got on the scale this morning on the 4th day. lost a few pounds allready i forgot when the weight really starts coming off. anyone have any idea?
Um, a few pounds after 4 days
IS weight really coming off!!
Bear in mind that you are looking to lose about 30 lbs - the average weight loss during induction is about 10% of the total you need to lose, so it looks like that in 4 days you've already hit that 'target' and if you keep it up you'll well exceed it in the 2 weeks.
When you hear of people dropping a large chunk of weight on induction it's likely that:
- They had quite a lot of water retention prior to starting
- They have a lot of weight to lose
- They may be individuals who can tolerate carbs better
Also, you mention that you dropped this 30lbs before with Atkins. Which means you gained it bacK? Bet that didn't happen in a few weeks either!
It's amazing how we tend to say the same thing whether we're losing or gaining weight - "It's only a pound". When you are gaining, those pounds seem to add up awful fast, but they can seem very slow when you're losing. Every day the scale doesn't go up, it's going down!
From what I have read here and elsewhere it seems that a lot of people who lose, gain, then start again find that their weight loss is slower the second time around.
And even when you do lose the first lot of weight, it's almost certainly going to slow considerably as you head towards goal - in fact it should, a lot, if you are planning to keep it off permanently. You're gonna have to learn patience to get off the see-saw!
There's your pep talk
