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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004I have Stopped losing weight
I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped down to about 233 from about 295. My wife says I look good, but I still see a huge gut when I look in the mirror. I have lost a lot of weight in my legs and butt, but I really haven't taken off the sizes around the waste line. Anyway, In the last two months I have fluctuated from 231-235, but have not really lost any weight. I am very carefully watching my carb count, I am still eating between 20 and 30 carbs a day. Usually closer to 20. Even during the holidays I was careful, although I had some stuffing and a very thin slice of pie on Christmas day. Its starting to bug me, because I do not have the energy that I think I should at this point either. I also seem to have less drive than I have in the past to get things done at work. I know I should add a work out routine, but its hard to fit into my daily schedule. On top of that I was in a bad motorcycle accident a couple years ago, and I am afraid of damaging my knee or foot that I tore to hell in that wreck. (I hit a car almost head on.) After all this time I am just now where I can move almost normally, and it doesn't hurt to bad to get out of bed in the morning. I know those are just excuses and that I could figure out a non-impact exercise routine that wouldn't aggravate my injuries too much but still... Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com use fitday.com to count your calorie intake for about 2 weeks. Once you get a good average on how many caloires you eat, start lowering it by about 500 kcals per day. you should then get about 1 lbs per week loss. Exercise will allow you to eat a bit more, depending on how much you get. :: I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I :: dropped down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] :: Bob La Londe :: www.YumaBassMan.com >:: I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I >:: dropped down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >kcals per day. you should then get about 1 lbs per week loss. Exercise >will allow you to eat a bit more, depending on how much you get. What Roger said and look into swimming. Check out your local YMCA, United Way, or local rec center. No impact. No pain. Great for knee injuries (I have bone spurs in both of mine). And swimmers have the sexiest backs (added bonus). Yvonne > What Roger said and look into swimming. Check out your local YMCA, United Way, > or local rec center. No impact. No pain. Great for knee injuries (I have > bone spurs in both of mine). And swimmers have the sexiest backs (added > bonus). > > Yvonne If you don't want to swim, get in the pool and walk. I am a swimmer, but it really doesn't do a lot for the legs, so every other day or so, I get in the pool and do some power walking--forward, backward, sideways, and high stepping (for the hamstrings). It takes about 50 minutes to do a mile in a 25 meter pool (32 laps). I met a woman who had had back pain and her doctor told her to walk in the pool instead of having surgery. Pat in TX > use fitday.com to count your calorie intake for about 2 weeks. Once you get > a good average on how many caloires you eat, start lowering it by about 500 > kcals per day. you should then get about 1 lbs per week loss. But make sure you are not cutting your calories too low! I still recall Lynne Axiak posting here once a few years ago about a long stall (several months duration) that she had been on, which she finally broke my *increasing* her calories about 400-500 a day. Going from 1300-1400 a day to 1700-1800 a day made her starting losing a pound or two a week again. So check your calories for a while first and see where you are presently. Debbie How many calories do you eat per day?  SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped > down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Bob La Londe > www.YumaBassMan.com You are in a very common situation. And one that mirrors my own very closely. The solution for me was to start considering calories as well. You just can't avoid conservation of energy! :) Please visit my site at http://diet.lifemind.com to read about what I call "LC2" - low-carb, low-cal dieting. doug On 3/19/04 7:36 AM, in article 1144be1a4906a1f2d2502894951846cb@news.teranews.com, "Bob La Londe" <usenet@diycomponents.com> wrote: > I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped > down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Bob La Londe > www.YumaBassMan.com > I know I should add a work out routine, but its hard to fit into my daily > schedule. On top of that I was in a bad motorcycle accident a couple years [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > out a non-impact exercise routine that wouldn't aggravate my injuries too > much but still... butch up. >I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped >down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >during the holidays I was careful, although I had some stuffing and a very >thin slice of pie on Christmas day. You sound like you are basically staying near Induction levels. Is your CCLL 30? Keeping carbs Induction low does not make you lose weight better. . Staying too low seems to cause more stalls. Keeping low carbs causes a continuous state of ketosis. But "low" is different for each person. You've been low for 9-10 months. After as soon as six months people have complained of stalls/crashes were they stop losing weight or even start gaining it back. Theory is you've forced your body to accept almost no carbs by starving it of them too long. So your bodies CCLL starts gong lower than it normally needs. Some people have experienced a CCLL of near zero(like an Eskimo). I'm still upping my carbs (Atkins-Phase 2 Ongoing Weight Loss). I'm up to 35 carbs a week and still loosing the same 3-4 lbs a week (normal for my level of overweight). I'm guessing my CCLL is in the 40's from earlier experiences. The trick is finding the most carbs without hurting ketosis(weight loss). This satisfies your body's natural needs for carbs without starving it. >Its starting to bug me, because I do not have the energy that I think I >should at this point either. I also seem to have less drive than I have in >the past to get things done at work. Not having energy sounds like your body is dialing down to conserve energy. >I know I should add a work out routine, but its hard to fit into my daily >schedule. On top of that I was in a bad motorcycle accident a couple years [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Bob La Londe >www.YumaBassMan.com DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/316/Mar-315/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 OWL-35 carbs/day (CCLL=?) Your expertise got you to over 350. Let me know when you get down to less than 12% bodyfat. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > >I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped > >down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 > OWL-35 carbs/day (CCLL=?) > Anyway, In the last two months I have fluctuated from 231-235, but have not > really lost any weight. I am very carefully watching my carb count, I am > still eating between 20 and 30 carbs a day. Usually closer to 20. Rarely there's a day without someone stalled at 20. Simply put, staying at 20 causes stalls for a vast number of people. So you did fine at 20 for a while, but staying at 20 eventually caught up with you and caused the stall. Follow the Atkins directions. No, not the ones that says you are "allowed" to stay at 20. Doing that did fine for a while then caused you to stall. Follow *all* of the directions. You missed the single most important concept in the entire Atkins process - that everyone has their own ideal level for loss and the initial 20 is merely an undershoot. Move on to OWL, find your CCLL, and that will solve your stall problem. Spend a week out of ketosis to find your CCLL. Step out in faith! > Anyway, In the last two months I have fluctuated from 231-235, but have not > really lost any weight. I am very carefully watching my carb count, I am [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > should at this point either. I also seem to have less drive than I have in > the past to get things done at work. I would recommend upping your carbs and, if necessary, lowering your calorie intake. I stayed at 25-30 carbs for a long time, but upped them over last month or so to about 35-45 per day. Combined with lowing my calories to around 1400 (I'm 5'2" and mostly sedentary (due to several physical problems) when I'm not deliberately exercising), and my weight loss really kicked up a notch since I started doing this. I've been more energetic, too (too much so -- I was up until 4am last night -- OY!). SignatureSaffire 205/165/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 > I have been good and followed my low carb diet since last June. I dropped > down to about 233 from about 295. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > really lost any weight. I am very carefully watching my carb count, I am > still eating between 20 and 30 carbs a day. Usually closer to 20. Even Carb up a day or two (I'm talking really gorge yourself in all the things you can't have) and return to this level. |
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