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

Any advice?

Eat carbs.

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.

Any advice?

Eat carbs.

This. Carbs are too good not to eat.

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

There are no silver bullets.

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).

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

Low carbers don't eat apples...

ONE POUND AND A HALF IS A VOCTORY.

Sometimes you lose more on low carb but some of it is water weight...

There is no magic diet....Just calorie count, it's simple... and you won't gain back so fast unless you're bingeing.

When people who are really heavy start a new diet where they cut out most of their carbs, they will lose a LOT of weight the first week. If they have already been restricting calories for awhile, then switch to low carb, they will still see a loss, but they will not see the huge losses like they saw the first week on restricting calories in general, or like those who start their dieting on low carb.

First off, you don't look very large, so 1 1/2 pounds is a very good loss, especially if you have already been restricting calories for a while. Do not compare yourself to someone who is much heavier. The really large initial weight losses come from extra water that is being released. High carbs can cause water retention in many people. You may not have had a lot of water retention.

Second, you must still stay within your calorie goal even if you are low carbing. Too many calories of anything will thwart your weight loss. The lower carbs, combined with higher protein and good fats, will help keep you feeling fuller longer, so that you can stay within your calorie goal more easily. It also helps reduce the cravings and binging that many people who eat higher carbs but lower calories often have. Don't buy into the 'eat all you want and will still lose weight' promise of the low carb diet. It is still 'calories in calories out'.

Be thrilled with your pound and a half loss this week. Many people would love to have that. Keep logging everything and stay within your calorie goal. Cut out the fiber bars and replaced with high fiber veggies- lots of them. And be sure you drink your water.

And be patient. Keep doing it every day and you will continue to make forward progress.

Yep, Low (adequate) carbing done properly means increasing the dietary fat and allowing the body to adjust to being, primarily, a fat burner, not glucose.

For some people this can take weeks. And most of the initial loss is water, not fat, so weight loss after a week is irrelevant anyway.

Sure, there is no silver bullet and dropping fat will take effort but in my experience limiting carbohydrates reduces hunger and cravings, which is half the battle ...