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aztova
Sun, Jan-06-02, 19:33
Help! After three weeks of this LC lifestyle, I'm stuck and discouraged. I've been travelling for nearly a week and wonder if that might have anything to do with being stalled. I went from 176 to 171. Now I'm back at 173. I don't know what to do. I subsist on meat, cheese, eggs, salad and peanuts. Any cheating has been below 15 carbs per day, if that much. What should I do?

On another note, anyone know anything about psyllium fiber? Is it a no-no or a good thing?

Thanks for your help.

Karen
Sun, Jan-06-02, 23:54
Hi az!

I noticed in your profile that you have not read a book on Somersizing? If that is the plan you choose to follow, it would be best to start from the beginning and actually read one of her books, then start anew with a fresh outlook. There is more to LC than subsistence.

Check out 'Which Plan is Right for Me?" in the quick links at the right hand side of the page. You may find another more suitable plan.

Psyllium husks are fine if you're constipated. You don't need them if your not.

Karen

razzle
Mon, Jan-07-02, 21:10
peanuts would stall me, though I can't swear about you.

Try following a KISS plan for a couple weeks. You can have eggs, meat (but none processed, like bacon or sausages), veggies, oil and butter, and (preferrably) raw seeds like pumpkin or sunflower seeds. Absolutely zero artificial sweeteners or bars or shakes are allowed. Nothing out of a jar--if you want mayo, you make it yourself from egg yolks and oil. Cheese stalls a lot of people. If you lose on KISS, something in your diet now is stalling you...so you'd slowly add one food at a time back in (cheese for four days, then nuts for four days) and watch the scale. When your weight rebounds, you've found a food senstivity, and so get rid of the food. Bad news: it'll probably be one you hate to give up! But the good news? It's probably causing you symptoms other than weight gain that you'll be happy to see go.

Hang in there. Drink PLENTY of water. sounds like you've got a stubborn case, but it will yield to experimentation!