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Very, very frustrated. I have been the same weight for 14 days now- in fact, at one stage I was half a kilogram lighter and I PUT ON WEIGHT! How can this be? I have not deviated once from the plan, am planning and sticking fairly well to the planned diet. There are only a few things I can think about that might be at fault:
1. We do eat out once a week, though we try damned hard to make sure it is low carb/ no added sugar etc. We usually order a vegetable dish and a meat dish, as plain as possible.
2. We might be eating too little protein. We usually make our carb goal of 20-35g net carbs, usually within 5g either side of our fat goal (75g)but sometimes 20g under our protein goal of 100g.
3. We might be eating too few calories. At around 1200 per day, we are both at 45-55% deficit, and more at the moment because we have been quite active. I cannot imagine how we cannot be losing larger amounts of weight, but maybe if we INCREASE our calorie intake, it might help.
4. Mine is perhaps just a plateau (though 2 weeks is a long plateau for me). The only other time during weight-loss that I levelled like that, I deserved it.
5. Hubby maybe is going to make a big drop soon (he does lose in spurts, as do I on this ketogenic diet). Though this still doesn't explain his average weekly weight loss since we started, which is under 1kg a week, a low percentage for someone well into the obese category.
I really don't have time at the moment to be doing more reading and looking into why our weight loss has been so disappointing- I already spend 5-10 hours every week planning menus, entering every bit of food into Fat Secret, making shopping lists, etc. and 1-3 hours every day cooking (which for me is a chore and a lot of time spent doing something I don't enjoy which I didn't spend before). So for the 20 or so hours every week that I'm investing in our diet (no including exercise), I'd like to see better results. No, more consistent results. <rant over>
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185.0 lb
Lost so far: 14.6 lb.
Still to go: 32.8 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 12 September 2014:
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1174 kcal
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Fat: 50.95g | Prot: 99.10g | Carb: 35.85g.
Breakfast: Chinese Cabbage (Bok-Choy, Pak-Choi), Mushrooms, Gwaltney 40% Less Fat Center Cut Bacon, Egg. Lunch: Light Sour Cream, Camembert Cheese, Cos or Romaine Lettuce, Sweet Red Peppers, Cucumber. Dinner: Cooked Broccoli (from Fresh), Cauliflower (without Salt, Drained, Cooked, Boiled), Chicken Breast, Sauvignon Blanc Wine. Snacks/Other: Skim or Nonfat Milk (0.5% or Less Butterfat). more...
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losing 0.2 lb a week
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It's frustration when you try really hard, and the results are not what you are hoping for. I can feel your frustration, I feel exactly the same. I keep telling myself that this is now my way of
Life, its good for my heart, for my hormones, for my brain's health, and because I'm a breast cancer survivor (13 years with 15 lymph nodes infected) I'm in no hurry to feed any cancer cells with carbs! This is much more important than losing weight - though goodness knows I'd love to drop 20 KGS. You really are doing very well, keep hanging in there and enjoy your way of eating.
12 Sep 14 by member: nb girl
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Very few people go through the weight loss journey without some gains. Sometimes we overeat and lose and sometimes we are on plan and gain. Hormones, medication, exercise, too much sodium, a high carb day, inflammation and many more factors can effect our water weight and make it go up masking our losses. Google "why the scale lies" for insight. Your chart looks great! It is frustrating when the scale won't budge. But there are things you can do. Make sure you are following your plan as written and not indoldging a little here and there. Make sure you stay hyrdrated. If you don't exercise and can, start. If you do, mix it up. Our bodies get used to the same thing. Switch up foods. Track how much you are eating honestly. Google to find ways of getting the scale going again. Also note how your clothes are fitting. You can lose fat and not see the scales move, but you see it in your clothes. Just keep going and the scale will move again.
12 Sep 14 by member: Suzi161
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I think we tend to forget that a low carb diet is really a "fat loss" diet. While the weight will drop, they say it always better to gauge your success by how your clothes feel. But get ready for a drop of at least 1.5 in the next week. I ususally do the same as yourself, for two weeks, I don't move and them "Bam"...it happens. Hang in there. Rant, but hang in there!
12 Sep 14 by member: C67241
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