so frustrated!

Try eating less and exercising more.

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

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1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I
lost 30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have
maintained that loss doing low carb or low fat.

Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T
just like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've
checked and I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of allowed
veggies and lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested amount of
water. I even added some exercise though only walking daily. Still can't
lose an ounce.

Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
walking, on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated and
at a loss to what I should try! help!

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Try eating less and exercising more.

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"Crystal" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I
lost 30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have
maintained that loss doing low carb or low fat.

Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T
just like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've
checked and I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of
allowed veggies and lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested amount
of water. I even added some exercise though only walking daily. Still
can't lose an ounce.

Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
walking, on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated and
at a loss to what I should try! help!

I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating that
much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm doing the same
thing I did the first time the diet was successful for me.

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Try eating less and exercising more.

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1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I
lost 30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have
maintained that loss doing low carb or low fat.

Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T
just like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've
checked and I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of
allowed veggies and lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested
amount of water. I even added some exercise though only walking daily.
Still can't lose an ounce.

Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
walking, on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated and
at a loss to what I should try! help!

I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating that
much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm doing the
same thing I did the first time the diet was successful for me.

Exactly how many calories are you taking in per day?

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Crystal wrote:

;1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I lost
;30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have maintained
;that loss doing low carb or low fat.
;
;Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T just
;like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've checked and
;I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of allowed veggies and
;lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested amount of water. I even added
;some exercise though only walking daily. Still can't lose an ounce.
;

When did you restart? Last week, a couple of months ago?

How close are you to goal? Still have a 100 lbs to go? Within 20 lbs of
what most people would consider slender? Are you at a weight that you tend
to be able to reach easily when you diet but that it's always been hard
for you to get below?

I'm assuming from your screen name that you're female. Premenopausal? Even
if you are losing weight, water retention can mask it for some women until
they drop the excess water.

;Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the walking,
;on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated and at a loss to
;what I should try! help!
;

If you're close to goal or at your personal set point, most people find
the weight simply comes off more slowly. You may be doing the diet exactly
right and you just need to be patient and let it happen.

On the other hand, if you've been back on track for 3 months, nowhere near
your goal weight and you're sure you're doing the plan properly (starting
w/ simply not eating too much), then maybe you should post some typical
days' menus for people to review.

Martha

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Try eating less and exercising more.

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"Crystal" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> 1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I
> lost 30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have
> maintained that loss doing low carb or low fat.
>
> Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T
> just like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've
> checked and I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of
> allowed veggies and lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested
> amount of water. I even added some exercise though only walking daily.
> Still can't lose an ounce.
>
> Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
> walking, on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated
> and at a loss to what I should try! help!

I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating that
much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm doing the
same thing I did the first time the diet was successful for me.

Exactly how many calories are you taking in per day?

around 1200 a day, some days 1400, but I do have 80-100 to lose

Crystal <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating
:> that much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm
:> doing the same thing I did the first time the diet was successful
:> for me.

You can't lose weight by eating more. Continue to eat less than you're
eating until you start losing weight. saying that you're not eating that
much doesn't mean you're not eating too much to lose weight.

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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Crystal wrote:

;1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months I
lost
;30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I have
maintained
;that loss doing low carb or low fat.
;
;Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a T
just
;like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce. I've checked
and
;I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots of allowed veggies
and
;lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested amount of water. I even
added
;some exercise though only walking daily. Still can't lose an ounce.
;

When did you restart? Last week, a couple of months ago?

How close are you to goal? Still have a 100 lbs to go? Within 20 lbs of
what most people would consider slender? Are you at a weight that you tend
to be able to reach easily when you diet but that it's always been hard
for you to get below?

I'm assuming from your screen name that you're female. Premenopausal? Even
if you are losing weight, water retention can mask it for some women until
they drop the excess water.

;Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
walking,
;on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated and at a loss
to
;what I should try! help!
;

If you're close to goal or at your personal set point, most people find
the weight simply comes off more slowly. You may be doing the diet exactly
right and you just need to be patient and let it happen.

On the other hand, if you've been back on track for 3 months, nowhere near
your goal weight and you're sure you're doing the plan properly (starting
w/ simply not eating too much), then maybe you should post some typical
days' menus for people to review.

Martha

I have 80-100 pounds to lose. I've been back on Atkins 3 weeks with nothing
to show for it. In a typical day right now I'll eat:

B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin

L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low carb
dressing

D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie

Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

I don't think I'm eating much at all, not hungry though. Am I eating too
lean for Atkins? The first time I did it I was eating a lot more fat like
bacon and sausage

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Crystal <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating
:> that much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm
:> doing the same thing I did the first time the diet was successful
:> for me.

