You have total support Sandra NZ. Congratulations on losing over 10 kilo’s- I would be ecstatic if I could do the same.
5 weeks of weight watchers and :
Week 1 - 1lb loss
Week 2 - .3lb gain
Week 3 - .4lb loss
Week 4 - .1lb loss
Week 5 - 1.2lb loss
Weeks 2 and 3 I used most of my points including the weekly ones (Christmas and New Years dinners)
After my weigh in on the 15th I decided that despite my desire to support my husband this way of eating is just not working for me without major modifications so I dumped it and am back on Atkins where it feels like home.
Once again I’ve skipped induction and gone straight to my best weight loss carb level - 50g/day and as of Sunday I’ve lost 4lbs. This week has been a challenge with making meals that fit two eating plans but since I’m not doing induction it just means that I cook meats without extra fat or sauces and add them later if I want to. I also cook a small portion of potatoes, rice or quinoa for him. We’re both eating more vegetables so that’s working out.
If I could just kick this cold and get back to the treadmill I’m sure I can get back to a consistent loss of 1-2lbs/week.
Nope. The stall isn’t too long yet (just a week and a half) so I’m not too worried just frustrated. You see that weight fly off the first week and when it slows down it sucks.
I did great drinking water yesterday tho. I guess I needed the right vessel…a 24oz Camelbak. That way I can just guzzle 3 “glasses” of water at a time.
sandra_nz you are right about other weight loss forums being weird. I read threads at MyFitnessPal and while they are not completely void of intelligence or compassion there is a lot of misinformation there. They do seem to get to “that is bunk” or “everyone is different” pretty quickly but then plenty of people pile on with wide-eyed “really??”
Dopers might like to fight about why people are fat but at least we use citations!
Moonlitheral I am glad you and your husband are able to co-exist with your different diets! Good luck and remember - don’t lick the spoon! 
Yh the MFP boards are a mess of starvation mode supporters vs protesters, when that dies down it’s eating back exercise calories or low carb is the way vs low carb is evil etc etc.
I lost a bunch of weight back in 2009 (240->180) and have gradually moved back up to 210. At New Years I started working on things again, and have lost 6 lbs this month. I’d like to get back to 190 or so which I think is a good weight for me. Time to start using these threads again. 
I’ve lost 3 lbs since this thread started. 
Now I think I’ll TRY. Bwaaahhaaaa.
I hope it’s a Lite beer. lol
Weigh in day!
Down another 0.8 kilos (1.76 pounds) for a total of 7 pounds down. 1/2 inch down on neck/hips/waist also.
Ooooooo, rub it in!! 
That’s fantastic! My timeframe is to get to my goal weight by my birthday, which is at the end of June. It’s doable, and it doesn’t put any real pressure on me.
When I saw my family a few weeks ago, they couldn’t get over how much I’ve lost and how good I looked. Hopefully, your parents will see the same difference.
I quit hanging out over there. Between the mindless encouragement, useless suggestions, and bad spelling and grammar, I wasn’t getting a whole lot out of it, and most of it wasn’t even that interesting. So I hang out here and talk with smart people. 
I’m amazed at the effect calorie counting is having on what I eat. As a completely unintended side effect of restricting my calorie intake to a set amount, the quality of the food that I eat has gone through the roof. Anything calorie-dense that isn’t filling enough has had to go if I’m to avoid going hungry, including most heavily processed stuff, even things like cereals. Snacks and junk food is of course right out. I’ve cut my intake of carbs by a huge amount. The amounts of oils and fats that I use have likewise gone down massively. I’m still having some carbs, and some fats, but *some *is good, and some is enough. I mostly eat properly prepared meals with healthy ingredients, including lots and lots of fresh vegetables.
Really, even if you’re not trying to lose weight, I would recommend restricting calories, even for a while, just to get a better picture of what you’re actually eating.
I’d also recommend the forums at 3fatchicks.com. Lots of activity, lots of challenges, lots of different groups, a real encouraging and supportive crowd. I also post over there as Glory87. That forum also has a Weight Watcherssection.
Thanks for that link!
I weighed myself this morning, my official weigh-in day, and am 117.8kg. Was surprised to get a bouncing blue star when I logged it on the WW app - I’ve now lost 25 pounds!
I haven’t done any exercise for the past couple of weeks either (due to a nasty virus) so it was a lovely surprise. Now I’m off to order another charm for my weight-loss bracelet!
SW: 129.4kg
CW: 117.8kg
Down another 1.8 lbs. Although I managed to maintain and not gain the weight back while I was off Atkins I’m really kicking myself for it now.
I need to find a tracker that actually works well for Atkins. The official Iphone app is fine as long as everything you eat is already in there (and it isn’t). My Fitness Pal doesn’t really handle net carbs well but I’m hacking it a little to make do for now. The only thing that I just can’t get to work out is Dreamfields Pastas so it’s workable just not ideal.
So, it’s been exactly a month since I got on that fitness bandwagon. I’ve stopped weighing myself for a bit because it was starting to get a bit dysfunctional (multiple times a day) but I kept on with the healthy eating + exercising.
For the last week I have cut out all grain carbs, including brown rice & whole wheat and am just eating lean proteins (egg whites, chicken breast, fish, shellfish) and all non-starchy vegetables and the fruits I like that are available right now (berries, melons, apples, citrus).
When I came home for winter break I could barely fit into my size 8 jeans. I am now sitting around comfortably wearing my size 6 jeans that I have not fit into since early 2009. I still have a way to go because I was a size 2/4 throughout 2008, but I am getting there!
