Ive been on atkins for 16 months and i have been staling for almost 4months now.help

[saraalaswad]

Hello all

I been on atkins for 16 months and i have been stalling for over 4 months. Literally i have gone up and down 2kg for 4 months .... i dont understand its so upsetting... i do everything right but no results. i even exercise loads, i do 2 hours boxing a week and 90 minutes resistance mixed with cardio at home. but no change in measurments or scales.. i still have a lot to loose (25kg) to meet goal ... any advice would be super


thank you!!


xxxx

[Georgiana]

Could you post a few of your menus?

And did you check with your doctor to see if you are deficient in any vitamins/minerals? Did you test for Candida? Any thyroid issues you know of?

[saraalaswad]

Hi georgiana,

Ive checked for thyroid and i got the all clear no problems there.. i havent recently tried for candida and i will tomorrow thanks for reminding me about that did have a problem with that 6 or 7 months back..

as for diet uhmm very simple cause i am always busy it tends to be a lot of take out:

breakfast:2 eggs with teaspoon cream and water, 2 rashers bacon
lunch: bacon double cheese burger BK meat only no bun
dinner: mincebeef and onion mixed with half a stock/boulion cube and water and mustard with cauliflower and cheese and swede and butter.

breakfast: 2 sausages and 1 fried egg
lunch: nandos half chicken with 2 piece halloumi cheese
dinner: grilled lamb pieces and mixed peppers with garlic mayo

breakfast: decaff coffe with 2 tsp splenda
lunch: bacon chese burger from bk meat only no bread
dinner: chicken stir fry ( onion,peppers and ginger and garlic), seseame seed oil and soy sauce and 1 tsp splenda.


thanks
xx

[Georgiana]

It's hard to say anything without knowing quantities, but do you know how much you are eating? How many carbs, calories, fat, etc.?

You've posted in the OWL forum, so I assume you are in OWL despite of what your profile says. Your menus seem to be low in veggies, given that on OWL Rung 1 you should be adding more vegetables to your diet. What foods did you add back since leaving Induction?

[liv]

My suggestion would also be to run this through fitday and see what numbers you end up with. It is not looking bad but it needs to go through a counter and lets see what you end up with.
The cheese from burger king - maybe you should try to avoid it. Do you get any sauce or mustard of ketchup as well?
So is swede turnip or rutabaga?
How much of the nandos chicken do you eat?

You are not getting your salad veggies in at all. Do you take any supplements?


What are you drinking?
Any medication?

I am not trying to criticize. Just think we should be about to figure this out.

[Georgiana]

Hijack: Liv, I obviously have a problem with swede...

So how are things going, Sara? Are you still around?

[saraalaswad]

Hi Georgiana and Liv,

I drink diet coke and diet redbull and sprite zero, i do have ketchup but very little and count it towards the carbs im allowed...Im on rung one as when i try moving up the rungs i gain weight... i got to the nuts and seeds rung and gained 7lbs so i went back to induction and moved to rung 1 ( increasing veggies).. it may seem i am not eating enough veg but i eat the required amount..

as for swede uhmm i think maybe its a turnip lol im not entirely sure to be honest

i dont take suplements, perhaps the odd vit c.. and about nandos chicken ill eat a chicken leg and chicken breast and it can be 2-3 times a month something like that..

its so frustrating not to be loosing for so long..

thanks

xx

[Georgiana]

Ummm... so, basically all you wrote above could stall your weight loss.

Let's see...

Originally Posted by saraalaswad

I drink diet coke and diet redbull and sprite zero

These diet drinks are sweetened with aspartame, which often stalls people.

i do have ketchup but very little and count it towards the carbs im allowed...

Ketchup, little or not, contains sugar which might interfere with your weight loss.

Im on rung one

Okay, then can you tell us what is your current carbohydrate level?

when i try moving up the rungs i gain weight... i got to the nuts and seeds rung and gained 7lbs so i went back to induction and moved to rung 1 ( increasing veggies)

Did you gain 7 lbs in one week by adding a single new food? What nut/seed did you add, in what quantity and how often? Was it TOM as well?

as for swede uhmm i think maybe its a turnip lol im not entirely sure to be honest

Swede is not allowed. It is a starchy vegetable and not allowed until OWL Rung 8.

i dont take suplements, perhaps the odd vit c

Being deficient in some vitamins/minerals can affect your weight loss as well. Take a multivitamin and check with your doctor if you should take anything else.

[Georgiana]

Something else about the ketchup (and any other food that you eat out). You say "very little". It's impossible to measure exactly how much ketchup you are eating. The BK burgers have about 3.8 net carbs from the ketchup alone. Even if you eat only part of this, it's something you cannot properly measure. It's not like in cured bacon, which probably has something like 0.1 g per slice or mayo---3.8 g of sugar can do significantly more damage.

[liv]

My advice would be to "go back to basics" Be very strict with what you eat. Make sure it is legal. Cut out all sugar and artificial sugar for a bit. Stop eating things you are not sure about. Measure - and count carbs strictly. Drink only water for that bit while you get yourself back into losing mode.