Thu, Feb-27-03, 12:31
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Senior Member
Posts: 210
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Plan: My own--atkins like
Stats: 188/188/135
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Northern Virginia
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Hmmmmmm........
Hi napalil,
My first instinct is two-fold:
1. Perhaps your calories are too few. At 10-12 times your weight you may find more success by eating 1880+ calories! I know it sounds counter-intuitive, especially for us former Weight Watchers, but your body really prefers more calories when you're low-carbing! And 70% of those calories should come from FAT!!! It is key to maintaining the fat-burning/protein-sparing that spells good weight loss!
2. Perhaps your carbs are too high. On Atkins, after induction we increase our carb level (from 20 by 5 or so) each week, and when we stop losing, we may need to cut back to the previous week's lower level. So if you were losing at 35 g daily, 40 may be too many right now.
So my suggestions are to eat fewer carbs (but make sure you are eating the most nutrient-dense carbs) and increase your calories. I haven't seen the foods you're eating, but would guess you are not getting enough fat (or protein). Atkins is a high fat/adequate protein eating plan and is so very different from Weight Watchers low fat program. So put some olive oil on those low carb veggies, some butter with your eggs, etc.
There is a good sticky in the newcomers sub-forum that contains many more ideas about why you may have "stalled" in your weight loss. Please check it out and you will probably find the solution that works for you!
hth,
Pokey One
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