10 days and not losing any weight!

Weight fluctuates based on a whole variety of factors, only one of which is body fat. You can easily gain up to 5 lbs of non-fat body weight by eating a high sodium meal, menstruating, starting or changing an exercise regimen, or not having gone to the bathroom in a while. At the same time, you're probably only losing about 1 lb. of fat per week.

The result is that you should expect your weight to go up and down, but maintain a general downward trend over time.

I wouldn't expect results only ten days in. Patience is a virtue.

Keep Carbs under 100 Grams..

Also, Intermittent fasting can be helpful. I am not suggesting anorexia, but try skipping breakfast a couple times a week. You should head over to www.marksdailyapple.com if you are okay with trying atkins. It's a more paleo primal approach that can really make you feel better about the choices you are making (and may help you realize all that chronic cardio may be hurting your progress a bit!

I've been at this for almost 3 months and I've only lost 6.6 pounds. Give it time. I've never tried Atkins but I have a friend who did and she ended up regretting it because she ended up gaining back all the weight and then some. But since she's made the complete lifestyle change she's almost 60 pounds lighter than when she was doing Atkins. They say it takes 30 days for your body to get used to drastic changes like exercise and healthier eating, etc. So I'm going to say go back to counting your calories and give your body the 30 days to adjust. It didn't take 10 days to put on the weight so it isn't going to come off in 10 either.

I also broke up with my scale. I used to weigh myself every couple of days now I only step on the scale for the challenges I'm participating in. So once a week is my "golden ticket" and I'm TONS happier.

Let me start with this - please, PLEASE don't take this the wrong way. I mean this in a supportive way.

Okay, now...

Did you gain the weight in 10 days? If not, why are you expecting to lose it in 10 days?

You have to give it time. Whatever you're going to try, give it AT LEAST 6-8 weeks to see progress. REAL progress. Getting healthy and losing weight are not meant to be overnight changes. Give your body time to adjust to the changes.

PS - Muscle does NOT "weigh more" than fat. 1# of muscle = 1# of fat. A pound is a pound. The difference is that 1# of muscle takes up less space on your body than 1# of fat.

Therefore, track your progress by both weight lost and measurements. This way even if the pounds aren't coming off, you may see inches coming off.

Best of luck in your journey! :flowerforyou:

I have been very successful on an Atkins type eating style. I lost a lot of my weight from limiting carbs and sugar. Then I switched to being a vegetarian and maintained that loss. I then started adding back seafood and again, maintained my loss. I will note that during both of those diet transitions I was exercising daily at least once, if not two or three times. I was doing Insanity, Turbofire, training for a half marathon, and then a full marathon. So my body was using up all the carbs I was giving it as fuel.

Now I am going back to limiting my carb intake and slowly integrating more carbs into my daily eating as I see what does and doesn't work for my body. I am a HUGE fan of limiting carbs, but it is definitely only something you should try with an open mind of wanting to actually change the way you eat and not look at it as just a way to lose weight. Most of the people who fail with Atkins are those that are doing it solely to lose weight and they only do the induction phase and then quit. At that point, you never really understand your body, how it reacts to different types and amounts of carbs, etc. The purpose of Atkins is that you slowly integrate different types of carbs and slowly increase the amount of carbs you eat so you can know what carb limit your body can and cannot handle. I will say that is is NOT for everyone because not everyone will feel good at certain carb levels. I like to think I am a very active person and I am doing quite well through out the day at the low limit of 20-30g a day. But I will be increasing it as I continue to workout intensely as I do see some performance issues there.

I know carbs are my weakness so whenever I feel I am going overboard, I start there. Yes, you will probably lose weight faster with a low carb lifestyle because for every 1g of carbs your body holds onto about 3g of water with it. Counting calories is way easier, but for me, its not as fulfilling because I like FOOD! I like good tasting FOOD! And I get to have that and I feel full all day long.

Ok, this is getting long so feel free to email me if you have any questions. I started limiting carbs last week and have lost 5.2 lbs so far and 2 inches off of my midsection. But you could get those results with a calorie reduced diet of the right kinds of foods and exercise as well. But if you want to try atkins, I can surely help you out!!

my advice would be to have a little patience. you didnt put all the weight on in 10 days, so you wont get it off in that time!

i gained 12 lbs in 10 days once (holidays)

You must always give a new plan 6 weeks to see if it is working. With the amount of weight you have to lose 1lb list in 10 days is a good amount.

I don't do Atkins, but my ratios are set to 35% carbs (120g) I find this good for me for weight loss. If I go much lower weight loss stalls. Everybody is different and you haven't find what works for you. It needs to be something you can sustain long term though or else you will always be going around in circles.

What ever you decide to do, make sure you give it 6 weeks. Don't expect too much. A 1lb loss per week for you, at the weight your at would be a great result...

Zara

I just went through the same thing. It has been three weeks and I would lose two pounds then gain two pounds. I discovered that I was not drinking enough water. I thought I was staying hydrated but I guess not. One day I drank a ton of water (12 8 ounces) and then next day the two pound gain came off. I have kept it up and finally steadily losing weight. I honestly don't know if it was the water, but it seamed strange that I would lose two pounds over night then gain two pounds over night (water weight). Now that I have kept hydrated I feel great and motivated to keep going.