Help- I am getting discouraged!

[Amaranda009]

Hi,

I have been on induction for 2 weeks + 1 day.
After a few corrections in my diet in the first 3 days i was finally losing slowly and then i had TOM and went back up where i started!
I wanted to move to OWL but after that i thought i 'd better stay on induction another week.

I tried to stay strong and wait.. yesterday i was back down 1.4lbs, today nothing. I do not feel bloated anymore that i am not sure if there is any more water to be lost due to TOM. It does not seem like it.

So much effort for so little results!
The only cheat i had in all this time was 2 glasses of wine on July 4th. Other than that i stayed fully clean.

All the advice you can give me is welcome!
Thanks,
A.
Start weight 127
current weight 125.8
goal weight 118lbs/120lbs

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Amaranda009

Hi,

I have been on induction for 2 weeks + 1 day.
After a few corrections in my diet in the first 3 days i was finally losing slowly and then i had TOM and went back up where i started!
I wanted to move to OWL but after that i thought i 'd better stay on induction another week.

I tried to stay strong and wait.. yesterday i was back down 1.4lbs, today nothing. I do not feel bloated anymore that i am not sure if there is any more water to be lost due to TOM. It does not seem like it.

So much effort for so little results!
The only cheat i had in all this time was 2 glasses of wine on July 4th. Other than that i stayed fully clean.

All the advice you can give me is welcome!
Thanks,
A.
Start weight 127
current weight 125.8
goal weight 118lbs/120lbs

Alcohol will delay fat burning. Unfortunately, while your body was busy metabolizing the alcohol, it was busy storing the foods you ate as fat.

Stay on Induction one more week. Then move on. Don't weigh yourself every day because your weight will normally fluctuate, day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute.

[not2late]

Also, you have a 10 pound weight loss goal. During Induction we can expect to lose 5-10% of the weight we need to lose. So if you have a 10 pound weight loss goal, you can expect to lose 1/2 to 1 pound. If you have a 100 pound weight loss goal, you can expect to lose 5-10 pounds.

So it doesn't look like you're off track in terms of weight loss at all. But stay on Induction for a few days to get yourself back on track with the diet, then move to OWL.

[carbless_in_seattle]

agree with the above posts, you have hardly anything to lose, so you're not going to lose as much.

[Amaranda009]

I know. But you cannot imagine how hard it is to lose just a few pounds.
I have never been a big processed carb eater, and mostly had a good diet except for too much aspartame, too many fruits ( really lots of fruits) and as a results lots of cravings which i am trying to get rid of thru Atkins.

So my goal is as much to lose a few pounds as to rebalance my way of heating so it becomes more healthy and free of cravings for sugar.

Thanks for your advice, i will follow it. Stay a few more days with induction ( which i love food wise) and then move onto OWL. See if i manage to get rid of those pounds once for good.

[DesertRain]

Originally Posted by Amaranda009

I know. But you cannot imagine how hard it is to lose just a few pounds.

It's always those 10 pounds to goal weight that are always the hardest .
Don't worry you will get there. Like the other posters said, you won't lose that much because you don't have that much to lose. Megs already mentioned it, calculate that 5-10% and you will see that you are doing well!

[jimmyolsenblues]

don't give up. it works.
winston churchill said:

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Amaranda009

I know. But you cannot imagine how hard it is to lose just a few pounds.
I have never been a big processed carb eater, and mostly had a good diet except for too much aspartame, too many fruits ( really lots of fruits) and as a results lots of cravings which i am trying to get rid of thru Atkins.

So my goal is as much to lose a few pounds as to rebalance my way of heating so it becomes more healthy and free of cravings for sugar.

Thanks for your advice, i will follow it. Stay a few more days with induction ( which i love food wise) and then move onto OWL. See if i manage to get rid of those pounds once for good.

Be patient. You've done great for the amount of weight you want to lose. That 1.4 pound loss is the equivalent to losing 14 pounds if you had a 100 pound weight loss goal. So, stay on Induction for a few more days and then move to OWL.

[sanoukee]

Stick with it. I'm also 10 lbs from my goal and it's taking a long time to lose any weight.

[Privettewifey]

How tall are you? For most heights your sw is a normal weight, so if you are trying to be too skinny your body will probably not respond!