Two weeks up on Induction only 5lbs down

First of all, Induction is not about weight loss, it's about converting your
body to burning fat instead of carbs. You didn't say what your height is so
you may not be far from what you should weigh, that makes loss slower. It
also sounds like you may not be eating enough. However, the thing you need
most is a big dose of patience. Keep following the program, if weighing
daily makes you antsy, only weigh weekly or less. You don't have a stall
until you have at least two months straight of NO weight loss.

In om,
GillBates stated
| Hi Folks,
|
| Today is my 14th day on Induction, and I'm only 5lbs down from 215lbs
| on 07/26 to 210lbs on 08/09. I've been stalled at 210lbs for about 4-5
| days now, wondering what I could be doing wrong. Essentially, I lost
| 5lbs in just about a week since starting Induction.
|
| If I look at the a
| href="http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/15-475820.html"What's
| your degree of metabolic resistance?/a page on the Atkins website,
| it puts me in the "High Metabolic Resistance" category. This state is
| further described on the same page as: "As you've undoubtedly guessed,
| the degree of resistance to weight loss that your body shows
| corresponds to your degree of difficulty in getting well into
| lipolysis. By definition, resistance to weight loss is resistance to
| lipolysis."
|
| However, I don't think my body's having trouble getting into Ketosis.
| My Ketostix have been registering at "Moderate" to "High" at different
| times during the day. Usually, I am "High" soon after exercise, and I
| register "Moderate" even on days when I don't do any significant
| physical activity (I've been working out thrice a week). This is
| inspite of drinking *lots* of water - about 3-5 liters a day.
|
| I haven't cheated at all during the 2 weeks - my average Calorie
| intake has been consistent at an average of about 1500 Calories, about
| 65% of which is Fat (I have been logging everything I eat accurately).
| My carb intake has hovered around 15-17gms daily without any
| significant spikes or depressions over the two weeks.
|
| I am reluctant to take drastic measures like doing the Fat Fast as
| Atkins suggests for people with a High Metabolic resistance, since my
| body is certainly in Ketosis, and hasn't been out of it every since
| my 4th day on Induction (which is when I bought a pack of Ketostix).
|
| Any suggestions/advice will be welcome.
|
| Thanks.

Oops! That should have read 109 lbs right now. 110 lbs was my goal weight
and I achieved that about 3 weeks ago. I guess I'm still fixated on that
number. :-)

on Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:17:20 GMT, Bev-Ann wrote:

This was my first thought regarding his situation too. I'm 110 lbs and
average 1600 - 1800 kcal/day right now and I'm still losing about 1/3
lb/week.

-----
Bev

Oops! That should have read 109 lbs right now. 110 lbs was my goal weight
and I achieved that about 3 weeks ago. I guess I'm still fixated on that
number. :-)

on Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:17:20 GMT, Bev-Ann wrote:

This was my first thought regarding his situation too. I'm 110 lbs and
average 1600 - 1800 kcal/day right now and I'm still losing about 1/3
lb/week.

-----
Bev

Oops! That should have read 109 lbs right now. 110 lbs was my goal weight
and I achieved that about 3 weeks ago. I guess I'm still fixated on that
number. :-)

on Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:17:20 GMT, Bev-Ann wrote:

This was my first thought regarding his situation too. I'm 110 lbs and
average 1600 - 1800 kcal/day right now and I'm still losing about 1/3
lb/week.

-----
Bev

FOB generously shared with us this little ditty:
First of all, Induction is not about weight loss, it's about
converting your body to burning fat instead of carbs. You didn't say
what your height is so you may not be far from what you should weigh,
that makes loss slower. It also sounds like you may not be eating
enough. However, the thing you need most is a big dose of patience.
Keep following the program, if weighing daily makes you antsy, only
weigh weekly or less. You don't have a stall until you have at least
two months straight of NO weight loss.

And no inches. He might be experiencing body re-arrangement without
scale change.

Don't forget that there is often a pause which most experience in the
third week, but you'res might have been triggered early. There are
several reasons for it, and it will happen again during your weight loss
phase, so don't freak. Just wait it out, it will pass.

--
revek
The probability of forgetting something is directly proportional to
..... to .... uh ....

FOB generously shared with us this little ditty:
First of all, Induction is not about weight loss, it's about
converting your body to burning fat instead of carbs. You didn't say
what your height is so you may not be far from what you should weigh,
that makes loss slower. It also sounds like you may not be eating
enough. However, the thing you need most is a big dose of patience.
Keep following the program, if weighing daily makes you antsy, only
weigh weekly or less. You don't have a stall until you have at least
two months straight of NO weight loss.

And no inches. He might be experiencing body re-arrangement without
scale change.

Don't forget that there is often a pause which most experience in the
third week, but you'res might have been triggered early. There are
several reasons for it, and it will happen again during your weight loss
phase, so don't freak. Just wait it out, it will pass.

--
revek
The probability of forgetting something is directly proportional to
..... to .... uh ....

