What is the problem?? Atkins is making me fatter!!!

[FunkyFabDiva]

I'm gaining weight on this diet!!!

I got on the scale this morning and it went up by 3 pounds.

I'm eating right, no carbs at all, except for my sugarless gum.
I'm not drinking a gallon of water but I'm drinking it. I don't understand???

[Sheshy]

Hi FFDiva,

No carbs? Can you post a sample of one of your daily menus? Include portion size if you can.

[cleochatra]

Weight changes so many times per day that I'd get dizzy if I hadn't put my scale away.

Water retention can change your bodyweight between 1-8 pounds in a single day. In a single day! It is easy to eat too much sodium on this diet, too, and we have to account for our menstraul periods and that weight gain due to water retention there as well. There are a billion reasons you could be retaining water: it goes away however. Stick with it!

[sadie147]

Originally Posted by Sheshy

Hi FFDiva,

No carbs? Can you post a sample of one of your daily menus? Include portion size if you can.

I agree, the best way for anyone to evaluate your problem is to post menus for the last couple of days..or let us know what a typical menu is for you.

You shouldn't have no carbs, if you do then you're not eating your veggies.

[FunkyFabDiva]

Originally Posted by Sheshy

Hi FFDiva,

No carbs? Can you post a sample of one of your daily menus? Include portion size if you can.

Hi Sheshy, this is from my fitday yesterday:

Amount/Food Name
2 Hot Links
8 T.Salsa
1 T. Cream Cheese
18 T. Land O Lakes Whipped Heavy Cream in can
3 sticks of Extra Sugarfree gum
3 medium pcs. of Chicken: Drumstick, Wing, & Thigh (all roasted)
1.25 ozs. Chicken Liver (roasted)
1 Chicken Gizzard (roasted)
1 oz. Monterey Pepper-Jack Cheese.

Total: 1,129 Calories/80 g. fat (64%)/19 g. carbs (7%)/75 g. protein. (28%)/6 g. alcohol (4%)

[cleochatra]

Sugar-Free gum has aspartame and is know to stall about 20% of people who use it.

there is a lot of sodium in your menu

18 Tbsp whipping cream? Did you mean 1?

[FunkyFabDiva]

Originally Posted by cleochatra

Sugar-Free gum has aspartame and is know to stall about 20% of people who use it.

there is a lot of sodium in your menu

18 Tbsp whipping cream? Did you mean 1?

The Sugarfree gum can stall me?? Oh No!!! Why me?! I chewed some
this morning.

Okay the sodium, what can I do about that? I try not to add much salt on my food.

18 T. of Canned Whipped Heavy Cream is correct, lol I got carried away, I just loooove sugar/sweets.

[cleochatra]

LOL Diva! If you crave sugars that's all the reason to totally nix them these first 2 weeks. The more it hurts the more you know you shouldn't be having them. Seriously. The worse an addiction, the harder it is to get away from it.

You like to chew gum? That is an oral fixation and a tough one to overcome. Try chewing only 1/2 a stick at a time rather than a whole one. Gradually go down from there, or replace with new gratification, like sipping/drinking cold water.

To trim salts, you might look at trimming/removing processed foods like the sausage.

[slimndown]

In Atkins' books there are a list of things to run through when that happens. Aspartame, as cleochatra noted can inhibit weightloss along with anything that has caffeine in it (not sure if you're a tea/coffee drinker). Additionally, if you let yourself become hungry AT ALL, it can prevent weight loss. Atkins recommended to go without eating for no more than 6 hours as the idea is to feed your body enough fats of ten enopugh to get it to kick over from metabolizing carbs for energy to using your own fat, thus melting it away. Above all, STICK WITH IT!!! I don't know how much weight you have to lose but the closer you get to your goal - especially the last 15lbs - it can become more difficult. I hope this helps!!!!

[FunkyFabDiva]

Originally Posted by cleochatra

LOL Diva! If you crave sugars that's all the reason to totally nix them these first 2 weeks. The more it hurts the more you know you shouldn't be having them. Seriously. The worse an addiction, the harder it is to get away from it.

You like to chew gum? That is an oral fixation and a tough one to overcome. Try chewing only 1/2 a stick at a time rather than a whole one. Gradually go down from there, or replace with new gratification, like sipping/drinking cold water.

To trim salts, you might look at trimming/removing processed foods like the sausage.

Great, great, great tips!!!

Now all I have to do is start all over tomorrow.

I messed up with the gum for the day.

I'm in moderate ketosis.

I feel like pigging out and starting over tomorrow.

But, Cleo I felt like a junkie without the sugar: Serious mood swings, irritable to no end, tripping sort of paranoid, my body will shake and twitch!!

What can I do?