Thu, Mar-20-03, 20:32
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Plan: Atkins plan
Stats: 167/156/130
BF:
Progress: 30%
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Darn it I am feeling frustrated!
I know, I know, it is normal to experience plateaus of a few days to a few weeks, even when following the induction or OWL to a "t."
So I guess I should not be frustrated...
But...I have been measuring and recording every single thing I drink and eat (except for water, which I consume freely and do not record as a calorie laden item).
According to the fitday calculations, I am keeping my carbs to l below 20 each day, and my average caloric intake has ranged from 800 cals per day on my good days to just under 1,000 on my "pig out" days.
I lost 11 lbs the first week, but now I am stuck on the scale...not budging. I have been walking a mile a day, and doing some indoor exercises (calisthenics) and according to the fitday thingee I should be burning over 2,000 calories per day even without factoring in the excercise.
What gives?
I know I am borderline hypothyroid, maybe that is part of it...?
Or maybe I am retaining water? (It's getting fairly close to TOM and I do seem a bit puffy in the hands and face...)
I feel as if I can not eat any fewer calories without feeling deprived, and I can't hardly cut down much further on the carbs either....
Do I need to just drink water and not eat anything at all in order to hope to lose more weight?
Grrr...I am so frustrated!
Love, Leora
P.S. edited to add, today I ate 809 calories, including 17 grams of carbs, and supposedly I burned 2,481 calories.
How come I can't lose weight?
I set the activity level to "seated, with some movement" because I do quite a bit of housework each day and live on the 3rd floor so am always going up and down stairs, hauling stuff up stairs, etc. so I figured I qualified for "some movement" although I am seated for maybe about half the waking day.
Last edited by Leora99 : Thu, Mar-20-03 at 20:40.
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