Hey, glad to hear from you! I was getting a little lonely lol! Ok, so I'm on a new thing now... I've been doing the atkins & exercise for so long now and nothings happening... but then I found this article this morning:
and it has helped me to see what I'm maybe doing wrong. I'm not the biggest water person (coffee and diet pop is, unfortunately, what I tend to reach for first), so I've gotten one of those water bottles from Walmart that is the exact amount of water one should be consuming in a day and I'm going to take it with me everywhere! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that if I'm a good girl this weekend and I consume a ton of water, that by Monday I'm going to see a difference
That's a great article... I drink at least 9 cups of water a day, and I always have my whole life. I'm not really a coffee/diet soda person. I never have been. In the last couple of years I might have like 3 coffees a week or something, or 1 diet soda on the weekend, but they arent staples to my diet.
The way I drink my water is I bought a HUGE red cup (i think you can get them at target or wal mart) The cup is actually 3-cups (24 fluid ounces) and i fill it up 3 times a day and drink. One is with my breakfast, one during work and one after work or at dinner. I also keep it filled next to my bed when I'm sleeping because I wake up in the middle of the night sometimes and feel like drinking something.
But yeah....the article is right, drink up the water and stay hydrated because if not you wont lose weight. Dehydration is detrimental to your body's metabolism and many people dont even realize that their body is dehydrated!!!
My gage is when my pee is yellow I know I haven't been drinking enough water!! It should be clear, or a very, very VERY light yellow.
This is true... I drank all my water yesterday and I'm down this morning! I'm 136.8lbs and I didn't work out at all yesterday. I'm just going to stick with it and see what the scale says after the weekend
So...I fit into my size 2 Mossimo jeans this morning (no, they are NOT a REAL size 2, they are a Target size 2 which means they're actually like a size 8)
But those are the smallest jeans ive EVER fit into, so I think i'm losing. I hopped on the scale and Im still 135.5... Weird.
But I promised myself I wouldn't weigh til my period was over....so pretend this didn't happen P
Hahaha!! You're so funny! I know what you mean... I'm wearing a size 8 AE jeans and they're bagging off my butt now, whereas I used to have muffin-top wearing them... but I'm not even down in weight.
I have a feeling its the direct result of working out so much, but I wish, wish, wish that scale would just move down!!! I know its totally in my head but still bugs the crap out of me...
Well, I think I'm going to avoid weighing myself for the next few days... I've got my monthly visitor and it just depresses me to get on that scale and see those numbers... So I'll be back later!
Thats awesome!! This is very true about the dehydration bit... once I hit around 135lbs the only way I seem to lose anything after that is by dehydrating myself a little (lots of coffee and a little alcohol lol!) Not the healthiest way to lose but being female, I feel like I'm a camel sometimes... just carry soo much water always...
Heya...I think I'm 134 but I'll have to check tomorrow morning to know for sure. I can't believe I've been on induction for 3 weeks and not lost a thing!
I REALLY cant do induction forever. I'm going to have to bump it up to at least 30g carbs so i can have a little dark chocolate and a beer (guinness is my fav!) once in a while. Maybe I'll stay on induction for 2 more weeks though...
My blood sugar is WAY down though, which is fantastic. Usually fasting Ive been around 110-120 but since i started Atkins I've been 80-87!!!! I can't believe the amazing difference! I really will never go back to eating oatmeal in the morning ever again.
I have a lot more energy, too, and I dont have to sleep as much! I can survive on 6-7 hours whereas I used to need 8-9!
Awww, congratulations, thats awesome!! Sorry, I haven't really been around much lately... I'm going through a really crappy time at the moment... the BF and I are breaking up after living together for 2 1/2 years... Not fun at all. I haven't weighed myself lately, but I haven't really had much of an appetite at all So I'm sure I'm down some... just don't know what it is... Maybe I'll check tomorrow morning...
Awww, congratulations, thats awesome!! Sorry, I haven't really been around much lately... I'm going through a really crappy time at the moment... the BF and I are breaking up after living together for 2 1/2 years... Not fun at all. I haven't weighed myself lately, but I haven't really had much of an appetite at all So I'm sure I'm down some... just don't know what it is... Maybe I'll check tomorrow morning...
I'm sorry. My boyfriend and I have lived together for over a year and we broke up last week, so I know how it is...I'm looking for new apartments now
this weekend and I consume a ton of water, that by Monday I'm going to see a difference 
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