Post Induction Stall and Rungs

[JenCarn]

(I have read the book and searched here but am still a bit unclear)
If my weight stalls post-induction, do I pause on moving up the rungs til my weight starts to move again, or do I just move slow and steady as long as I am not gaining?

Thanks!

[ldyj]

Good question, one I'd like the answer to myself!

[msanjelpie]

Almost everyone's weight stalls after induction... If you have a hundred or more pounds to lose you should probably stay on induction for a while, but since you don't, going onto OWL makes good sense... Your stall will break probably about the same time as it would have either way... (when your body is ready)

[liv]

Well I can tell you what I did - I moved slow and steady. I am a slow loser and stayed on the rungs a while and yes even if something that may have looked like a stall happened when I introduced say berries I did move on thinking it was just one of my pauses. This worked for me.
A lot of my trial on OWL (in addition to CCLL) has been to feel out the foods - to see if I react to them with sugar rushes or cravings.

[chinadoll]

For myself, I would move to rung one since the foods are basically the same as Induction but you can add more veggies. That way you have a bit more variety but will not be introducing any new foods that may cause a problem. Give yourself a couple of weeks at that rung and see what happens. Hopefully the stall will break in 2-3 weeks and you will start losing again. I am on rung three and am just hitting my first stop in losses now. It has only been a week, but I amd determined to wait it out. I know I am doing everything right so it's not me.

[JenCarn]

Thanks everyone! My body is probably wondering what in the world is happening! I went from skipping meals and drinking tons of caffeine with aspartame every day (and no water at all), to eating well and drinking at least 70 oz of water a day and have totally kicked the caffeine and aspartame habit. Now, my ToM is off and my weight is steady for the past 1.5 weeks (up/down within a 1 lb range). So I am in the midst of rung 1 and am thinking that I will move to rung 2 carefully this weekend and see what happens. I will probably stay there for 3-4 weeks or until my weight drops again.

Thanks again!
Jen