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What was your weight loss before the slow down and what did it slwo down to? and what did you do to help jump start it?
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I was dropping fairly quickly during the first 2-2 1/2 mos. The first 3 weeks I was quickly down approx. 23 lbs., then I had a readjustment 'pause' of like 2 weeks, then lost like 15 lbs. in the next 3 weeks., 'paused' for a week or two and then it started going really, really slooooow (like either nothing or barely 1 lb. a week). Remember, I didn't start keeping a journal right away, so I may be off a touch, but not my much.
I reevaluated my menu(s) and decided to up my carbs for a day- all legal stuff, mind you- to see if that would jump-start my loss again. Didn't do much, other than help me retain water. I then massively lowered my franken food intake (candy bars, mainly). Still nothing. So... I upped my fat intake to what seemed like it would be too much (around 75-80%) fat and that got the scales moving downward-- that adjustment was just made in the last few weeks as I wanted to give the other options a valid try.
So now I'm losing about 1.5-2 per week, with the exception of TOM week that is. I know I'll still have 'pauses' here and there for readjustment, but knowing how I can get things moving again really helps. BTW- I still have 2-3 Atkins Endulge bars per week. That many doesn't bother me, however eating 1/day didn't help me too much. Darn that blasted chocolate!!
Sorry for the novel, but I hope this helps! Basically, just watch your water, fat and franken food intake, exercise (I upped that too) and keep the faith!
Happy LCing!
Nikki