Tulipgirl6's Journal, 18 November 2013

Tulip, I'm as frustrated as you sound Like you are...but we ve got to keep trying! If we eat toomuch we gain! If we eat too little our body goes into starvation mode and saves every thing it can...plateau! We ve got to make changes to get the calorie burner going a gain...Even if it's just walking faster around the house... Whatever it takes... change up something ! WE CAN DO THIS! 

Have you been slacking in your tracking? After the initial "honeymoon" phase of a diet, many people tend to slack a little. A bite here, a nibble there. It all adds up and cause the scale to halt or wobble up and down the same few pounds. Make sure you are tracking food honestly. Drink you water. Be active. Get in enough lean protein, lean dairy, fruits and veggies.  

Awe thanks guys! I went for a 45 min walk today with the baby; luckily the weather was good! I don't think my tracking is off unless my measurements are off..... also if you're looking at my food intake, I am not keeping track of salads and free foods at all; I am keeping track of the real stuff . .. .  

I seen your comment/post on angiekae68 journal and responded. But in case you don't go back and look, I wanted to post here. You had stated you feel sick without carbs and wanted to know about Atkins. The 'lack of carb' sickness will only last a few days but usually is gone by the fourth. It is from your body adjusting to burning fat from ketosis instead of all the carbs and is a side effect of your body purging all the junk from your system. There are different versions of Atkins - I have read all his books like 20something of them. The two main versions people use are 72 (DADR) and newer versions (DANDR or NANY). If you use the 72 Atkins there is a one week induction with no carbs and then you add back in 5-8netcarbs a week from any food you want to see how you do. If you start gaining or don't lose weight or inches you go back to induction for a few days. If you use the newer Atkins you have a two week induction with carbs under 20 net with 12-15 from allowed veggies. There is a list of allowed foods for different levels in the newer versions. I use the 72 Atkins. It's all a learning process for everyone to find out where there max carb allowance is before they start gaining. But most maintain weight starting at 30netcarbs and most gain over 60net carbs. To determine net carbs you take the total carbs minus dietary fiber and 1/2 sugar alcohols except if it is Erythitol then you do not subtract any of that alcohol. Message me if you want more details. 

tried to edit, wouldn't let me....72 is not 5-8 net carbs but total carbs. Newer Atkins is net carbs.