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I'm trying not to get discouraged, but the scale is not moving. Its been 2 weeks now. I've been doing everything right and I've started exercising every day and doing weight training 3-4x a week. The weird thing is I went shopping yesterday and I was down 3 sizes (from 28W to 22W). I was hoping I was a size 24 and I was surprised to easily fit into a size 22W and 1x tops. This goes against all my former thinking about how the scale doesn't lie. I took my measurements and I've lost 6 inches around my waist and 4 around my ribcage since starting atkins. I understand that muscle takes up less room than fat and all of that, but I also know that the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn which should result in more weight loss. I just don't understand why at my weight, the scale has stopped moving. I honestly don't know if I should throw out the scale or do something differently. I was really hoping to be down 100lbs from my heaviest (343lbs) by my birthday (in October), but there is no way that's going to happen now. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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293.0 lb
Lost so far: 22.0 lb.
Still to go: 158.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 20 August 2012:
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1222 kcal
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Fat: 98.97g | Prot: 66.53g | Carb: 24.74g.
Breakfast: bacon grease, Bacon, Egg. Lunch: bacon, lettuce, mayo, turkey breast pepper oscar meyer, low carb tortillas. Dinner: salt, cheddar cheese slice, broccoli, butter, ground turkey 85%. Snacks/Other: stevia in the raw, Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, whipping cream, unsweetened chocolate baker's. more...
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steady weight
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First of all - congratulations on the size 22's! That is fantastic! I am not the one to be giving advice because when I hit a rut I had to lower my calories (whatever you do don't look at my calories for yesterday). You'll find that those of us who have been on here a long time have to keep tweaking things until we find something that works - and what works varies for each individual. Am sure you will find your own path soon.
20 Aug 12 by member: BuffyBear
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Yes, Congrats on losing 3 sizes! That's amazing. Upon reading your food journal I notice you and I eat very similarly so you may be having the same problems as I do with sodium. I see that many of the days last week you were over 3000 sodium. "They" recommend no higher than 2200-2500. Sodium makes me retain water in my hands and feet. May be why scale says no loss, you're losing fat but maintaining water. Try to flush that sodium with lots of water (I know it seems backwards but it works-takes water to get rid of water). I'm really bad at both eating high sodium foods and not drinking my water during the day. Keep going! What you're doing is working and the proof is in the tape measure and pants. Stay off the scale for a while-it's lying.
20 Aug 12 by member: rksoup
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Thats amazing,to drop down 3 sizes and fit into smaller clothes. To get the scale moving, consider your foundation vegetable consumption 12-15g/20g and water! It seems (looking at your entry for today) that you're eating foods that are outside the OWL recommended lists ie processed and may be relatively high in carbs for thier portions...
20 Aug 12 by member: ebonyr
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I think I'm going to watch my sodium and see if that helps. As far as foods high in carbs that aren't allowed, the only thing I have are the Mama Lupe's Low Carb tortillas for 3 net carbs (the peanut butter is 100% natural only nuts & oil). I would rather have that than start eating fruit right now. If that one thing a day is going to slow my weight loss than that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make so that I can stick with this plan. Although, IMO I think its silly to say those aren't allowed and may slow your weight loss, but the atkins bars, shakes & snacks which are far more processed are just fine. And since I've went down 3 dress sizes in 1 month I have every reason to believe that I am losing fat. Thanks again for the encouragement. Feeling better now.
20 Aug 12 by member: tford1123
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Congrats on your loss so far! Also, keep in mind that muscles being worked need time to repair and build. They hold onto extra fluids while this repairing is going on. You might see that once the muscles get used to working out, they let loose of the extra fluids and you see a good drop on the scale. And measurements are a good way to judge loss when the scale seems to be lying. Sounds like you should continue what you are doing.
20 Aug 12 by member: DarleneW101
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