Skinny newbie just started Induction -will I still loose lbs?

[AlexT]

Hi! I am on my second day induction. I have always been 90-100 lbs, but recently gained 12 lbs from a depression phase.

I weigh 110 and want to get back to my previous weight of 98 lbs.
I am not anorexic- dont worry; I am 5'10 and have a very small frame, so 110 lbs looks more like 135 on me.
I am a working model and need to get my toned body back quickly!


My QUESTION is:
even though I have a "low weight" according to a BMI average calculator, can I still loose 12 lbs during induction phase?

Will I loose much more slowly than a heavier individual?

Should I eat LESS CARBS or calories than others?


I greatly appreciate your advice!

[Elizellen]

Welcome to ADBB, Alex

As your BMI is already so low I can't imagine that you would be likely to lose 12 pounds in the 14 days of induction, but if you follow the rules of induction your body will I am sure start to return to its preferred body weight.

This might not be the same low weight that you want to achieve but it will be a healthy weight for your frame.

You might find your numbers actually go up for a while as your body gets used to eating the nutritious foods we eat on Atkins if it has felt deprived by whatever eating regime you are used to.

But Atkins is renowned for allowing people to lose fat as opposed to just losing scales weight, so combined with exercising you might see your body changing shape even if the scales go up.

Many Atkineers find they can wear a lower dress size at a weight that before Atkins they wore a larger one, so you might need to re-evaluate your ideal weight goal once your body has changed shape and go by dress sizes instead

After all it is really FAT we are trying to lose, not just weight, and no-one sees your scales numbers, only the slimmer you!!

[OzLover]

Have you read the book? Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

[kibskix]

you're 5'10?? let me show you something...
Photographic Height
go to that graph and look at the woman listed who is 5'10 and 110. does -that- look healthy to you? you need to gain 10lbs to even be in the very -bottom- of our weight range. as far as your question goes, thin people do lose extra weight on atkins but it does take a lot longer than with someone with more to lose, so you have to stick to it even if you dont see results right away. but as far as someone with an -underweight- bmi goes, i have no idea if it would work for what you want to lose or not.

[neihu]

Kibskix - thanks for posting such a great site - I have already forwarded this site to some friends who are obsessed about numbers!

[kibskix]

i actually saw that link on here somewhere a while back and saved it!

[msanjelpie]

Originally Posted by AlexT

My QUESTION is:
even though I have a "low weight" according to a BMI average calculator, can I still loose 12 lbs during induction phase?

Will I loose much more slowly than a heavier individual?

Should I eat LESS CARBS or calories than others?

You can lose 12 lbs... however you will not lose that amount during the induction phase... it will take longer than 2 weeks to lose that amount... You will lose a lot slower than a heavier person. Eating less carbs will not speed up the weight loss, it's just a matter of how fast your body burns the fat, and if you don't have any fat to burn, you aren't going to lose it any faster. Lowering your calories may make you lose weight faster because you will be losing muscle and not fat.

[AlexT]

Thanks everyone! It makes sense that I would loose more slowly since I have little to loose.
I will keep my diet low calorie as well to make sure my weight loss isn;t too slow.
Measurements are definitely more important than weight too! I hope I see some toning soon.

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by AlexT

Thanks everyone! It makes sense that I would loose more slowly since I have little to loose.
I will keep my diet low calorie as well to make sure my weight loss isn;t too slow.
Measurements are definitely more important than weight too! I hope I see some toning soon.

Please don't restrict your calories, Alex.

This would make your induction into a deprivation 'diet' rather than a healthy new way of eating and could result in your body holding on to any fat you might have instead of allowing excess fat to leave.

The best way to assure some toning would be to incorporate exercise into your regime - weightlifting as well as some cardio.

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Elizellen

Please don't restrict your calories, Alex.

This would make your induction into a deprivation 'diet' rather than a healthy new way of eating and could result in your body holding on to any fat you might have instead of allowing excess fat to leave.

The best way to assure some toning would be to incorporate exercise into your regime - weightlifting as well as some cardio.

I wholeheartedly agree with this! Exercise will tone your body better than a weight loss diet, especially since you aren't overweight or obese to begin with.

And msangelpie makes a good point. If you don't have any excess fat to lose, you will be losing muscle, which is bad.

You're best bet is to get your %body fat measured. See, having too much body fat is just as bad as having too little----something people don't seem to appreciate these days because stick thin is generally seen as "healthy" in our society, when in the old days, stick thin meant disease-ridden, sickly and weak.