Skipped Extended Induction and Rung 1

[chinadoll]

Also bear in mind that our age and hormone levels, exercise level, water intake and a host of things all play into the amount an individual will lose in a week. Using Fitday.com can help you track your carbs and nutrients. It seems awkward at first but you become much quicker at it after a couple of days.

[Brennan's Mimi]

Thank you for all your help. I have been on Atkins for 3 weeks now and have only lost 6 lbs. I'm beginning to think maybe it's not for me. I am giving it 1 more week and then I will move on to another eating plan.

Thank you all again for the help you have given me,

Michelle

[Georgiana]

Michelle, when you added extra veggies, did you add 5 net carbs of Induction veggies? Or did you add 5 net carbs of a "new" veggie? And how many net carbs are you currently eating?

How much cheese are you eating in total? Any other OWL Rung 2 food you have introduced, other than Brie?

Are you limiting your Splenda to 3 servings/packets per day? Drinking any diet sodas? Shakes? Bars?

It's best if you post a few menus, incl. quantities, and then we can take a look at those and see if there's anything that can be improved.

[Brennan's Mimi]

I am not very good at having to "count" anything like carbs, points, etc... I thought you didn't need to count those things with Atkins? I'm not saying I can't count them, but having to look up lettuce??? I chose Atkins, because I thought it would be easier than WW. Sorry, I'm just frustrated. I think there is a post for menu's, so I will post my menu for today on there tomorrow.

Thanks,

Michelle

[Georgiana]

No worries. Yes, I'll check that after you post tomorrow.

Regarding counting. Induction is quite mindless and if you follow the Rules of Induction to a tee is pretty much impossible to go over 20 net carbs per day. So during Induction, counting carbs or calories is not necessary.

However, when you move to OWL, you are supposed to add a new food not more than 3x per week and only in 5 net carbs amounts. So if you add more veggies by adding a cup of celery root to your Induction menu, then you are adding 11.6 net carbs... so more than the 5 net carbs you should be adding. That's why in OWL (and later on in the program as well), counting is not only necessary, but very important---both for adding new foods and for finding your CCLL.

This is from Chapter 14 in DANDR (the "OWL chapter"):

Second, whereas during Induction you ate your protein and fat foods, plus three cups of salad and other vegies [...], OWL allows you much more choice. That means now you can craft a weight loss regimen that is uniquely yours. But it also means---and here's the third key---that counting grams of carbohydrate is truly your responsability.

If you don't count, you could get in trouble.