FOB generously shared with us this little ditty:
First of all, Induction is not about weight loss, it's about
converting your body to burning fat instead of carbs. You didn't say
what your height is so you may not be far from what you should weigh,
that makes loss slower. It also sounds like you may not be eating
enough. However, the thing you need most is a big dose of patience.
Keep following the program, if weighing daily makes you antsy, only
weigh weekly or less. You don't have a stall until you have at least
two months straight of NO weight loss.

And no inches. He might be experiencing body re-arrangement without
scale change.

Don't forget that there is often a pause which most experience in the
third week, but you'res might have been triggered early. There are
several reasons for it, and it will happen again during your weight loss
phase, so don't freak. Just wait it out, it will pass.

--
revek
The probability of forgetting something is directly proportional to
..... to .... uh ....

First and foremost, kill your scale. O.K. maybe not kill it, but quit
relying on it. Is it really weight that you want to lose, or fat? If it
is just weight then have an arm or leg amputated and be done with it.
The scale will register significantly less the next day. All meant in
humor of course, but it would help with the online BMI thingys. LOL

In all seriousness.

1. Don't weigh yourself more often then weekly, bi-weekly or monthly if
you can hold out. As others have pointed out in responses to you, daily
weights fluxaute so much that the only purpose they serve is to drive
you mad.

2. Learn to rely on clothes fit, and how you feel/look rather then what
the scale says to judge your progress/status. Choose a favorite pair of
jeans/slacks and shirt and make serious notes about how they fit/feel.
Then, whenever you wear them, compare notes. I find web belts great for
this as I can use a permanent marker on the back side and see my
progress as I change the buckle position. Look at yourself in the mirror
daily and look for changes. If you can, put a yard stick on the wall
horizontally behind you and a mark on the floor for your toes. Pay
attention to how much of the yardstick is visible behind you from the
same place everyday.

3. Set a long term goal and focus as much as you can on it. (34" waist?
XL shirts?) Try to forget what you are doing now and focus on where you
are going. Kinda like driving by focussing down the block/freeway
instead of on the end of your hood.

4. Find a hobby that you enjoy that involves exercise and put most of
the effort you would normally put into obsessing about your scale weight
into the hobby. The same goes for food. If you find yourself "thinking"
you are hungry, but not "feeling" hungry go do something to take your
mind off it until you *feel* hungry. You need to start teaching yourself
now to no longer worry about food and weight but to think of your
lifestyle instead. Food and weight should be the effects of your
lifestyle, not the cause.

5. Be excited and daydream about what it is going to be like to be thin.
This will help you to continue to strive for your goal. Visualize
yourself halfway there, almost there etc. If you used to be thin (like
me) get out pictures of then and do your best to remember what it felt
like. (I really want to be able to run again for example, not jog, but
run!)

6. Realize that induction is a great motivational tool, but it is also a
lot like a moving bonus when starting a new job. It makes the starting a
little easier, but there is still work to be done to for the rewards.
And the folks that are moving cross country are probably getting a
bigger moving bonus then those moving cross state.

7. Find a college near by that does immersion body compositioning/bf%
testing. Have it done. Then decide how long it should take you to lose
the amount of weight you want to at 2~2.5lbs a weeks and divide that
time by 4. Go have it done again at those times. So if you think it
should take you a year, have yourself dunked every three months. If you
find that you are dropping weight, but not changing composition wise,
change your exercise program.

I knew a man once that used to say, "if you don't wake up every day
excited to go to work, you should go in tommorrow and quit your job, you
are doing the wrong thing." Now it is obvious that this is an
overstatement of a good prinicipal, but same thing could be related to a
fat loss program. If you aren't excited about where you are headed with
a fat loss program, then you are *probably* focused on the wrong things.

HTH,

Lurker

Dunno/Don't care/34~6" waist, XL shirts and healthy.

Actually that is a lie. My biggest waist size was 46" and I am around
41" right now.

This is all my personal advice/opinions worth what you paid for it/them
with no professional insight implied or otherwise.

First and foremost, kill your scale. O.K. maybe not kill it, but quit
relying on it. Is it really weight that you want to lose, or fat? If it
is just weight then have an arm or leg amputated and be done with it.
The scale will register significantly less the next day. All meant in
humor of course, but it would help with the online BMI thingys. LOL

In all seriousness.

1. Don't weigh yourself more often then weekly, bi-weekly or monthly if
you can hold out. As others have pointed out in responses to you, daily
weights fluxaute so much that the only purpose they serve is to drive
you mad.

2. Learn to rely on clothes fit, and how you feel/look rather then what
the scale says to judge your progress/status. Choose a favorite pair of
jeans/slacks and shirt and make serious notes about how they fit/feel.
Then, whenever you wear them, compare notes. I find web belts great for
this as I can use a permanent marker on the back side and see my
progress as I change the buckle position. Look at yourself in the mirror
daily and look for changes. If you can, put a yard stick on the wall
horizontally behind you and a mark on the floor for your toes. Pay
attention to how much of the yardstick is visible behind you from the
same place everyday.

3. Set a long term goal and focus as much as you can on it. (34" waist?
XL shirts?) Try to forget what you are doing now and focus on where you
are going. Kinda like driving by focussing down the block/freeway
instead of on the end of your hood.

