DigitalVinyl wrote:

(kvs) wrote:

You will lose more than 1% of body weight per week initially because
of the reduction of glycogen reserves and the associated water weight
(there are 4 lb of water stored for every pound of glycogen).

I just finished week 6 and I am still loosing more than 1% per week
and feeling fine except for muscle cramps whe I don't take the right
vitamins. The more fat to loose the more weekly weight loss can be.
This is generally true of all diets. Atkin's ultra low carb regime is
simply more effective at targetting fat than low-calorie/low-fat diets
so at 330 lbs I can still lose 3 a week. A 50lb overweight man can
lose more than 16 lbs in the initial two weeks. That includes the
water weight, but later weeks don't.

Actually I just plugged in a 1%/week formula into the excel
spreadsheet I am tracking everything in and it is a good estimate of
my weightloss for the first six weekss. It is about 2 lbs behind what
I am currently at. As I get further down and 1% shrinks it will be
curious if it beteer predict the natural slowdown. I'd think the
formula would work better as 1% of depleted tissues. Weight of bones
and brains and certain organs probably doesn't change too much during
dramatic wieght loss.
DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
350/328/200
Atkins since 1/12/2004