3 weeks and only 12 pounds

[marcosfromyonkers]

I've been on atkins for about a month now and 1 weeks ago I weighed myself and I had lost 12 lbs....I weighed myself today and Im still only down 12 lbs....I check my ketosis strip and it has never been purple or dark purple it only went pink and for the past week its a very light trace of ketosis found...I will admit that I have been eating these sausages with red and green peppers.....Also I got tired of eating just lettuce and cucumbers so Ive mixed it up some nights with guacamoli....and I have some days drank diet soda...but very little......Is it lack of water I weight 384 lbs and I drink 2 of the 1.5 liter water bottles of poland springs.......I'm worried....I really dont want to fail or do it wrong...Someone please help thank u.......

[GRAPES]

ONLY 12 pounds??? I think that's great!

[JohnSantos]

You lost weight, so you're doing dandy. Up your exercise if you want to lose it faster.

[RitaCeleste]

You can use Fitday to track what you eat and look at the % of fat, Protein, And carbs. And calories too. I found it very helpful. I had been doing the diet for a long time and loosing slowly but steady. Granted I am a bit of cheater, but still! It really helped me. I planned menues out for a few days, went to the store got what I needed. Okay some days, I changed what I ate because I felt like it. But I love Fitday. I don't do it everyday now that I got more fat worked in. But its great to get the % right. I too have a diet soda here and there when I'm out. It can make me hold water. I found out coffee really didn't affect my strips, I is lucky on that one. But fake suger leads me strait to a potatoe binge that'll set me back DAYS. Check out Fitday, its free to use. Keep it up, you'll get there!

[liv]

Do you want to share a more detailed menu with quantities and we could perhaps help you out some. Those sausages have corn syrup? starches? sugar? dextrose? Sausages can be tricky.

[imagood1]

If the strips show color you are in keotsis -- it doesn't matter what color they are. The keotsis sticks are unreliable for most people, there are other ways to tell if you are in keotsis -- an odd taste in your mouth, very thirsty all the time, darker or off smelling urine, bubbles in the urine....those are better ways to gauge if you are or aren't in keotsis.

Don't worry - drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water (more is better but at least 64 ounces). Start exercising if you haven't already, it's mandatory on Atkins. Make sure you're only eating foods on the acceptable food list for best results. Watch for hidden sugar in everything you eat -- learn the words used for "sugar" on the labels and read all ingredients to make sure it's something you should be eating.

Good luck.

[Ohbehave007]

off smelling urine

Yup this is how I can tell. Since I drink a lot (mostly water) my urine is light, but the smell it can have while I am in keotsis is pretty strong, kind of a musty smell...sorry if TMI I just don't use the sticks so this is how I tell.

[Julie in CA]

I'm new here, so I don't have any constructive help for you, other than, 12 pounds ROCKS!!

[marcosfromyonkers]

Thank you all for your support it is greatly apprecated...The break down of what I eat goes like this.......Breakfast turkey and cheese omelet with either spinish some days or onions and red peppers other days.......For lunch I will eat either buffalo wings from dominos or the sausage and peppers from this diner that we order from @ my job....Dinner its either baked chicken with lettuce and cucumbers or I go to this taco place and buy 3 chicken tacos which comes with onions and chives I take the inside out and eat it and I throw away the flour wrap that it comes in and I eat guacamoli.....the guacamoli hs onions and chives and some tomatos in it........Lots of water the whole day.......I know it sounds crazy what I eat.... but I am always out so thats why I have to eat out.....Im not going to stop eating low carbs or get tired of eating this way......i just want to know if its right......thank u

[liv]

Originally Posted by marcosfromyonkers

Thank you all for your support it is greatly apprecated...The break down of what I eat goes like this.......Breakfast turkey and cheese omelet with either spinish some days or onions and red peppers other days.......For lunch I will eat either buffalo wings from dominos or the sausage and peppers from this diner that we order from @ my job....Dinner its either baked chicken with lettuce and cucumbers or I go to this taco place and buy 3 chicken tacos which comes with onions and chives I take the inside out and eat it and I throw away the flour wrap that it comes in and I eat guacamoli.....the guacamoli hs onions and chives and some tomatos in it........Lots of water the whole day.......I know it sounds crazy what I eat.... but I am always out so thats why I have to eat out.....Im not going to stop eating low carbs or get tired of eating this way......i just want to know if its right......thank u

OK I think I am seeing the potentiality of loads of hdden carbs and sugars in what you are eating (and plenty of salt). Do you know exactly what ingredients these fast food foods have. And I mean exactly - many fat food places add starches and sugars to stuff and you cannot have that. What is is the guacamoli?
Are you having at least cups of salad veggies and only one cup other veggies. I cannot tell. What is your fat to protein ratio?

Well some things for you to think about?
I know how hard it can be to keep eating Atkins when busy. So often cooking a head works. Crock pots are good so you can just let stuff cook while you are out and about.