I wasn't eating enough veggies stopped losing

[jadensmom]

I was losing a pound a day all of a sudden no weight lose it stopped. I was tired and could'nt sleep. Well, I had always just eating my salad and a lot of of second list veggies probable the amount that I'm eating now. I never measured and never had a problem but then I decided to start to measure. I chopped broccoli as it is my favorite and put it in a measuring cup. 1 cup it didn't seem like enough but oh well I've been doing it like that for almost 4 weeks and no weight lose. I thought it was weird I would go through 2 bags of fresh crowns in one week and now in the last 4 weeks I only go through less then one bag a week. So I just weigh one cup of finely chopped broccoli and it was 2.6 ounces which by the nutritional info on the bag says after fiber it has only 2 carbs. So after my salad I was only eating about 3-4 veggie carbs a day. Wow ok, now I know why my weight lose stopped. For the last 2 day I've been eating 6 ounces of broccoli which is 12 carbs after fiber and I'm down 1 pound. AHHHH!!!! I just wasted 1 month of weight lose but at least I figured out what was holding me back thanks to the quick glance I took at the nutritional info on the broccoli bag.

[goin2befit]

I have just started and lost really well the first 6 days and today only .4 pounds, which is great, but still questioned why the weight loss just stopped... I have felt bloated and not as good... and it hit me when I read your post... the first 5 days I had cauliflower dish which had 9 carbs per serving... instead I've had a cup of cucumbers for 2 days... now wondering if that had something to do with it...

Glad you found it out and shared... will have to go get some cauliflower and see if that makes a difference.

[jadensmom]

Ya, I have my energy back. I fell straight to sleep the last 2 nights. I feel full all day and have to look at the clock or I forget to eat where as the last 4 weeks I was always hungry. I feel better all around. I tried everything even cutting out cheese and cream cheese. I felt so bad I even stopped coming here. just getting in the correct amount of veggies put me right back on track and I'm finally below 200 I'm so happy. I hope that getting the correct amount veggies puts you back on track to. Amanda good luck and great job on your weight lose!

[jadensmom]

I'm down another pound so that must have been my problem just wasn't eating an adequate amout of veggies. Only getting in 1 cup of broccoli 2-3 carbs worth just isn't enough for me and wasnt add up to the 12-15 veggies carbs we are suppose to have as salad is just 2-3 carbs for 2 cups. I also have my energy back and walked 5.4 miles with my son in a jogging stroller in 93* weather yesterday. A few days ago before adding more broccoli to equal 12 carbs I wouldn't have had the energy to do more then a mile I know I tried.

[Elizellen]

It is great how adding some more veggies can sometimes help! This is one reason we often suggest people move to OWL and not stay too long on induction.