen's official "I feel tired" thread?

Look at the top of the Newbies Questions Forum for a thread called Hot Links! It's in there.

Karen

Karen, thanks for directing me to those links. They look great and I'm going to read them over on the weekend.

However..... I can't find the one Razzle referred to.

I'm struggling to find it too. But in the event that I do find it, I'll post a direct link.

I think this might be the one that razzle meant - http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...?threadid=45969