4. Find a hobby that you enjoy that involves exercise and put most of
the effort you would normally put into obsessing about your scale weight
into the hobby. The same goes for food. If you find yourself "thinking"
you are hungry, but not "feeling" hungry go do something to take your
mind off it until you *feel* hungry. You need to start teaching yourself
now to no longer worry about food and weight but to think of your
lifestyle instead. Food and weight should be the effects of your
lifestyle, not the cause.

5. Be excited and daydream about what it is going to be like to be thin.
This will help you to continue to strive for your goal. Visualize
yourself halfway there, almost there etc. If you used to be thin (like
me) get out pictures of then and do your best to remember what it felt
like. (I really want to be able to run again for example, not jog, but
run!)

6. Realize that induction is a great motivational tool, but it is also a
lot like a moving bonus when starting a new job. It makes the starting a
little easier, but there is still work to be done to for the rewards.
And the folks that are moving cross country are probably getting a
bigger moving bonus then those moving cross state.

7. Find a college near by that does immersion body compositioning/bf%
testing. Have it done. Then decide how long it should take you to lose
the amount of weight you want to at 2~2.5lbs a weeks and divide that
time by 4. Go have it done again at those times. So if you think it
should take you a year, have yourself dunked every three months. If you
find that you are dropping weight, but not changing composition wise,
change your exercise program.

I knew a man once that used to say, "if you don't wake up every day
excited to go to work, you should go in tommorrow and quit your job, you
are doing the wrong thing." Now it is obvious that this is an
overstatement of a good prinicipal, but same thing could be related to a
fat loss program. If you aren't excited about where you are headed with
a fat loss program, then you are *probably* focused on the wrong things.

HTH,

Lurker

Dunno/Don't care/34~6" waist, XL shirts and healthy.

Actually that is a lie. My biggest waist size was 46" and I am around
41" right now.

This is all my personal advice/opinions worth what you paid for it/them
with no professional insight implied or otherwise.

First and foremost, kill your scale. O.K. maybe not kill it, but quit
relying on it. Is it really weight that you want to lose, or fat? If it
is just weight then have an arm or leg amputated and be done with it.
The scale will register significantly less the next day. All meant in
humor of course, but it would help with the online BMI thingys. LOL

In all seriousness.

1. Don't weigh yourself more often then weekly, bi-weekly or monthly if
you can hold out. As others have pointed out in responses to you, daily
weights fluxaute so much that the only purpose they serve is to drive
you mad.

2. Learn to rely on clothes fit, and how you feel/look rather then what
the scale says to judge your progress/status. Choose a favorite pair of
jeans/slacks and shirt and make serious notes about how they fit/feel.
Then, whenever you wear them, compare notes. I find web belts great for
this as I can use a permanent marker on the back side and see my
progress as I change the buckle position. Look at yourself in the mirror
daily and look for changes. If you can, put a yard stick on the wall
horizontally behind you and a mark on the floor for your toes. Pay
attention to how much of the yardstick is visible behind you from the
same place everyday.

3. Set a long term goal and focus as much as you can on it. (34" waist?
XL shirts?) Try to forget what you are doing now and focus on where you
are going. Kinda like driving by focussing down the block/freeway
instead of on the end of your hood.

4. Find a hobby that you enjoy that involves exercise and put most of
the effort you would normally put into obsessing about your scale weight
into the hobby. The same goes for food. If you find yourself "thinking"
you are hungry, but not "feeling" hungry go do something to take your
mind off it until you *feel* hungry. You need to start teaching yourself
now to no longer worry about food and weight but to think of your
lifestyle instead. Food and weight should be the effects of your
lifestyle, not the cause.

5. Be excited and daydream about what it is going to be like to be thin.
This will help you to continue to strive for your goal. Visualize
yourself halfway there, almost there etc. If you used to be thin (like
me) get out pictures of then and do your best to remember what it felt
like. (I really want to be able to run again for example, not jog, but
run!)

6. Realize that induction is a great motivational tool, but it is also a
lot like a moving bonus when starting a new job. It makes the starting a
little easier, but there is still work to be done to for the rewards.
And the folks that are moving cross country are probably getting a
bigger moving bonus then those moving cross state.

7. Find a college near by that does immersion body compositioning/bf%
testing. Have it done. Then decide how long it should take you to lose
the amount of weight you want to at 2~2.5lbs a weeks and divide that
time by 4. Go have it done again at those times. So if you think it
should take you a year, have yourself dunked every three months. If you
find that you are dropping weight, but not changing composition wise,
change your exercise program.

I knew a man once that used to say, "if you don't wake up every day
excited to go to work, you should go in tommorrow and quit your job, you
are doing the wrong thing." Now it is obvious that this is an
overstatement of a good prinicipal, but same thing could be related to a
fat loss program. If you aren't excited about where you are headed with
a fat loss program, then you are *probably* focused on the wrong things.

HTH,

Lurker

Dunno/Don't care/34~6" waist, XL shirts and healthy.

Actually that is a lie. My biggest waist size was 46" and I am around
41" right now.

This is all my personal advice/opinions worth what you paid for it/them
with no professional insight implied or otherwise.