Hi & Welcome jemmy!

Are you wighing every day? If so, I'd cut back to just once a week. Fluctuations happen.

Lots of advice & experiences & talk in our weekly LC Chat - read along or just jump on in with questions: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135309

Jemmy!!

You've come to a great place for advice, support & encouragement.

Believe it or not, yes...fluctuations aren't uncommon...discouraging but not uncommon. Don't let it discourage you, stick with it and be sure you are drinking plenty of water!

All the best to you!!!

Kim

Welcome Jemmy!!! Hope to see you on our week LC chat! You'll learn lots...get some laughs...and lots and lots of support! Joyce

Welcome Jenny. I'm new to this forum but not to low carb. Fluctuations are very common-especially around TOM.

Fisrt, welcome and I wish you a successful joruney. Second, have you read Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution? Make sure that you either buy the book or get it from your library and read it.

The scale is just a tool. It is your barometer. It is up to you how often you weight. I weight everyday but I don't obsess about the number. I write it down. If there are a few days without change, I look at my foods to see if there is something that I am doing or have added recently, that would cause a fluctuation.

If you were on point with your eating and there were no cheats, the fluctuations are okay. Like JerseyGyrl says, discouraging but not uncommon. Also, your body processes different foods differently. You may have some food sensitivities, especially to lactose, that can cause your digstive system to grind to a halt. This is the perfect way to discover this. Have you been eating more cheese than you used to?

Usually, if you stick to the plan, within a few days to a week the scale will drop about 3-4 pounds. Don't worry about it.

Good luck.

Welcome aboard!

Chiming in to agree with other folks' experiences - don't be disheartened about day-to-day fluctuation, because that's totally normal whether you're actively dieting or just eating in a no-plan kind of way; one's weight DOES fluctuate a little, on the basis of how it's processing particular stuff, and how much water you've had, and all kinds of stuff.

I realise it's hard NOT to concentrate on the day-to-day stuff when you're on Day 11, but I'd encourage a more Big Picture approach. I do tend to hop on the scales most mornings, but I only count the one on my official weigh-in day - ie what I weigh first thing on Monday morning. I wish I could bring myself to make it a monthly thing, but that's too hard!

Something I'm finding very helpful with visualising the Big Picture is making a bar chart, and colouring in my weight every week. I know that Fitday and the Tickerfactory Ticker also provide computerised versions, but I've made my own, and pencilled in lines to show where my weight WILL be if I lose just 1lb per week. And another to show where it will be if I manage 2lb per week. These are such modest goals, but you can still SEE the tangible progress right there on the board, waiting for you so long as you stick to the plan. And it's really exciting and confidence-boosting! And of course it's especially cheering since I'm setting modest goals that I hope I can beat, at least some of the time!

Sorry, I'm rambling, rather. To return to the point - generally one does manage to shift quite a bit of weight in Week One of Atkins, especially if blessed with a good metabolism. But a lot of that weight is water - hardly any of it is actually fat. The great thing about Dr Atkins' plan is that it does shift the way your metabolism works so that it becomes a machine for burning stored fat, and over time this works wonders - as there are plenty of successful dieters to show! (Check out the Goal Story threads!) But, yes, it's entirely likely that you'll find yourself with day-to-day fluctuations. I don' t know of any weightloss plan that DOESN'T have this issue. Don't let it get you down! Just keep on keeping on, and before you know it you'll find your clothes are falling off and you need to buy smaller ones!

Not bad at all Shadow...Remember, Atkins diet in itself has a natural diuretic effect (which means you won't hold excess fluids)...As long as you are getting in at least 8 glasses of water per day...you should not have any problem with salt! I've never...and I have a heavy hand in the salt dept! Hope this helps. Joyce

Boy Shadow...you sound just like me!!!! Before 1/5/08 (when I started Atkins)...I completely and literally lived on diet pepsi! I drank noooo water at all! I, like you...have always hated water (in my adult life). So when I tell you it's possible..girl...it's possible! I now drink almost a gal/day! What changed...you may ask? Well, I started slow...first, I cut back on my diet pepsi addiction from 8 2-liters per week to 2 2-liters/week. I bought bottled water and would count the bottles I drink every day...the first week, I was doing great if I could finish 4 bottles that day! I also started drinking herbal tea. As I too am a coffee lover (used to drink 8 cups/day)...I cut back on this too...only drinking 2-3 cups a day. After the first two weeks...started liking water again...so I gradually increased my water as I cut back on other liquids like coffee and soda. The final kicker was after wk 2 when I decided to workout! I started taking supplements which require alot of water or else you could run into kidney problems, etc. Sounds crazy...but this is just what I needed to force me into drinking more water!!! I knew if I took these pills and didn't drink enough water...I could be in alot of pain. Also, when I started working out...my body just craves more water and soda/coffee just won't satisfy me like water will. I'm still staying focused on my water consumption as a way of life, but I can tell ya...it will take a conscious effort...some dedication...but you can do it!! BTW, when my water consumption grew...the weight really flew off and my skin got really nice! Joyce