You can't lose weight by eating more. Continue to eat less than you're
eating until you start losing weight. saying that you're not eating that
much doesn't mean you're not eating too much to lose weight.

see my other message for how much I eat on a typical day.... and from what
I learned on Atkins the first time I was on it, the more I upped my fat from
sausage and bacon, the more I lost... this is something I'm not doing this
time around

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> Try eating less and exercising more.
>
> --
> Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. --
> MFW
>
>
> "Crystal" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> 1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time. Within 4 months
>> I lost 30 pounds with hardly any effort, not even any exercise. I
>> have maintained that loss doing low carb or low fat.
>>
>> Now I want to lose more weight. I restarted Atkins following it to a
>> T just like I did 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot lose a single ounce.
>> I've checked and I'm not overdoing it on fatty food, I'm eating lots
>> of allowed veggies and lean meats, fish, etc. Drinking the suggested
>> amount of water. I even added some exercise though only walking daily.
>> Still can't lose an ounce.
>>
>> Prior to this I did a low fat and watching calories diet, with the
>> walking, on that I couldn't lose anything either. I'm so frustrated
>> and at a loss to what I should try! help!

I admit I probably could up the exercise, but I really am not eating
that much. Maybe for an Atkins plan I should be eating more. I'm doing
the same thing I did the first time the diet was successful for me.

Exactly how many calories are you taking in per day?

around 1200 a day, some days 1400, but I do have 80-100 to lose

Eat less protein in favor of more fat and take in less calories while
increasing your exercise.

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote

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You can't lose weight by eating more.

This contridicts what I've heard regarding Atkins which was: If your body
feels it is not getting enough food you won't lose, your body will hang onto
it. If you give it more food, on atkins particularly more protein/fats it
should make your body think it is not in survival mode

In a typical day right now I'll eat:

B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin

L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low carb
dressing

D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie

Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

what protein would you suggest I cut out? what type of fat should I add?
what has so much calories that I've been eating?

"JC Der Koenig" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Eat less protein in favor of more fat and take in less calories while
increasing your exercise.

What is your method of measurement?

Do you use Fitday?

Do you use a kitchen scale to weigh portions?

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[snip]

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around 1200 a day, some days 1400, but I do have 80-100 to lose

Muffins are not low carb.

Eat bacon instead of ham, and less of it.

Eat the snack instead of dinner.

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In a typical day right now I'll eat:

B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin

L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low
carb dressing

D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie

Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

what protein would you suggest I cut out? what type of fat should I add?
what has so much calories that I've been eating?

"JC Der Koenig" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Eat less protein in favor of more fat and take in less calories while
increasing your exercise.

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Muffins are not low carb.

Eat bacon instead of ham, and less of it.

Eat the snack instead of dinner.

hmm, well, okay I appreciate your input but:

how can you expect me to eat ONLY 2 ounces of cheese as my dinner?

and they are Atkins muffins, obviously low(er) carb and I dont eat them
every day

"eat bacon instead of ham and less of it"... I only have 4-6 oz of lean ham
a day, exactly how much bacon would you want me to eat?

Crystal said:

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;1-1/2 years ago I went on Atkins for the first time.

There's a red flag. The simplist open secret in all of
weight loss - The ones who quit fail and the ones who
never quit succeed. The actual real follow the directions
Atkins is a well designed plan where it makes perfect
ssense to stay on it forever.

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I have 80-100 pounds to lose. I've been back on Atkins 3 weeks with nothing
to show for it.

You need to be aware that repeated Induction often fails
to trigger loss in folks. Very common. The solution is
to follow the directions for the entire plan.

Quoted message said:

In a typical day right now I'll eat:
B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin
L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low carb
dressing
D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie
Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

Please consider following the directions for the entire
Atkins process. All 4 phases on schedule using the carb
ladder as a guide for what order to add stuff. I know it
is not ovbvious, but step back and think about it. Is
there any chance Dr A failed to try the obvious during
the 4 decades he worked on designing and improving his
system? Of course not! The actual process in the
directions is not obvious, so you're not trying it. Go
ahead and do it this time.

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I don't think I'm eating much at all, not hungry though. Am I eating too
lean for Atkins? The first time I did it I was eating a lot more fat like
bacon and sausage

There is a schedule of carb quotas. Try it week to week.
Not under, not over. At. As close as your count can get
you. 20, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and so on until you spend a
week out of ketosis. That's the carb half of what it
says to do in the directions. Try it. Step out in faith.

What you're doing now is a fad diet by the looks. You are
extending Induction and you have already fallen off. Try
the 4 phases. Lot's stall at 20. Insufficient carbs DO
trigger stalls. The more you have to lose the less likely
the stall, but you don't have the same amount to lose that
you did when you started. You're no longer in that range
where extending Induction is certain to work. Up those
carbs like the directions say, on the schedule that the
directions say.

