Three full days on Atkins and todays weigh in reveals that I have lost... 4.6 POUNDS!
I am in shock ladies! This plan is wonderful!
I got horrible leg cramps last night so I need to buy potassium pills but other than that I feel wonderful! I know I am in ketosis because (excuse the TMI) my urine smells sickly sweet, my mouth is dry, and it all just feels right.
Phhhbt...thought I'd fess up to about two days of carby badness. I've been TOTALLY sabotaging myself. I was so close to goal and I blew it by just enough that I'm probably not going to make goal, even though I'm back on plan as of today. I "gained" about 3 pounds of water/glycogen weight thanks to my little carb spree--so I don't think 150 by August 1st is going to work (although with Atkins...you never know). So, I'm currently hovering around 154 (as of this morning) and I'm hoping that maybe by doing some cardio to get rid of the glycogen I've stored and by drinking lots of water, I'll at least be on the same footing as before my escapade.
I'm back on track though, and I guess since I had pretty much whatever I wanted for a day and a half, I've got that out of my system!
Azure- I did the same thing this weekend. I did not however look at a scale yet. I am going to wait until Friday to weigh in for the week. Today I am back on track though. Hang in there we can do this
Tomorrow is my big 1 week weigh in. I am so nervous about it and I am afraid to see the number. If its not less than 145.4 I honestly will be upset. I weighed 146.4 today but I had a lot of salt yesterday and I was 'backed' up. I took a laxative tea and now I am back to normal in that way but I am still super nervous.
If it doesnt turn out to be a good weigh in I am going to have to cut out something... I think I am eating too much fat. is 40-50% fat a lot?
hey ladies -well set backs are a part of life - we have all been there - um thats why i have gained and lost the same 20 pounds 3 times - healthy - anyways i am going camping this wkend with friends and i am going to make some low carb crackers even though they arent allowed on induction but i figure its better then eating doritos and ill likely have myself a gin and diet tonic but no beer so we will see what my loss is like...hopefully i can still stay strong.
I had a little slip up this weekend too, luckily not enough to cause a gain.
RR, I'm sure you'll start moving down on the scale again soon. According to fitday I eat 60-70% fat. but if I look at actual fat grams I'm actualy eating less fat than befor I started atkins so I'm not worried about the %.
Chickadee, let us know how the crackers turn out, I'v been dying to try some.
RocknRoll- Hang in there and keep going even if you dont make it to what you wanted to this week. 40-50 % fat is not to much. I usually get 60-75 % fat. Are you doing atkins?
Chickadee- way to go on prior planning.
Punc- it must have been the weekend for slip ups. I am not going to weigh myself until thursday this week. I want to give my body a few days to get back into ketosis.
My weight today was 145.6 so its a little less than a pound less than yesterday but not back to my lowest. I think I am going to cut down on cheese. I know we are allowed 3-4 oz but I have not been measuring my cheese... kind of just eye balling it so I am not sure how much cheese I am really eating.
ugh I just looked on a package of what I thought was just sliced chicken breast and its sliced 'homestyle' chicken breast. One of the ingredients is sugar... I have been eating this the past couple days and these days I have not been losing. Could the sugar in this meat screw me up this bad?
I was reading another low carb forum and a lot of the members use low carb shakes and meal replacements like Slim Fast and claim they have never stalled them. How do you guys feel about something like a low carb slim fast? http://www.slim-fast.com/products/pr...product_id=585
Wheeeee! I made my Aug 1 goal of 240's. And what seems a much bigger deal to me: I have lost 10% of my body weight since I joined 3FC! Oops, I've used up my daily allowance of exclamation points. No more until tomorrow, I promise.
- anyways i am going camping this wkend with friends and i am going to make some low carb crackers even though they arent allowed on induction but i figure its better then eating doritos and ill likely have myself a gin and diet tonic but no beer so we will see what my loss is like...hopefully i can still stay strong.
