Seven Pounds In Four Days

[DarlingBri]

Originally Posted by jlynnpark

Okay, so I weighed myself four days ago for the first time in one year, and whoa ... 200 POUNDS I WAS.So yea, it was time to start the Atkins. I lost seven pounds in four days!!!!

Congratulations! If you read the book, you'll find that half of that will be water weight - which totally counts! Part of the reason many people have big introductory losses on low-carb diets is that they are shedding retained water AND burning fat.

But, I cheated, and I cheated big. For two of the four days, I ate spaghetti and a taco and a chocolate bar, but still lost seven pounds fast, and Im a girl with a slow metabalism!!!! Will someone explain to me what my body is doing?

Many people think low carb = Atkins. It doesn't. There are many, many forms of low carb eating and many, many ways to lose weight with low carbs.

Nobody here is saying you're a bad person. Nobody is saying you can't eat exactly what you want. What we are saying is:

That is not Atkins. It may be a perfectly wonderful form of low carbing, it just isn't specifically Atkins low-carbing.

If you're cutting your carbs, that's a perfectly legitimate way to lose weight and if whatever you're doing works for you, rock on. But since Atkins Induction is about vastly lowering sugar intake for steady glucose levels and only getting carbs from specified sources:

• Chocolate = sugar = not Atkins.
• Spaghetti = carbs = not Atkins.
• Taco (shell and sauce) = carbs + sugar = not Atkins.

Does that make sense to you?

[Georgiana]

Another thing. Stuff such as grapes (you mentioned eating them in another thread) or spaghetti are perfectly legal for Atkins, just not for Atkins Induction. They should be added back during the appropriate OWL rung.

[Bribieannie]

I've just logged in after months away from the plan. It's good to read that there are real people out there like me, struggling. Just arrived back in Australia from a holiday in Bali. The staple food there is rice or noodles. Moved house and found My Dr Atkins book. I have to find my scales etc but you are all there to inspire me. My girlfriend and I started Induction yesterday... Wish me luck Nettie from Australia

[liv]

Originally Posted by Bribieannie

I've just logged in after months away from the plan. It's good to read that there are real people out there like me, struggling. Just arrived back in Australia from a holiday in Bali. The staple food there is rice or noodles. Moved house and found My Dr Atkins book. I have to find my scales etc but you are all there to inspire me. My girlfriend and I started Induction yesterday... Wish me luck Nettie from Australia

We may not agree on all things all the time but we are fairly real.
Welcome to ADBB. Hope you and your gf enjoy Atkins and that it works well for you