I have some kiwis and a small personal-sized watermelon to use up after which I plan to start South Beach Phase 1 (hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday). Basically, other than the fruit, I have been eating SB Phase 1 for the last week so I don’t think it will be a super miserable transition. I actually even had a couple days of just pure lean protein (egg whites for breakfast and lunch, grilled chicken for dinner) because I was so busy and actually briefly considered the Dukan diet instead of SB, but my sister and parents talked me off it as she thinks I am not nearly overweight enough to require such drastic measures.
Exercise is holding strong at 1 hour a day, typically an incline walk (10% incline at 3.6-3.8 mph). I really want to start getting into my older exercise videos in preparation for P90x in March.
I think at this rate I will be back in slutty clothes by graduation :). I’ve even picked out two potential candidates for graduation dresses: dress1 and dress2
Zipper JJ, it’s very common for people who start eating low-carb to suddenly stall around 4-6 weeks on the diet. I don’t know what the mechanism behind this is, but on low-carb weight-loss boards, people report the same thing all the time. Keep on eating low-carb and the weight will start coming off again.
I’m having some freaky issue where I went back to eating low-carb after about a month of hedonism, and I’m not losing anything, even water weight. So today I’m tracking my food for the first time in about a year and making sure I stay under 1600 calories. Last year when I lost 30 pounds (before stalling for 10+ months…frustrating), the magic formula was staying under 50g carb and 1600 calories. I regained 10 of what I had lost and have a total of 20-30 pounds I’d like to lose before being happy with my weight, so here’s hoping it works again.
The other thing I need to do is convince myself that sugar is poison. I did this successfully last year and it kept me completely disciplined for four months (during which time I lost all the weight I lost), so I need to get back to that way of thinking. Plus, it’s true. I’m insulin resistant and the last thing my body needs is more sugar.
I sort of thought so, about the common stalling, gallows fodder. And I kept on track - and upped my water to 11 cups a day - and the scale started moving again. Down 1lb since the second week.
I’ve kept up my exercise and am beating the heartburn. Lowering fat (a bit), drinking more water and taking Prilosec seems to be doing it.
I am not craving anything whatsoever. The Atkins Meal Replacement Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars make me weep with joy. They are the PERFECT pre-workout meal with 19g of protein and 240 cals. I was even eating them before I went LC.
Right now they are on sale at Target for $5.71 a box (5) with a $1 coupon in some boxes and that is by far the cheapest you’ll find them. I think regularly they’re still not too bad at Target, maybe $6/box. Online the cheapest I’ve seen is about $1.30 a bar.
If you sign up on Atkins.com you get a very nice “Quick Start Kit” with a carb counting book, a few recipes, two $1 coupons and 3 bars. That’s like $10 worth of stuff! And so far I haven’t gotten any other solicitation from them.
Hey Moonlitherial what specific problems are you having with MyFitnessPal and carbs? If you didn’t know, you can bring Fiber to the forefront by going to Settings - Diary Settings and choosing it as one of the “nutrients tracked.” You can also add any food you want, with the info right off the package, if you don’t agree with what is already in the database. Go to Foods - My Foods - Create New Food for that.
I am so chatty tonight because I just ate a TURKEY CLUB SANDWICH on my new favorite thing - Revolution Rolls. I never made them when I did low carb before (not for any particular reason) but I made them the other day and just made 2 more batches.
I make mine with eggs, cottage cheese, splenda and unflavored protein powder. I also went to the trouble of buying a “muffin top pan” and I am really, really glad I did. I keep looking at stores for a second one so I can make 2 batches at once!
Non low-carbers if you are watching your calories and trying to cut out white flour, check out these rolls! 50 calories for 2 rolls (each roll is like one slice of bread) with 5 grams of protein. They taste like sort of disappointing croissants. But only disappointing if you want a real croissant 
Oh I forgot to mention I also am actually feeling the 15lbs I lost. In my BUTT! I already have a sorry butt to begin with so now it’s even more flat but oh well. It’s gotta come off somewhere…
Drink your water!
Pre-workout meal? Are you sure you need that? The first 240 calories of your workout are spent burning up the workout bar. That may be 20 minutes of your workout. Usually energy bars and drinks are use for performance reasons. If you are concerned about running as faster or longer, then you would take in calories. But they can be counter-productive for weight loss.
I wouldn’t doubt that your workout is easier if you eat the bar, but you will need to work out much longer to burn the calories from the bar and then calories from your fat stores.
Yes I could calculate the net carbs but only if it was due to fiber. Any non impacting carbs still show up in the carb totals.
I did a quick search on the weightloss threads here and discovered that I was using FatSecret last time and just like that I’m back in business. Thanks SDMB for being my online memory. Times like these I think I really should keep a diary - just for sanity’s sake!
I’m finding it easy to maintain 50g carbs per day, and I’ve been studiously avoiding low carb packaged foods this time in favour of more vegetables. The exception is Joseph’s Pita’s and tortilla’s and the Dreamfields Pasta’s but Dreamfields is so good I kept eating that even when I was off the low carb plan.
I have been finding that I’m extremely low on calories and I’ve had to go back to more than 3 meals a day. I can’t eat large portions of meat at one time so I’ve returned to grilling up a bunch of chicken a couple times a week and snacking on a few ounces between meals. I definitely have found in the past that weightloss stalls when I eat too little. It’s most noticable with a sudden illness that causes appetite loss. I’m the only person I know who can throw up everything for 3 days and gain a couple pounds. It’s impossible and yet it is.
I’m not using it for energy or anything special. Just to fill that gap between my late lunch (2-3) and my dinner (after workout around 8). I don’t want to sit down and eat a meal and I don’t want to pass out from hunger, so I cram one of these bars on my way out the door and I’m good to go.