I started the Atkins diet on December 15 after a long talk with my doctor who said she would like to see my loose about 20 pounds. I would like to loose 30 pounds so we agreed on 25 and of course anything in between those numbers are okay too. I also want to run a half marathon this year and hopefully a full marathon next year. I went from not running at all to being able to run a 5K (baby steps). I know if I were to loose some weight it would help my running.
I did the Atkins diet a long time ago with my sister. I never really looked into the diet just did what she told me to do - we made our meals together so I just followed her. At that point in my life I needed to loose maybe 10 pounds (those DARN last 10 pounds). I did the Atkins induction phase for about 3 weeks - then quit and went FULL ON carb. I ended up gaining 35 pounds. It was horrible. I managed to loose the weight little by little. I also ended up having two babies in the last two years but my weight hasn't gone up but I still have about 25 pounds to loose to get myself where I need to be which is healthy.
So I started to do the induction phase on 12/15 and within the first week I lost over 5 pounds. Now this week I noticed that I haven't lost much at all. I will note that while I am at work I am able to bring my meals and snacks and I am pretty good about eating what I bring. With the holidays last week I took days off and being at home with a 1 year old and two year old I am not eating as much and I am not drinking as much water so that might have something to do with it.
If there are any suggestions or advice you have that can help along this phase I would really appreciate it. I plan on being in the induction phase for about 4 weeks total then moving onto the OWL phase.
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