That's it.... on low carb?????

chris1529

Let's just say that I am a little mad this morning cause here I go low carb and I weigh in today at only a pound and a half less than last week!! Really?! So I guess the whole low carb thing is a joke or something?? IDK! When I cut calories before and ate between 150-180g carbs a day before, I lost more than a pound and a half a week! Am I doing something wrong with this diet?! I will give you an example of what I have been eating: Breakfast - 2 egg omlet with cheese and a cup of coffee with a little half & half and a tbsp of pumpkin coffee mate. Lunch - a chicken salad with cheese and 2 tbsp of ranch dressing. Dinner - a meat, vegetable, and beans. Snacks (which I have 1 after lunch and the other one either a little before dinner or an hour after dinner) - an apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter and a fiber one bar or greek yougurt. Yes I know it's a bit on the dairy/protein side but that's what keeps me full and I love cheese and yougurt. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations BUT even my sister thought that with such low carbs I would of lost more!! Any advice??

BeautyFromPain

Any advice?

Eat carbs.

tryinghard71

Calories in vs. Calories out.

And any loss is a good thing. Even if it was just a half of a pound. That is still less than you weighed the week before.

jtakingcareofherself

How low is your low carb? To see the most low carb results, you need to be <50 g or so per day, with no meal over 20 g.

xxMyWeighxx

Well, I don't really believe low carb is quick at all. No carb is very quick - most people lose a pound a day at least, after the first week and a half (people say they lose 15 lbs the first week but it's sometimes just water weight). I did the no carb diet for a while and ate nothing but skinless chicken - that's pretty gross, which is why I quit, but it worked. I lost 7 lbs on that diet alone.
This isn't a diet I recommend though. You have no energy and it isn't healthy.

shelbyfrootcake

Any advice?

Eat carbs.

This. Carbs are too good not to eat.

KayLgee

If you want to do low carb seriously then up the fat and calories and lower the carbs. I wouldn't even touch an apple when I was low carbing.

My honest advice, eat carbs but get them from wholegrains, fruit and veg.

escloflowneCHANGED

You're upset you lost 1.5 lbs in one week!?

SusannaDandana

First, 1 1/2 pounds a week is very healthy weight loss. Also, like you said, there is a lost of dairy and protein in your diet and that can hinder results. But like I said, you are losing weight at a very healthy rate. I would suggest some healthy fat burning foods like citrus fruits, broccoli, spinach, brown rice.

75in2013

There are no silver bullets.

Shannon2714

First, I'm with everyone else...stick with counting calories. Not that low-carb doesn't work (I lost over 65lbs on Atkins), but it is difficult to maintain for the long-haul (I gained back every pound and then some). However, what are you sticking to for your daily carb number? I stayed under 25 per day. The reason I ask, is because there are a few things on your list that I never ate when I did low carb...fruit, Fiber One bars, beans...

mulderpf

It's just a week. There are so many external factors that could influence weight that I think you are being completely unrealistic basing your experience on a single week. Do four weeks and then make up your mind whether or not it's good or bad and whether or not it works. Personally, I would NEVER go on a low carb diet - but give it some time first before making up your mind. (It's a bit like test driving a car and pulling out a parking lot and making up your mind whether or not it's a good car - you haven't even driven it yet).

CoCoMa

Where are your veggies? I would suggest eating more of em!

K_Stewart

Carbs aren't bad. You just need to eat the right type of carbs at the right time of day. Good carbs include whole grain breads (my favorite is Ezekiel) oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and fruit. For best results eat a carb with breakfast, your morning snack and lunch and be sure to have a protein with every meal.

gwicks54

I do low carb, because I have a medical problem that requires it. I was told to stay under 100 per day. Most days mine are around 60. I have been losing weight at about 1.8 lbs a week. My calorie count is usually between 1200 to 1500. I would be losing weight on that anyway. If you enjoy healthy carbs & can lose weight that way, I would do it. For me the carbs make me hungry & harder to eat well. Hope you find what works well for you.

pullipgirl

Sounds like it is working if you lost 1.5 lbs in 1 week

sueblue77

I think you are eating too many initially. Cut the Fiber one bar, the apple, the beans, the yogurt, and go for a leafy or low carb veggie for supper. I don't know if your veg at supper was a sweet potato or carrots (high carbs) or spinach. Give it another week, and keep your net carb intake below 25 a day for 14 days. You'll feel amazing, and I'm almost certain the scale will drop. I've lost 58 lbs. since mid-June, but I added more carbs for awhile. Now I'm back on induction, which is the under 25 I described to you. (Net carbs is the carbs minus fiber minus sugar alcohol). Hope this helps.

rickkaniuga

Cut out the apples and peanut butter and lose the fiber bar. Make sure that your ranch dressing doesn't have sugar listed as an ingredient.. Beans are high carb food. There is very little point in going low carb unless you put your body into nutritional ketosis, and it reads to me like you haven't done that.

If you're really interested low carbing for weight loss, check out

www.reddit.com/r/keto

and read the "keto in a nutshell" link as well as the FAQ. I've been doing this since July and have lost 50#. The first week stinks, you feel like garbage as your body burns through glycogen deposits and learns to function on stored fat. After that, you'll go from feeling crappy to feeling pretty amazing. You won't be hungry all day, you'll eat steaks and chops and creamed spinach and broccoli with cheese until you're full.

To the readers about to post about the evils of a low carb/ high fat diet: The OP asked why his low carbing wasn't working, I'm just pointing him to some information that could answer his questions. And my cholesterol is fine, thanks.

Basefly

You need to go low carb for real, an apple will kick you out of Ketosis right away, low carb is not just eating more meat and boring veggies it's a life style change.

I've just had my weekly weigh in and I am down 42 pounds in under two months, so going "keto" does work

MinnieInMaine

I know Atkins has an induction phase for the 1st two weeks where your carbs per day are only like 15-20 (can't remember exactly). From the description of you day's choices, I'd say while you were lower than your normal day, it may not have been low enough to get the results you were looking for. No fruit or snack bars, more leafy greens. Not sure on the beans with dinner since their "net" carbs might be low with all the fiber but it's definitely not something you'd eat during the Atkins induction.

So I'd either recommend doing a more strict low carb program or be happy with 1.5 pound - hell, I'd be thrilled with that!

c8linmarie

I'd like to have your "problem" of losing 1.5lbs/wk