everyone’s different…
Dear notelling;
You are really lucky that you didn’t gain weight when you went off
Atkins for the week. If I even think about “cheating” and eating
more carbs, I stall… I spent my teen-age and early twenties going
on and off of very strict diets. I think that’s how I messed my
metabolism up. But when I was younger, before I started showing
signs of hypothyroidism, I could lose weight very easily. I abused
my body alternately starving it and feeding it junk food and crap.
Now I will have to spend the rest of my life guarding my health ver
carefully.
But everyone is different. Some can get away with not drinking all
of their water, taking the minimum vitamins or none at all, even not
exercising. I have to do all of this every day. And even when I do
all of this faithfully, I still have days where I see no progress.
I’ve actually gained weight a couple of times since I started.
I think you should develop whatever kind of lifestyle you think is
reasonable to live with based on the information that you have. And
then I think you should live by it faithfully, and not treat it like
a diet. I don’t think that it’s good to try to play the game of
seeing what you can “get away with.” If you’re constantly
fantasizing about cheating your food plan, you can never learn to
enjoy it. It is more like a punishment than a way of life. And
that’s not a fun way to live.
Again, congrats on your fabulous metabolism. I wish you well.
S=)
May 27th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Good Morning Fellow Atkinites … and Happy Valentine’s Day!
I averaged a little over 700 calories a day, with the last 3 days ranging
Just checking in this morning to see how everyone is doing. I haven’t been
responding very well to questions last week … sorry. It has been a very
tough week for me, emotionally, and I’ve had to focus all of my energy on
just functioning, KWIM?
On the good side, I have lost 3 1/2 pounds last week, which makes it a total
of 6 this month (my challenge goal was to beat 7 by the end of Feb, so I
feel pretty good about that). I am 8 away from my first mini-goal that I
set of losing 21 pounds by Spring Break … I have exactly 4 weeks to see
that happen.
Before anyone gets too excited and starts asking me for the magic secret,
let me just say, that I have broken all the rules that I have so vigorously
defended. So, don’t do as I do, do as I say.
between 400 and 780. Like I said, I have been in extreme emotional stress,
and every bit of food that I forced in my mouth was an effort. I DID try to
keep my water intake up, cut out my treadmill walking (I was afraid of
passing out) and tried to choke down my supplements when I could. To top it
off, I have *always* had a very nervous stomach, so anything that I ate
gurgled all the way through my system and exited quickly. I also have been
eating as much coconut oil as I could to keep my metabolism up (maybe a
teaspoon a day, in solid form, pea-sized chunk every few hours). [I am
experimenting with virgin cold-pressed coconut oil, and going VERY slowly.]
I had to cycle down on my thyroid meds, and the last time I did I gained 3.5
pounds while staying 100% on plan. I cannot say if it was the oil, the
starvation-level calorie count, or a combination which stopped that from
happening, so I cannot endorse or credit the coconut for that loss as of
yet.
I DO think that eating tuna with mayo every day for lunch (when I could)
helped a BUNCH … that mayo seems to act like a fat-melter in my body. I
highly recommend that anyone stalled try eating that for a week for lunch
(or as often as you can stand) and see if that gets you going. Today I am
wearing jeans that I haven’t worn in over a year and a half, and they sag in
the butt and are lose in the waist. Also a shirt that I have not dared to
wear in just as long, and it’s fitting the way shirts are *supposed* to fit.
Through this difficult week, I have found consolation in the fact that,
though there are many things we can NOT control in life, we ABSOLUTELY CAN
control what we put in our mouths. I am clinging to that now, like a
lifeline.
So, if you don’t mind, please send good thoughts, or if you are inclined,
prayers for me in my direction. I need them bad. You never know how you
touch people in your life, and I just want you all to know that you have all
touched me in a very special way, especially the ones with whom I correspond
off-group. Keep the faith — I know that *I* am — and together we will
make this journey and reach goal together. Hugs to you all, Kristina