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Old February 7th, 2005, 04:37 PM
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Okay, here is my question....
I have been doing a very clean induction for the last 5 weeks. I have
lost 11 pounds of the 50 I need to lose. I have kept it under 20 net
carbs, only deducting fiber. All of my carbs are coming from Green
veggies. At this point I am not at all bored with the food selections
or anything but I did not lose any pounds this week. I started working
out more, upped my cardio from 30-50 minutes. I have lost 2.5 inches
this week but am wondering, since the scale did not budge if I need to
start adding more carbs? I am kind of nervous to add fruit but I don't
know how much more veggies I can eat! I did add 1/2 of a lc tortilla
from time to time and a little pumpkin yesterday. Anyway, what are
suggestions about when to go off of induction into owl and start adding
more foods? Another thing that may be affecting my scale right now is
that last night I had 2T of almonds that were actually quite salty...I
don't know if that may have something to do with it too?

For those who will ask, my sample menu is this:
B: 2 eggs scrambled in 1/2 T butter
2 oz meat
L: 3 oz chicken or tuna
2T mayo
1 Cup romain lettuce
1 Cup cucumber
or
3 cups romaine lettuce with 2 T dressing
1 oz asiago cheese
4 oz chicken or steak
D: Chicken ceasar salad or
4 oz meat and 1.5 cups brocolli or green beans
S: Rarely eat but if I do it is a laughing cow swiss cheese wedge, or
an Italian cream soda or a diet root beer with cream, only one of those
a day.

Thanks for any input...

Christa
187/176/135

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Old February 8th, 2005, 01:33 PM
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"Okay, here is my question....
I have been doing a very clean induction for the last 5 weeks. I have
lost 11 pounds of the 50 I need to lose. I have kept it under 20 net
carbs, only deducting fiber. All of my carbs are coming from Green
veggies. At this point I am not at all bored with the food selections
or anything but I did not lose any pounds this week. I started working
out more, upped my cardio from 30-50 minutes. I have lost 2.5 inches
this week but am wondering, since the scale did not budge if I need to
start adding more carbs? I am kind of nervous to add fruit but I don't
know how much more veggies I can eat! I did add 1/2 of a lc tortilla
from time to time and a little pumpkin yesterday. Anyway, what are
suggestions about when to go off of induction into owl and start adding

more foods? "

What's the problem in adding some more vegetables? The amount you
showed is pretty modest and during induction they are limited, so
adding some as you move forward should be natural and easy. Overall,
I'd say if you lost 2.5 inchs in the current week, what more did you
expect? It's normal to stall in both pounds and inchs at times. The
fact that you lost 2.5 inchs is excellent.

Since you have a lot to lose and everything is going well, personally,
I'd keep doing what you're doing, or just increase carbs slightly for
awhile by adding more vegetables and expanding the list of foods from
those allowed on induction.

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Old February 8th, 2005, 02:06 PM
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"Okay, here is my question....
I have been doing a very clean induction for the last 5 weeks. I have
lost 11 pounds of the 50 I need to lose. I have kept it under 20 net
carbs, only deducting fiber. All of my carbs are coming from Green
veggies. At this point I am not at all bored with the food selections
or anything but I did not lose any pounds this week. I started working
out more, upped my cardio from 30-50 minutes. I have lost 2.5 inches
this week but am wondering, since the scale did not budge if I need to
start adding more carbs? I am kind of nervous to add fruit but I don't
know how much more veggies I can eat! I did add 1/2 of a lc tortilla
from time to time and a little pumpkin yesterday. Anyway, what are
suggestions about when to go off of induction into owl and start adding

more foods? "

What's the problem in adding some more vegetables? The amount you
showed is pretty modest and during induction they are limited, so
adding some as you move forward should be natural and easy. Overall,
I'd say if you lost 2.5 inchs in the current week, what more did you
expect? It's normal to stall in both pounds and inchs at times. The
fact that you lost 2.5 inchs is excellent.

Since you have a lot to lose and everything is going well, personally,
I'd keep doing what you're doing, or just increase carbs slightly for
awhile by adding more vegetables and expanding the list of foods from
those allowed on induction.

 




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