I fell off!!!

[love777]

Sat i weighed myself and I didn't lose anything in over a week. No excuse I know but then I pigged out Sat =(
So now i'm 5lbs back!

I'm gonna try again on Wed.
I'm so annoyed at myself.
I dont know - how do I know atkins is the right diet for me. I feel like I need fruit not so much bread but fruit and yogurt maybe ....

I was thinking just to do low calorie cuz I feel like even with atkins I have to really limit how much I eat ..... ughhh......

[atkinsgal08]

>>how do I know atkins is the right diet for me. I>>

I only know what I did for me ... read the science and see if you think it makes sense; is the food you eat on maintenance a way of eating you can live with for life?

The main thing is that Atkins isn't just a way of eating until you lose the weight ... it's a principle of eating that you stay with.

If you can eat low calorie for the rest of your life, then ...

>>I feel like I need fruit>>

I actually eat more fruit on Atkins than I did before.

YOU will get to eat fruit ... just not on Induction.

>>I know but then I pigged out Sat =(
So now i'm 5lbs back!>>

A good lesson that choices have consequences. True with any diet though!

>> I'm gonna try again on Wed.>>

What about Monday and Tuesday?

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by love777

Sat i weighed myself and I didn't lose anything in over a week. No excuse I know but then I pigged out Sat =(
So now i'm 5lbs back!

I'm gonna try again on Wed.
I'm so annoyed at myself.
I dont know - how do I know atkins is the right diet for me. I feel like I need fruit not so much bread but fruit and yogurt maybe ....

I was thinking just to do low calorie cuz I feel like even with atkins I have to really limit how much I eat ..... ughhh......

Since you have something like 8 lbs to lose, did you consider starting in OWL instead of doing Induction?

[love777]

maybe I wasn't eating enough veggies either.
Today and tomorrow I already packed a low calorie meal plan. Thinking to forget atkins but decided to just try it.
Can I do a combination of induction and owl?
for me tho motivation comes in seeing stuff fast - that's my problem. i'm so no patient.

i'm tired of dieting and failing though it's so annoying

[mizski]

Originally Posted by love777

Sat i weighed myself and I didn't lose anything in over a week. No excuse I know but then I pigged out Sat =(
So now i'm 5lbs back!

I'm gonna try again on Wed.

Today is Monday...are you waiting until Wednesday to weigh yourself again or resume Atkins? A good idea would be to pick up where you left off in Induction right now and wait a week to weigh yourself.

I'm so annoyed at myself.
I dont know - how do I know atkins is the right diet for me. I feel like I need fruit not so much bread but fruit and yogurt maybe ....

You feel like you need fruit (sugar) because you haven't followed the Induction rules which break that addiction to sugar. Induction is only 14 days and then you can start adding foods in OWL such as yogurt (Dairy rung 2) and some berries/melons (Rung 4).

I was thinking just to do low calorie cuz I feel like even with atkins I have to really limit how much I eat ..... ughhh......

You have to limit what you eat for 14 days. That is only 2 weeks. Do a clean Induction and move to OWL and start adding foods back in. Low calorie will result in weight loss also if you don't mind being hungry all the time. You REALLY have to limit how much you eat then to stay at the low cal threshold.

Losing weight is about making choices which translates to limiting something. It's just the way it is.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by love777

maybe I wasn't eating enough veggies either.

How many were you actually eating? How many net carbs?

Can I do a combination of induction and owl?

What exactly do you understand by that?

for me tho motivation comes in seeing stuff fast - that's my problem. i'm so no patient.

Unless you learn to be patient, Atkins might be very difficult for you. It works, but it doesn't follow YOUR schedule for weight loss... and the results don't only measure in pounds on the scale.

i'm tired of dieting and failing though it's so annoying

Then stop dieting and choose a WoE you can follow for life.

[chinadoll]

GUESS WHAT? No diet is fast. It is going to take patience and work no matter which WOE you chooses. Might as well face that right now. And weight loss is not linear. It goes in waves. Nothing for a week or two then three or four at once. If you can't take the fits and starts on the scale then put it away. It will drive you crazy.

Nothing worthwhile is easy.

[love777]

I probably was eating about 5-10 veggie net carbs? I was counting everything like even meats as having carbs just in case i mis calculated somewhere else.

For doing a combination meaning only adding foods from the other rungs on some days?

I started drinking coffee again too - black w/splenda. I really want to continue this for one reason - when I did and I worked out it gave me so much energy that I put in at least 50% more effort than I normally would.
can I continue this? i like to have 2 a day.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by love777

I probably was eating about 5-10 veggie net carbs? I was counting everything like even meats as having carbs just in case i mis calculated somewhere else.

Why weren't you using FitDay?

For doing a combination meaning only adding foods from the other rungs on some days?

Did you read DANDR?

In OWL, you do not necessarily eat "from the other rungs" every day. When you add a new food, you start by eating it every other day.

[liv]

My opinion is that you are already a fairly thin person (in the big schme of things) and no matter what diet you chose, you are going to have to work it. Are you ready to do that?