Hello?

[Blondesitty]

My name is Megan. I'm 24 and I have an 11month old baby girl named Sadie. Its been a long hard road trying to get this weight off. I only have 2lbs to go to reach my first goal weight, 182 (prebaby wieght). It's NOT coming off! I feel like I've hit a wall Anyone else having an issue? I started a 20min workout today to try and get it off.....

[michelle23464]

Hello Meg,

Are you nursing at all? What OWL are you on? What is your menu like?

Welcome to the MOMS group!

Michelle

[Blondesitty]

Ok I might sound really stupid(sorry)...I know Ongoing Weight Loss, but what do you mean by which one I'm on??? No. I only nursed her in the hospital It didnt work out so well at home. My menu has been meat eggs cheese and veggies. I ate some sugarfree chocolate last week (thanks to pms)..only 2 net carbs a seving tho. Last week I thought I was doing really well. I ate right and I walked a mile everyday (walk away the pounds video). So last weekend ,after I weighed, I went off the diet...I know, I know.. So I got myself back on track I started induction again yesterday(1/19) to see if that will help jump things. I also started the 20minute Turbo Jam workout.. What do u think? Does that sound like it should get it moving?

[michelle23464]

Originally Posted by Blondesitty

Ok I might sound really stupid(sorry)...I know Ongoing Weight Loss, but what do you mean by which one I'm on??? No. I only nursed her in the hospital It didnt work out so well at home. My menu has been meat eggs cheese and veggies. I ate some sugarfree chocolate last week (thanks to pms)..only 2 net carbs a seving tho. Last week I thought I was doing really well. I ate right and I walked a mile everyday (walk away the pounds video). So last weekend ,after I weighed, I went off the diet...I know, I know.. So I got myself back on track I started induction again yesterday(1/19) to see if that will help jump things. I also started the 20minute Turbo Jam workout.. What do u think? Does that sound like it should get it moving?

Well once you finish induction you have the choice of doing extended induction or going up the OWL rungs.

OWL 1 - Vegetables
OWL 2 - dairy
OWL 3 - nuts
OWL 4 - berries
etc.. there are move rungs

In the book you should up your carbs by 5 gms of added vegetables on the safe list which is the first rung of OWL. What you are doing is testing to see how your body reacts to certain food and see if you get cravings or gain on those foods. If you find you gain on a certain veggie you know to avoid it. You can stay on rung 1 for a week or 5 weeks its up to you. Once you want to move up a Rung you add 5 more gms of carbs and you can go to dairy unless you dont do dairy then you can skip up to nuts. I was on Rung 1 at 3 weeks and rung 2 at 4 weeks and rung 3 at 5 weeks with a carb level of 35 carbs a day. I went up to berries a few weeks later but stayed at 35 carbs. I am working my way back up the rung latter. Since I too took a few weeks off at christmas.

So.. you have
Induction carbs - 20 gms ( 2 cups of salad greens and 1 cup of other veggie)
OWL- veggies 5 gms ( this can be olives, tomatoes, onions, etc..)

Just so you know.. working out can cause you to hold onto water. Working out can also build muscle which is heavier than fat so while you are losing fat you are gaining in muscle. Are you keeping a food diary so you can see exactly what you are eating? If not you should try it for a while keeping track of everything even condiments on your food. Once you do that you can post it so someone can look and see if they can give you any advice on what may be causing you to not loose.

If you have any questions I will be happy to try and answer them.

Michelle

[Blondesitty]

Thanks soooo much! I will start a food diary. When I was on wieght watchers( didnt work for me ) That was one thing I loved about it. We wrote down everything we ate. I dont know why I never thought of doing that with atkins.. Well I'll deff bring any questions I have here. You've been very helpfull! I'll keeo you updated. I'll wiegh again this Sat.

[michelle23464]

Hello Meg,

How is the food diary coming? Did you start a journal stats page online or are you writing it down on paper?

Just checking on you.

michelle