Its a funny thing..

[jimmyolsenblues]

i know patience stinks , i always dream star trek could cure obesity and they would come back in time and fix me up. No luck , I have not seen spock yet.
But since it took 38 years to get me to 335, I think its going to take awhile to get back to 199.
Good Luck and I hate waiting too!

[Grant]

Originally Posted by jimmyolsenblues

i know patience stinks , i always dream star trek could cure obesity and they would come back in time and fix me up. No luck , I have not seen spock yet.
But since it took 38 years to get me to 335, I think its going to take awhile to get back to 199.
Good Luck and I hate waiting too!

They did! Captain Kirk and Spock went back in time and told Dr. Atkins about the perfect diet of the future.

[Evermind]

When you have a big drop in induction varies, person to person.

This time around, I've graphed my weight loss on Fitday.com, and discovered a very interesting pattern that really helps me with that patience issue.

Turns out that I will have 8-10 days of losing, then 9-10 days of "hovering", not losing, and sometimes actually being above my lowest weight for several days. Then I start losing again.

Now that I know what to expect, I'm not as worried and not as "antsy". Since I know that I don't cheat, and I record my food on fitday, I know I'm not actually gaining anything and that nothing is hindering my natural progress.

[mary]

I think it varies widely and probably depends a lot on how much you have to lose. The last time I did Atkins, I lost 10 pounds during the 14 day induction, nothing in week 3 and 5 pounds in week 4 for a total of 15 pounds in the first month. After that I lost a pretty steady 2.5 pounds a week for 4 months or so, then it slowed down to a couple pounds a month.

[sparky29]

A quick update.

so, im almost finished with day 6 of induction. when i weigh in every morning its a consistent 2-4 pound loss since the first day. to be honest, i want it to be 15 but thats ludicrous. im not losing patience cause i remember this diet working, but in my mind it just "feels" like its not working and thats discouraging. so, someone PLEASE remind me that it will work!!!!
i havent even come close to cheating at all. had a HUGE chocolate urge today but my mind took over quickly. i know it sounds crazy, but i convince myself that if i do cheat just once, i wasted the entire week doing what ive done. its incentive i guess.

im hoping that the week to come i start seeing more weight loss and results.
im drinking my gallon of water daily
im exercising (well, walking)
eating the allowed foods (sometimes over-do it but thats ok, right?)
example : ill maybe make 2 burgers on the grill, and idf im not full make two more.
eating 2 huge bowls of lettuce a day
sugar free jello
no caffeine at all, maybe one or two coffee's all week with half and half

i know that when i did it back in marh i lost 25 pounds in a little over a month which brought me down to 225.

all summer i maintained the 225 and now im shooting to get down to 200. i still have weight in the belly area (alot) and my face too which went from round to oval. but believe me there is still ALOT of weight to lose. my point being that some will say i dont have as much to lose but TRUST me, i do.

anyone who can offer some encouraging words would be great!

stay positive everyone!

[Discolemonade]

Hey Sparky, think you can add another veggie or two to that lettuce? like cucumbers or tomato? Even bell peppers. You're doing great, there's physical proof it works. You feel it won't because you aren't starving.