Weigh in 3 lbs more than day before, discouraged

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  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    OP, your weight loss expectations aren't realistic for any diet, Atkins or otherwise. Atkins does work, I spent 10 years on it (lost over 100 pounds) before deciding that I'd stop so I could eat bread and grains again. Probably not the best decision for me, because I overate all those things and now have to lose a bunch again, but that's me and the consequences are mine to deal with.

    Atkins is not magic, calories still count. It is also a diet that requires you to learn quite a bit about nutrition to do well. The carbs you do eat have to be quality carbs, not junk. Berries, broccoli, greens - learn to prepare and enjoy those foods. Learn to prepare chicken breast a bazillion different ways, ditto for fish. And bacon and mayo? Treat them like condiments and use sparingly. Good luck. :smile:
  • dbarchus
    dbarchus Posts: 42
    If your body weight goes up or down by 1 pound or more, it's water weight. There's nothing else your body could have done to gain or lose that much weight. There's 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat, so to go up 3 lbs, you would've had to eat 10500 EXTRA calories on top of your TDEE...

    Also, the Atkins diet doesn't work. Eat a damn apple if you want to be healthy.

    Another note: What time of day do you measure yourself? If it's in the afternoon/evening, or any time of day after you've eaten something (ie, any time other than first thing in the morning) your weight WILL fluctuate more than if you weighed yourself first thing in the morning.

    I really have to agree with this poster...I did Atkins after every baby (4 of them :)) and, yes, I lost the weight, however I fully believe it screwed up my metabolism/carb sensitivies to the MAX! Now, I know better than to cut out the healthy fiber and goodness of fruit! Dont' let yourself be sucked into the "false" weight loss...you can do it with all the food groups!!

    And, like everyone said, just stay off that scale...there is no need to weigh yourself everyday, other than to torture your brain :wink:

    Are your clothes feeling tighter? They are the true, tell tale sign of weight gain/loss IMO...a few pounds, up and down, day to day, is completely normal.

    Add some fruit and more water to your diet, stay away from high sugar carbs and crazy prepackaged sodium foods and you'll get on the right track...OH! And, put away the scale!!! :happy:


    I agree....it's not only how much you weigh, but how you FEEL. Everyone fluctuates, day to day and hour to hour. I look a tthe scale every day just with that awareness, but always at the same time, first thing after exercise in the morning and last thing at time. Over time there will be a downward trend. The tool is great for logging that trend and keeping me from being discouraged by what I THINK I know and what's REALITY.
  • dewgong
    dewgong Posts: 1
    Yeah usually I weigh differently all the time by about 3 pounds too. I think it depends on what you ate, how much water you had to drink, etc. I tried http://howmuchshouldiweigh.org and saw my range was good and I graphed my weight over a month and it stayed the same.

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