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Originally Posted by BlueFish
Hi, there, its awesome you lost 10 pounds in first three weeks!! Congratulations!!
I too have the same problem. I started on 12/25 , its been two weeks and my coach said I am barely into ketosis, because i lost only 3 pounds first week and around 2 this week. I am not sure because we had early weigh in on tuesday....but that is awfully slow and she said there might something I am eating to keep me on light ketosis and not let me go to deep ketosis.
I do 3 ip Meals a day, eggs or tofu at night, two cups of prescribed veggies at lunch and 2 at dinner...and a small bowl of salad in the afternoon snack. I do not use sweetners, i have stevia at home but not using it untill I see some weight going away. I am not cheating or eating anything I am not supposed to...the only thing I can think of is maybe , between IP meals and veggies I am still getting too much carb for my body..( have insulin resistance). So now I am trying to eat low carb IP foods and stick to very low carb veggies like spinach.AS I posted in other thread, I am going to stop tofu for a while and see.
Don't know what else to do...I started with a lot of expectations and its a lot of restrictions and expense too....feel bad to not see results of 4-7 lb drop that other women get.Depressed.
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Originally Posted by BlueFish
Hi Mimi, thanks for the support....My starting weight is 188, I am 5'5.
So if we lose between 1-3 lbs a week are we still in ketosis, how do we know?
What I am concerned about is if there is anything wrong with the way I am eating...if I need to correct something.
I am a vegetarian, I do eggs or tofu for dinner. Hubby and me have started together, we cook and eat together the same foods...since guys lose faster he has already lost 11 pounds..I am thrilled for him!.
But want to see what I can do to make sure I am in deep ketosis.
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Originally Posted by scorbett1103
OK - so there is no "light ketosis" or "deep ketosis".
Ketosis is a metabolic process where instead of relying on glycogen stores for energy, the body converts to consuming fat for energy. Deplete your glycogen stores by minimizing carb intake = ketosis. Eat above 80-100 carbs per day = not in ketosis. Either you're in it, or you're out of it.
How is losing 5lbs in two weeks "awfully slow"? It sounds like you may have been set up with unrealistic expectations. When they talk about the 2-4lbs average loss per week that many clinics advertise with, they are talking about the average weekly loss over your ENTIRE weight loss journey from the first week to the last week, not a hard and fast weekly number. Some weeks will be higher, some weeks will be lower. It's all totally normal and as long as you are following the P1 protocol you're on track.
Consider this. With your current "awfully slow" rate of loss, you would be looking at 10lbs per month if you kept going at that rate. Is that slow?
Scorbett has given you some excellent advice. Yes, you will see others losing more, but don't lose sight of these very important factors:-
1. It all boils down to your starting body weight and metabolic rate. Let me give you an example:-
240lb woman with metabolic rate of 1900 calories per day. IP is around 850-900 average. This means she's making up 1000 calories from burning fat (until the metabolic rate drops as a result of regular intake of reduced calories/carbs).
150lb woman with metabolic rate of 1350 calories per day. Only 450 calories worth of fat will be burned off.
At some stage the two ladies will be in a similar weight bracket with a similar metabolic rate. This is why people coming to the end of their weight loss journey tend to lose a lb or less per week, because there is only a tiny difference between what they need to eat to maintain their body weight and what is reducing it.
Hope that makes sense.
2. Some people are also exercising (once you've been on IP for a couple of months you will have an idea of whether you can expend energy on a moderate level of exercise or not) and this, again, creates more calorie deficit.
3. You may be insulin or leptin resistant, which means your body will be reluctant to release large amounts of fat for burning until the ketosis has got your pancreas' insulin production under control.
Please, don't compare yourself to anyone else on this journey, because you are unique and your biology is totally different to everyone else. You will lose weight at the rate your body is willing to lose it. 2 -3lbs per week is still VERY respectable, when most dieters on Weight Watchers and other non-keto plans are barely losing a lb.