can anyone help please? sudden weight gain after 8 years

[melx]

Hi guys,

Can anyone help? Been on atkins for 8 years - always on induction. Weight has varied but last year was going really well and weighed 6 stone no matter how much chicken and cheese and I ate (also has fish and veg and tofu, soya milk, creme fraiche and nuts but mostly chicken and cheese ) I have never had more than 15gms of carbs a day in the whole 8 years. However a few months ago my weight started to creep up and now 7 stone. I haven't done anything different to my diet - thought it may be cheese so stopped this but did not help. Then thought alpro light soya milk was the prob so gave up this but still no weight loss. Then gave up chicken and this didn't work either! Finally, tried the fat fast and went back to just above 6 and half stone. Reintroduced chicken and have gone up to 7 stone again in 2 days! well confused - help why can loose weight and why this sudden random weight gain when I haven't changed my diet?

[livelaughlove08]

Maybe you should try following the diet to a T... it seems like you are just doing whatever you want too... it doesn't work like that ... if your always on induction then try doing induction the way its suppose to be used... so no more than 4 oz of cheese... and you aren't suppose to have nuts while your on induction, or soymilk and make sure you are getting enough vegetables... start writing down everything your eating and you will probably find out you might be getting more carbs than what you think... Try exercising too! hope I helped... good luck

[melx]

thanks - but stuck to induction rules to a tee for 2 weeks and this didn't work either. and this week have just been eating chicken and nothing else an still no joy - should i try the fat fast again do you reckon?

[moniegail]

first of all, 8 yrs on induction...i know dr A said that induction was safe to stay on for more than the recommended 2 weeks, but that just seems like an extremely long time to stay on induction. the Atkins plan has 4 phases for a reason, and induction is only the first phase to help the body detox from all the carbs, and to get the cravings down. i was just wondering why you have not moved on to the other phases by now.

have you ever read the book "Dr. Atkins new diet revolution" 2002 edition? if not, then i think you really should read it. i believe in order to follow this plan to a T, then you have to follow all phases of the plan.

you also mentioned that you are only eating chicken now and nothing else. that's not really doing atkins, that's doing a zero carb diet and we do eat carbs in this way of life. what type of veggies are you eating? 12 to 15 grams of carbs should be coming from veggies during the induction phase.

not really sure i can help other then to tell you if you stick to the plan the way Dr. A wrote it, it will work. i wish you luck and i'm sure some more experienced members will be along shortly to offer more advice and suppoort.

monie

[tacfla]

Since losing 45 lbs this past year on Atkins my weight loss has slowed so much its almost stoped. I did the same as you did Atkins to a T for only 2 weeks saw nothing change and no loss some times I went up depending on holding water etc.... Then deceided that I need to give it a good try been on Atkins again for about a month now. The weight loss has been only about 3 lbs but I am losing. Its just harder now that I have about 30 lbs to go my body seems to be holding on to what it has left. I have noticed too that if I over eat alot it doesnt take much for a pound to be added to the scale even though I am still doing atkins. I guess it has to do with the amounts I am eatting.

Good luck dont know if this will help but I say follow strict Atkins induction for longer than 2 weeks and see how it gos then.

Good luck
Robin

[Elsie150]

Okay...preparing you for some reality talks with people here as we go by DANDR 2002 edition and try to be strict about it.

I do question whether you did induction to a T since in your first sentence you say you have been on induction for 8 years and eating all the stuff not allowed on it. So maybe not the 2002 edition. Second I wonder if your body is rebeling. Third...why the heck if you know about Atkins would you cut out all fat and just eat protein? Did you know that excess protein is turned to fat?? Third...maybe new meds...getting older....get a check up....new food allergy...Good luck!

[carbless_in_seattle]

^what she said. excess protein is turned to fat. and eating just chicken and cheese isn't following atkins at all. Also people gain weight when they get older.

[brandywine1241]

I would say any time someone experiences a sudden change like this for no apparent reason, they should be checked out by a doctor.

[carbless_in_seattle]

Something makes me think this post is fake.

[SunnySmile501]

Originally Posted by melx

Hi guys,

Can anyone help? Been on atkins for 8 years - always on induction. Weight has varied but last year was going really well and weighed 6 stone no matter how much chicken and cheese and I ate (also has fish and veg and tofu, soya milk, creme fraiche and nuts but mostly chicken and cheese ) I have never had more than 15gms of carbs a day in the whole 8 years. However a few months ago my weight started to creep up and now 7 stone. I haven't done anything different to my diet - thought it may be cheese so stopped this but did not help. Then thought alpro light soya milk was the prob so gave up this but still no weight loss. Then gave up chicken and this didn't work either! Finally, tried the fat fast and went back to just above 6 and half stone. Reintroduced chicken and have gone up to 7 stone again in 2 days! well confused - help why can loose weight and why this sudden random weight gain when I haven't changed my diet?

First question: Are you an adult? If so, how tall are you? Six stone is only 84 pounds and 7 stone is 98 pounds. You would have to be really short for 98 pounds to be over weight.

As the others have stated, you have not been doing Atkins at all. The only advice I can give you is to get the book and read it and do the diet right. It sounds to me like you have been starving and your body has had enough. I do not reccomend that you do the fat fast again or ever. Any adult that has weighed 84 pounds for years certainly does not qualify as insulin resistant.

Sunny!