The first week or two of any diet, especially low carb, you will lose a lot of water. After that, your weight loss will slow down and it often seems to decrease in lurches. My weight loss is set at .4 lbs a week. This can mean I lose nothing, gain a little or suddenly lose a pound or even two. With women, cycle and water retention can affect weekly weigh ins. I can't see your diary but I wouldn't stress too much. Also, if you have started exercising you may be converting lbs of fat to lbs of toned muscle. If you have started an exercise program you should measure yourself. I have only lost about 2.5 lbs in the last 5 weeks but I lost about 7 inches.

Ok, peeked at your food diary for the last few days and a few things jumped right out at me.

1st, in my opinion, drop the Atkins bars. They may be low carb but they are notorious for causing a stall.

Also your sodium intake looks on the very high side. I'm sodium sensitive (fingers swell up just looking at the salt shaker) and I do my best to stay as low as I can. Most of the sodium issues seem to be coming from the sausages you're eating and possible the prepackaged chicken breast. I know finding time to cook from scratch is rough, but the whole key to Low Carb is planning, planning and more planning. Buy a large pack of chicken, cook them all at one time and use for several meals in the upcomming days.

What ever you do, make sure you are drinking plenty of water (helps with the sodium) and geting plenty of fiber (helps flush fat and keep you regular :noway: )

Each of us has to tweek our diets to fit our needs and I'm not an expert by any stretch, but this is my second time on Atkins and now it's a true lifestyle for me. I hope I can shed some light and help you out !!!

Start measuring. Lot of people loose some inches even when the scale doesn't budge. Many low carb grocery items like low carb tortillas aren't the best step for people when they first start, or baking mix etc. And many of the items like bars where the claim is you can just deduct the sugar alcohols don't work like that for everyone.

Your diary looks much better, with healthy carbs and yes, the fibre is deducted. But i wouldn't deduct the fibre in the atkins bar, just the vegie/salad fibre counts. Those are treats and if we kept eating them we would always be - carbs cause the fibre is added to the bar. The atkins bar I like is 2 carb but 6 fibre. Equals -4 carbs everytime i have one. See what Im saying? Lol, I can eat bread if I eat 6 bars..... but seriously, take out the 'real' fiber and all should be ok

I have been doing low carb for 6 months now. I have had great success with it. I eat 1200 calories a day (goal).
I have had good weeks and bad weeks and some where nothing seemed to happen.
You have made some drastic changes in your eating and I hope exercise plan as well, your body will adjust and change according to its own quirks. Don’t compare yourself with others, find out what works for you. No two people lose the same.
In looking at your diary I will say to properly do a low carb diet you need to eat small meals every 2 hours, and I agree with a previous poster that your sodium could be high and that could be water weight.
Also low carb means LOW fiber as well so, it may not be fat that isn’t allowing the scale to move. Make sure you get LOTS of water to keep things moving so you can void properly. Like I said it’s a huge life change but just keep going, I hit mini plateaus on occasion and just keep going, the weight loss starts up again. I noticed inches WAY more than pounds coming off..
If you like send me a message and I can add you so you can see what has worked for me : )
Good luck

I actually did really well the first few weeks on Atkins, then I just stalled. I figured out that I needed to add more complex carbs to my diet. So I added whole wheat low carb wraps, low carb whole grain bread and brown rice and noticed that my weight loss took off again. Also are you following any sort of workout program. Sorry if you've already answered this, but I find that if I work out, of course the scale starts to move again. My problem is I'm so out of shape that any workout I do puts me out for a couple of days due to pain. I am making sure I get plenty of water and I also add protein to my oatmeal in the a.m. and have a protein shake after my workout. Oh well, hopefully it won't be such a big pain and I mean that literally, lol.

I havent looked at your diary but I know for me personally if I dont get enough protein (which is true for me lately), I will not see a loss each week. I stick pretty close to my calorie allowance for the day (1550). When I exercise heavily, I eat back enough cals to put me at 1200 calories - AT LEAST. Even if I am not super hungry, I try to get at least 1200 calories but I am usually very close to my allowance. I am only allowed 50 net carbs per day (Dr. orders due to medical issues) and the types of carbs do matter. When I eat more veggies and grains (flax meal - gotta love it), the weight comes off faster. When I eat carbs in the form of lots of fruit (it's still sugar) and Atkins bars and other stuff, the weight loss stalls out. I NEVER hit my protein goal, I think I would have to eat about 4 lbs of meat per day to do that but I do try to get up around 100g. I drink ALOT of water, even though I dont log it.
As far as the atkins bars - I LOVE some of them and I do eat them quite a bit but they are hard on my stomach and I end up feeling bloated after eating them. Even though they are "diet" food, they are still packed with a lot of processed junk. I know its hard to eat on the go - I do it a lot and its a pain in the butt sometimes. I eat a lot of yogurt (there are low carb varieties), almonds, blackberries are a favorite, cheese sticks or squares. I have had to learn to be patient because like others in this post, my losses come in waves. The scale wont move for two weeks then all of a sudden I will have a 4lb loss in one week. BE PATIENT and stick with it! The advice others have given you is wonderful - watch your sodium, take TOM into consideration, DONT eat too few calories, exercise, EXERCISE, and dont put too much stock in the scale (this is difficult for me), take your measurements, and STICK WITH IT!!! Good luck! You can do it.