Remarkable

[Emre Yigit]

I started Induction on 28th April.

I weighed myself on the 29th; I was about 216 pounds. I followed the dietary requirements religiously, and walked a bit. It was easy apart from some digestive problems.

It's been barely 10 days, and I now weigh 208.

Some days, the weight sloughs off so fast that I am definitely not extending Induction to a third week. Anyway, I look forward to my three extra nuts a week or whatever.

It works!

[chinadoll]

Emre, congratulations on a wonderful start! Your next step is easy. Just add five grams more of the vegetables you are already allowed.

The next rung after that you add 5 more and can include dairy with yogurt, kefir, milk, soft cheese. Just add one new food at a time so you will know if a certain food leads to cravings or stalls your loss.

I don't know if you can get the book there, but if you og to the Ongoing Weight Loss threads there are stickies to help you figure out what is allowed.

[Emre Yigit]

Thanks for the kind words.

I have DANDR, and with the help of everyone here I am sure I can keep at Atkins.

Congratulations to you too!

Thanks again, and good luck to us all.

[C P]

Emre that is a great start. Welcome to the 'OWL Adventure!'

CP

[Emre Yigit]

18 days, and I am down to 203 pounds. This is despite one day this week when a client took me out to lunch and loaded my plate. I gained weight that day, but it reversed quickly enough. No client meetings scheduled for a fortnight, so it ought to be easy going. Next week, I am going to jump to rung 3; dairy products and weight loss do not go well together in my case.

Go Atkins!

[Emre Yigit]

29 days, and I am down 19 pounds, with a further 16 to go.

Thank God, the weight loss has slowed down to about 2-3 lbs a week, and I hope it will slow further as I progress up the rungs.

I sort of skipped the dairy phase (if I feel like it, I eat a little yoghurt, and take a bit of milk in my coffee, but that's pretty much it) and the nuts didn't really slow me down. Am having difficulty eating a single strawberry every hour on the hour, so may try eating a few after each meal.

On the downside, even before the strawberries, I started to feel hungry. This happens on days when I exercise more than usual. For example, on Sunday, I spent maybe 4 hours walking, generally quite briskly. I was hungry by dinner and, oddly enough, didn't lose any weight that day.

I've noted that the effects of exercise on weight loss seem to have been dramatically reduced, and so I shall start alternating weights and walking.

Best wishes to all.

[Emre Yigit]

Coming up to six weeks in total and I've dropped 23 pounds.

The problem is, I'm bored. I guess this is the period that separates the real Atkinsers from the amateurs, because, having sloughed off a load of fat, having begun exercising, some mild weights etc, I find a little red me on my shoulder telling me that this is enough, I shouldn't push it further, at my age (!), that vegetables are good for me, as is yoghurt by the pound.

Sigh.

And I only have 12-13 pounds left to go.

My weight loss is slowing nicely, I am still losing despite now being on the bean rung, and I just hope I can keep on being virtuous.

The main problem is, I'm actually feeling hungry. Whereas at the start of the diet, I could happily subsist on a few bites of chicken and some greens, now I could eat half a chicken and two pounds of broccoli. This is despite l-carnitine and zinc picolinate tablets. Plus, I feel a lot less energetic than I did at the start, though I think that might be because of the (very very mild) weight training - I am very seriously unfit.

Oh, well, hope I can keep it up.

[Emre Yigit]

Day 42. Weight lost 26 pounds.

It appears that my weight "sticking" the previous week was due to my body rebalancing itself. I ascribe this to two factors. First, my long term average body weight has been around 193-194 pounds, and I guess there is something like cellular memory. Second, my very very modest weight training may have initially slowed my weight loss.

Took a client out over the weekend and had a lovely dinner. Managed not to gain any weight and continued to lose thereafter.

So, I'm happy again.

On the negative side, I now feel a little more tired than in the first three-four weeks of the program, but I suspect that that is quite normal. I am fast approaching "normal" weight and so I suspect my body is starting to react negatively to the diet. But it is nothing serious, and plenty of sleep seems to cure it.

Looking at my body, I figure I can afford to lose a few more pounds than originally targetted. I am now aiming for 176 pounds - a total loss of 40 pounds! - rather than 181.

[sham]

Well done you go girl,keep going always remember your goal you'll get there in no time!

[Emre Yigit]

Now at 187 pounds, having lost 29 since I began.

Feeling more energetic and less hungry than about two weeks ago.

Exercise continues to proceed apace and I see the occasional muscle appearing.

Eating everything other than starchy vegetables and bread, and will continue to do so in pre-maintenance.

I am on a client trip this week, so I have decided to stay on OWL one more week, especially as I will be away from my home and unable to weight myself regularly. If all goes well, from next week, I shall start pre-maintenance.