It's not especially original, but it seems to work.

Sure, he may not have been the first person to ever
dream up the concept, but it is worth considering.

Sseaott  burbled across the ether:

Have you figured out how to use your killfile yet?  This is what the
third? fourth? time you've plonked JC.  Try actually doing it instead of
talking about it.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means."  -- Inigo Montoya

I cannot count the number of times you "plonked" JC...

Just how stupid people can be, unbelievable.

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I love the truth.

In this world, truth is love.

You got it the wrong way.  Love without truth is cruelty.
Truth without love remains truth.

JC is a pain in the butt and a broken record.  But he
recommends the simple minded big hammer approach.  Brute
force approaches do indeed work although the Atkins
process uses skill rahter than brute force.  Shrug, so
JC doesn't push the core Atkins process.

Wine has calories....I'd give up wine first before giving up nutritious
food.  Wine can be added back later once maintenance is reached.

Also, some say that alcohol is toxic in the body, so the body burns it off
quickly -- because it doesn't like it.

Are you on induction right now?

Assuming you think you are on induction, I have to point out that several of
these items are NOT allowed during induction:

wine
nuts
peanut butter
candy
potato chips
low-carb bars*

*You MAY be ingesting MANY more carbs than you think via the low-carb bars -- it
all depends on how your body processes certain sugar alcohols.  Personally, I
NEVER believe the "net carbs" claims touted in advertising -- I subtract fiber
from the total carb count on the nutrition label and nothing else.  

Post induction, 1-2 lbs a week is average and healthy (on ANY weight loss plan).  
DURING induction, your body is using up the excess glycogen stores in the liver
and shedding the associated water -- THAT'S where the BIG initial loss comes
from.  If you are eating non-induction foods, you may be partially refilling the
glycogen stores and hindering any progress as you keep losing and regaining the
same amount of water.  

Yeah...why can't you exercise now while on Atkins?  Atkins typically becomes
a low cal diet for anyone who loses weight on it...because LC results in
appetite suppression for most people.  Exercise is good, whether doing LC or
not, and LC has several benefits beyond mere weightloss.  Finally, what
exactly is wrong with losing at a rate of 1 or 2 lbs a week?  Any faster is
not generally considered safe and likely will end with you regaining all of
the weight and more.  Rapid weight loss doesn't usually bring a time for one
to learn to make lasting changes in habits.  I note you said "this time
around", which sort of implies that you've lost and regained before....is
that true?

It is the single most important concept in the entire book, that
every person has a level ideal for loss and it generally isn't
the initial 20.  The initial 20 is merely a deliberate undershoot
to get people into ketosis, but the initial 20 also causes the
thyroid to start decreasing T3 hormone output after 2 weeks.
Hmmm, conveniently enough Induction on the core process lasts
2 weeks.  Quite convenient that.

The scale can NOT be used to find CCLL.  The fact is extremely
many stall if they stay at 20 yet resume loss at higher carb
levels.  Hence the scale is irrelevant to finding CCLL.  The
fact is the time scale for loss is month to month (of courcse
everyone hates this fact but hating a fact does not convert it
to fiction) and the time scale for ketosis is week to week.
Hence the scale is irrelevant to finding CCLL.

CCLL is the point where you fall out of ketosis and spend a
week at a fixed carb intake level to be certain.  5-10 under
the amount that kicks you out, just barely in ketosis, gives
the ideal loss with the fewest stalls.  The exact definition
is ambiguous if it is CCLL out of ketosis and CCLL-5 for ideal
loss or vice versa, but that's a semantic arguement to debate
while in the maintenance phase.

So?  You stayed at 20 longer than the core 14 days, and you
stopped losing?  What do you care about Induction now other
than it no longer gives you loss?  Induction can be extended
up to 6 months.  Okay, so what?  Do you really want to spend
6 months or even 6 days at a level that no longer gives you
loss?  Screw Induction.  Move on to OWL and lose.

Take a step back and think about your subject line:

"Stalled - second time around".  Stalls are *caused* by
staying at 20, and this is the second time you have done
exactly that.  Stop frittering around with the excuse that
extending Induction is allowed because extending Induction
has been *zero* help for you.  Move on to the core proces,
the one that has Induction last 14 days then leaves it in
the dust.

Step out in faith!  The 14 days of Induction have worked
great for you twice.  And sure enough the core process of
the table of contents lists Indcution as 14 days.  Following
the core process has worked great for you twice.  Extending
Induction has failed for you twice.  Go with what has worked
for you twice, the core process.  Move on to OWL, spend a
week out of ketosis, stablize at 5-10 under that level for
the rest of OWL.