Atkins and stopped losing weight.

blush64

I was on weight watchers and I loved it BUT my wedding is so close that I switched to Atkins.  I did it once many years back and it worked great, and faster than weight watchers.

I have been on it for maybe 2 months and for the last 3+ weeks I have lost one pound.  I am watching everything. I am following the food list perfectly. I even dropped back to induction for 3 days. (which is when I lost the last 0.4lbs)

I can't figure out what's going on with me.  I have not started anything different. I am adding more exercise tomorrow.

I didn't even cheat ove the holidays and I have cut out all diet pop for over a week now. (most i had was half a can to a full can each 1-2 days)

Any advice? Anyone go throug this?

I still have about 20lbs to lose to be at my target. (aiming for only several more lbs before the wedding) I'm not so close to the target that I would start losing really slow. After just over 3 weeks I'm getting pretty sad.

anna.oskar

What are your caloric limits though?  Are you eating enough/not enough?

Are you burning any calories through exercise per day?

blush64

I haven't been counting calories but I stick to lean beef, fish, chicken and lots of veggies. (portion sizes are proper)

Maybe I haven't been eating often enough. I find that I get full so easily now that my meals are small. I'll try eating more meals.

blush64

No, I have 20lbs more to lose but I'm only aiming to lose several more lbs before the wedding. I won't make my goal but I'm ok with it because I want to get into shape properly.

krizzo17

Since you've left WW, they've actually lowered the minimum number of daily points for people who were already at 29. You can now go as low as 26 - maybe try this for a while?

annakb8

Add some fat to your diet. If you aren't getting your energy from carbs it needs to come from somewhere so just put some butter or evoo on your veggies, I bet it will make a difference.

blush64

Thanks! I won't have any problem adding some fat.

I think at some point I will switch back to WW, I just have to do it porperly. (slowly adding back my complex carbs....I don't see a reason to add back the bad stuff)

xinabride

I know you said you went back to induction for 3 days but that might not be long enough. I would try at least a week of starting up induction if not the normal 2. People I know who did the diet long term would do this when they plateaued.