[momtomany1]

Your excellent exercise regimen is helping your fast loss as well, and persons doing induction would be well to follow your example of incorporating exercise. Your one hour of running and walking each day is absolutely helping you!

One of the advantages of following induction to the letter is also finding out what foods are triggers for you, what you might be sensitive to, and what foods seem to help your weight loss. By not following the rungs you are missing out on this advantage. No one would ever tell you that 4 strawberries and some yogurt would keep you from losing weight, that would be silly, strawberries are so high in fiber that their net carbs are pretty low. The 'set up' of the foods list and the OWL rungs has to do with learning about your body's response to food groups as well as carb levels.

And again, your excellent exercise is also offsetting the extra carbs, and can't be compared to someone doing induction who might not be doing an hour of cardio a day. (Although if they are inspired to do an hour of cardio a day by your great results, fantastic!) And bodies are very individual, young persons such as yourself have good metabolisms that respond well to good eating and exercise regimes. Many of us more mature persons will have more of a struggle, and for us, 3 pounds on induction is still to be celebrated, if that is what our bodies can do for us.

Hope you keep succeeding! You certainly seem well motivated.