clearing up the rungs!!! HELP!

[punkzebrachick20]

Ok well ive been on this diet before and loss about 40 lbs buy just eating around 20-30 carbs a day...no rungs...then crashed and gained most of it back with in 2 years....

now im back for good...ive lost 20 lbs so far and havent been following the "rungs" but now i feel like ive been stuck havent really lost anything in about 2 weeks...and thought i could try it?
ive read about it but im still confused. so i have a couple questions....

how long to you stay on each rung?
when you change rungs can you eat from the previous rungs too?
like if your on the berry run can you eat nuts?
and your only supposed to eat 5 net carbs per day?
im soo confused someone please hellpppp!!! please?

[Elizellen]

This is quite an informative thread that might help you understand OWL better

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ction-owl.html (Introduction to OWL)

[Lisa]

That's thread helped me A LOT when I started back up the OWL rung!

One more thing to add...

I learned that going through the rungs not ony helps you find out what foods you cannot tolerate anymore to lose weight, but you also have more choices to eat throughout the week wtih the foods you can eat and continue to lose weight. Especially on the legume and starchy veggy rung. I've experienced choosing one food from each of those rungs when I want to have them a day. For instance, I know I can tolerate having either peas or peanuts in one day, but not the same day. And I know I can tolerate having corn or potatoes in one day, but not the same day. It's the same for "other fruit". I love apples and peaches and pineapple, but I know I have to choose 1/2 of a serving of each if I want them....but not all in one day. Basically because overeating starts for me just because it's legal for that rung...and overeating just because it's legal is not a good thing as we learn from the scale going up or feeling bloated

I hope that makes sense.