Atkins at Day 19

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yesman@yesman.com - 04 May 2006 22:26 GMT

I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male

At day 12 I weighed 165

At day 19 I weighed 161

All while eating generous amounts of eggs, bacon, sausage, steak, salad. I'm
going to feast on another large steak tonight.

I tried for about a month to get under 170 by power walking and eating a low
calorie diet -- baked potatoes, bread, sandwiches. I didn't lose a pound.
Now i've lost 11.

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Roger Zoul - 04 May 2006 22:51 GMT

good job, yesman!

:: I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male
::
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:: eating a low calorie diet -- baked potatoes, bread, sandwiches. I
:: didn't lose a pound. Now i've lost 11.

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Marengo - 05 May 2006 03:39 GMT

|I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male
|
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|calorie diet -- baked potatoes, bread, sandwiches. I didn't lose a pound.
|Now i've lost 11.

Great job. Isn't low-carb awesome?

But don't be surprised if your weight loss stalls or drastically slows
down any day. Many low-carb dieters have a stall about 3 weeks into
the plan as the body adjusts to burning the new fuel, and it can be
frustrating. If it happens, don't get discouraged. Just stick with
it and you'll get past it.

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yesman@yesman.com - 05 May 2006 12:04 GMT

Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the stall, but I hope I can get close to 150
or under 150 before that happens. My goal is 143-145.

> |I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male
> |
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> frustrating. If it happens, don't get discouraged. Just stick with
> it and you'll get past it.

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Dr. Ernst Primer (again) - 05 May 2006 19:34 GMT

Welcome! Sounds like you're doing great!!

260/200/200
4/27/05

> Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the stall, but I hope I can get close to 150
> or under 150 before that happens. My goal is 143-145.
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> > frustrating. If it happens, don't get discouraged. Just stick with
> > it and you'll get past it.

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Doug Freyburger - 05 May 2006 19:44 GMT

> Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the stall, but I hope I can get close to 150
> or under 150 before that happens. My goal is 143-145.

An unknown amount of early loss is stored carbs and the water
the body dissolved the carbs in. Once that water is gone the
rest of the loss is fat only. This means the initial loss rates
can't be used in any way shape or form to compare against
the rest of the loss rates.

Fat is 3600-4000 calories per pound. The combination of
stored carbs plus the water they are dissolved in is less than
a quarter of the calories. Water can be lost very quickly.

So remember that a stall is 4+ weeks without a new low, and
the definition isn't arbitrary. It's to take someone giddy from
the water loss at the start and tell them what is and isn't
realistic. A new low is a victory, no matter if you have several
in the same week or they come every other week. Stick with
it and be victorious.

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Saffire - 06 May 2006 02:22 GMT

> I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male
>
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> calorie diet -- baked potatoes, bread, sandwiches. I didn't lose a pound.
> Now i've lost 11.

Good job!

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MDS - 07 May 2006 23:17 GMT

> I started at 5'6" 172 lbs, 29 years old, male
>
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> calorie diet -- baked potatoes, bread, sandwiches. I didn't lose a pound.
> Now i've lost 11.

Wonderful! Keep up the good work, but be careful to up your carb intake
a little after the first two weeks.

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MDS (Mister Doctor Sir)

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Ron M. - 08 May 2006 03:30 GMT

I went from 268 lbs. to 197 lbs. on low-carb. I stayed under 25 grams
per day the entire time. The trick was, every other week I'd eat NORMAL
food, usually on a fairly busy weekday like a Saturday. Maybe a couple
biscuits with gravy and a little hash browns for breakfast, and that
evening we'd go out to somewhere like Applebee's and just enjoy a nice,
normal meal, a couple of cocktails and a rich dessert. This seems to
"trick" the body into not dropping its metabolism. Monday morning, I'd
be back to low carb, and just took up where I left off. I never gained
any weight after those weekends. And they were VERY enjoyable!!!

Anyway, this approach worked fine for me. Nowadays I keep my carbs
under 30-40 per day, and with my lower weight I'm able to work out
twice a week, play tennis, swim, and just in general be more active
than I could back when I was hauling around the equivalent of a 21-inch
TV on my waist.

Ron M.

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