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Originally Posted by FatnFunky
Dear IP friends, I need a PEP talk! I am drinking over 100 oz of water per day, I am weighing and measuring, and I haven't even come close to cheating. The only thing I do have trouble with is my schedule doesn't allow me to eat every 4 hours. Breakfast drink is at 7, lunch is at 12, Dinner is at 5-5:30 and my snack is at 8. After a nice first 2 weeks, (14 pounds), I have stalled. My scale at home has only moved .5 pounds in 2 weeks. I am feeling so discouraged. Inches have slowed too. I have added walking every other day. TOM is completely messed up, used to be like a clock--last month 5 days early, this month 5 days late and still waiting! PMS is OOC, and I need some help! I am also at the weight where I stall at every diet I have ever done. Please help me get past this road block!!!! I am getting desperate. How can I possibly consume less than 1000 calories a day for 14 days and see such small results when others do so well? I am sure I am not the only one that has faced this -- Any suggestions?
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If you are not hungry don't worry about the 4 hour requirement. REALLY... if you are hungry you should eat but, if you aren't you are ok. Some people need to eat every 2 to 3 hours others can go 6 very easily. Just make sure you get in all your food each day.
If the scale is moving, you are slowed down NOT stalled. I hate to say that but, it is true and it happens. Your body will make adjustments as you do this program. DO NOT expect that you will have a linear weight loss it is rare and very few people lose the same or close to the same each week.
There are many things that effect weight loss. One of them is stress so, first things first, free yourself of the expectation to meet a certain weight loss goal each week or a mini goal by a certain date. If you are doing the program as written, your body may fight you but, you will win!
Another issue is menstruation. Women are unlucky enough to have to deal with it and for some women it can really slow you down for 1 or 2 weeks. If that is your case, look at a 4 week window of loss before you worry. I literally slowed down 2 weeks out of every month because of the way my hormones and related water weight effect me.
If your TOM is effected you are probably experience a major hormone shift. Let your body adjust to the changes. Keep doing what you are and it will eventually give you the results.
If you are not eliminating your bowels well, the BIG C, then you can have these issues too. Make sure you are talking with your coach. There are several techniques or products you could try to get things moving.
Are you getting enough oil? Are you taking omega oil too? Some people can't lose if they don't have at least 30% fat in their diet. It might be worth exploring.
If you are sure you are measuring and weighing everything, not adding any extra foods not on the program, watching your portions, getting in all of your salt, water, and supplements, then I can't think of any other considerations.
Do be patient with yourself. It is HIGHLY NORMAL to hit points our body was comfortable at before and just "hang around for awhile". Remember YOU want to lose weight but YOUR BODY wants to create homeostasis. Homeostasis is basically your body trying to create a state of equilibrium, where all body systems are working and interacting in an appropriate way to fulfill all the needs of the person and/or the body. It allows the cellular structure and bodily needs to be met consistently DESPITE or IN SPITE of whatever external forces are being exerted on them. That said, overtime you will win but, the body generally will get the upper hand to begin with. You are forcing many changes on your body -hormones, metabolic processes, reduction in fluid and blood volume, changes in energy sources and changes in blood pressure. If your body needs time to adapt, relax and let it happen. Continue to "coach" it to how you want it to respond by staying on the plan. Let it figure out how it can do that an still maintain what you need on a cellular level. It became "happy" and comfortable at a certain level of body fat and was familiar with how to operate there. As you lose, you may find your body recognizes certain points it operated at fairly easily and just wants to hang around awhile.
I know, I personify this a little too much perhaps but, really, it isn't just about you and your will power. We are a highly complex machine that self-regulates. It isn't like we can control it all!
You are doing great! Just stay to the plan and look at your results on a monthly basis instead of day to day or weekly.
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Originally Posted by Emma Jayne
Good morning all !
Can Carla or anyone give me clear information on exactly why we cannot have pop/soda on this plan? I have some info in my manual but it is really unclear and complicated. Is it the pancreas that is put into action or is just that it changes the alkalinity of the body? Thanks in advance for any clear, simple info you can give me.
Thanks and have a great day everyone !
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Elizabeth gave a great reply. No, part of it doesn't apply to diet soda, you don't get the sugar rush but the other parts still matter.
Related to this diet, the caffeine push is not the concern, we are allowed coffee and tea.
The big reason for not having soda is the phosphoric acid. The phosphoric acid robs your body of essential nutrients and changes you from a more alkaline PH to a more acidic PH. It essential has a negating effect on the calcium and magnesium we take each day.
Soda also can stimulate appetite for some people. So, it might be removed to prevent a trigger for a craving.
I know several people on this plan that have lost successfully and large amounts while drinking soda. It is not the plan, it is not preferred but, for some people it isn't a problem. Also, I know some coaches that will allow it in moderation if it means a person is able to stick to the plan and get the overall results as opposed to going off and using foods that aggravate the pancreas, upset ketosis and weight loss.
Some may say it is the citric acid which can cause an insulin spike. Yes, for a very, very small number of people it is possible that may happen.
I have read that some dislike soda because of a theory that the citric acid kicks off the krebs cycle (normal energy production in the body) and removes us from the Cori Cycle which we are in for ketosis. I have not yet found anything that strongly proves that belief.
Others may say it is the aspartame. It isn't. This diet was originally designed around, and obtained great results, using Stevia in one country and Aspartame in another country. The sweetener is not the problem many people successfully manage ketogenic diets with aspartame, saccharin, or sucralose amongst other sweeteners. The problem is moderation. If you use to much of most artificial sweeteners you begin to get sneaky carbs. And, some of these other sweeteners do create a measurable insulin impact in SOME people.
Another consideration is soda is a chemical. Chemicals are processed by the body differently than water. They must be broken down and flushed out in our liver and kidneys differently. The impact to the kidneys from the metabolism of soda has been studied and it isn't favorable.
The biggest reason I see and have heard outside of the phosphoric acid issues is MODERATION. Many people will forfeit water in favor of a flavored drink. A little soda won't present a problem to how your body flushes toxins or metabolizes fat but a lot of soda, to the point you stop drinking or have too little free/available water, will create an issue.
Your body requires water to remove fat and toxins. The liver can not effectively process fat without the presence of water. There is a logical reason. When the kidneys do not have enough water the liver kicks in to help process toxins. Removal of toxins is a bodily function that takes priority over fat metabolism. Because the liver is the organ that both backs up the kidneys and processes fat, fat metabolism slows down. Having that soda actually gives your body a double whammy. It INCREASES toxins and DECREASES available water. The end result is an added load on the kidneys which, if they can't manage that load causes the liver to slow down metabolism.
Some people try to justify and ask "isn't soda made with water?" Sure, and there is water in vegetables too. The problem is it isn't "freely available". SODA is a chemical. It is several things bonded to water. It must be broken down to obtain the water. In the process of breaking it down our body is still using water so we never really get the full value of "water" from soda. Justify it all they like no one has yet been able to show me we get the same value of water from soda.
Water is one of those essential elements along with food and air. I think the reason the diet discourages other drinks including soda is the more "sweet" drinks tend to cause people to substitute away from water.
Here is an interesting overview about water, bodily function and colon health.
http://www.colonhealth.net/free_reports/h2oartcl.htm
I hope that helps some!