OWL is named Ongoing Weight Loss for a reason. Induction
does not have "weight loss" in its name for a reason. You
are a living example of that.

Crystal said:

In a typical day right now I'll eat:

B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin

L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low carb
dressing

D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie

Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

what protein would you suggest I cut out? what type of fat should I add?
what has so much calories that I've been eating?

I've tried Atkins, but it wasn't for me. I've been on the GI Diet for
the past week, and I've lost 8 pounds without trying (for a total of
12 since my heaviest this summer). I have been exercising as well. I'm
noticing a difference in clothes and feel great.

Some have suggested that the GI Diet is very similar to the Atkins
maintenance. I'm eating whole wheat break (no more than 1 slice/day),
berries, almonds, fish, whole wheat penne pasta, no sugar added pasta
sauce (which I load up with fresh veggies), brown rice, and more.
Tonight we're having beef fahitas made with whole wheat tortillas,
lean strips of steak, and lots of veggies. For dessert we're having a
small bowl of blueberries and strawberries, with some Splenda and a
splash of skim milk.

I'm avoiding refined and processed foods, with the exception of a
weekly "cheat meal", which I eat anything I like, but in small
portions. For example, next week's cheat meal will be at my nephew's
birthday party. We'll load up on the veggies (no dips), but I will
have a burger and a hotdog (no cake). I'm even careful on the cheats!

This plan is very easy to follow, compared to anything I've tried, and
I've not always had great will power. The GI plan is more of a
lifestyle change than a diet to me.

I know this is a LC group, but it's also to help support people in
losing weight. I'm not knocking LC, as a friend lost a lot of weight
on Atkins. This is just a better fit.

Crystal, I recommend the "Living the GI Diet" book by Rick Gallop.
It's a quick read with useful information, recipes and lists
red/yellow/green light foods. Along with exercise, portion control and
the occasional treat, this is working very well. Best of luck on
whatever plan you decide to follow.

Kevin

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Crystal said:

In a typical day right now I'll eat:

B - 1 hard boiled egg, and either 4 sausage links or an Atkins muffin

L - Lean ham (not lunchmeat) or tuna wrapped in lettuce with 1/2 cup left
over veggie from night before. Or a salad with hard boiled egg and low
carb
dressing

D - lean meat (chicken breast, fish, hamburger patty) with one cup of some
sort of veggie

Snack - 2 ounce slice cheese or slice of summer sausage

what protein would you suggest I cut out? what type of fat should I add?
what has so much calories that I've been eating?

I've tried Atkins, but it wasn't for me. I've been on the GI Diet for
the past week, and I've lost 8 pounds without trying (for a total of
12 since my heaviest this summer). I have been exercising as well. I'm
noticing a difference in clothes and feel great.

Some have suggested that the GI Diet is very similar to the Atkins
maintenance. I'm eating whole wheat break (no more than 1 slice/day),
berries, almonds, fish, whole wheat penne pasta, no sugar added pasta
sauce (which I load up with fresh veggies), brown rice, and more.
Tonight we're having beef fahitas made with whole wheat tortillas,
lean strips of steak, and lots of veggies. For dessert we're having a
small bowl of blueberries and strawberries, with some Splenda and a
splash of skim milk.

I'm avoiding refined and processed foods, with the exception of a
weekly "cheat meal", which I eat anything I like, but in small
portions. For example, next week's cheat meal will be at my nephew's
birthday party. We'll load up on the veggies (no dips), but I will
have a burger and a hotdog (no cake). I'm even careful on the cheats!

This plan is very easy to follow, compared to anything I've tried, and
I've not always had great will power. The GI plan is more of a
lifestyle change than a diet to me.

I know this is a LC group, but it's also to help support people in
losing weight. I'm not knocking LC, as a friend lost a lot of weight
on Atkins. This is just a better fit.

Crystal, I recommend the "Living the GI Diet" book by Rick Gallop.
It's a quick read with useful information, recipes and lists
red/yellow/green light foods. Along with exercise, portion control and
the occasional treat, this is working very well. Best of luck on
whatever plan you decide to follow.

Kevin

Kevin, can you provide an online link so I can read about the diet and what
to eat without me having to run out and buy the book?

noticeably absent is exercise. I have been on maintenance for over a year
now and I have lost 5 pounds this summer just from exercise. And, I don't
mean "walking every once in a while"....

Pat in TX

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noticeably absent is exercise. I have been on maintenance for over a year
now and I have lost 5 pounds this summer just from exercise. And, I don't
mean "walking every once in a while"....

Pat in TX

my problem with exercise is that I have very bad knee pain. While I can
walk with no problem, I have exercise tapes ranging from step to aerobics,
my knees cant take it and jumping or bending at all. I feel limited to how
I can burn calories