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Originally Posted by *Jenn*
When traveling through OWL, how do recognize a food that will stall your weight loss? Do the scales come to a grinding halt? Or is it trickier than that?
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I am guessing it varies from person to person, so what was your experience through OWL? Was it obvious when determining which foods stalled you? Or was it complicated?
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I am in OWL and have not lost much weight, but I raised carbs steadily to see how I feel (I wasn't feeling great on VLC). My weight definitely fluctuates more, which makes it impossible to sort things out. It bounces between 157.5 and a high one day of 160.
Because I have upped carbs, I feel like my body is not yet in a steady state. It would be less complicated if I was just adding food and not changing my carb level at the same time. As well I have had a UTI and some stomach trouble, which is not helping.
I am having the odd craving, and a couple of times have ALMOST cheated - I had a piece of my mom's real cheesecake on a plate last night, and at the last minute put it up and had something else.
I think this symptomatic of not eating enough fat more than a craving for sugar...
So for me, I would say OWL is a time to be patient, continue eating clean, and give my bod some time to adjust. THEN I can always cycle carbs down or eliminate certain foods after I get into a more steady state. 155 is my goal, but I could get to 150 and be a good, healthy weight at 5'9".
Otherwise, I really like the food selection in OWL, and I do feel better in terms of brain fog on the higher carb level (I am allowing myself 50 daily carbs).
So yeah for me: it's complicated.