Stuck!!!!!!!!!!!.

[CARMEL W]

:wiggle: hi,I found this site last night and I am realy desperate as I have been on ATKINS for 5 weeks now and yet I have only lost 9lbs!.I also logged on to FITDAY.com.and got a fright because in it,s gram counter it gives suger free jelly as having 172 carbs per cup and as I have a bowel of it every morning for breakfest with 4 strawberries and 2tbl of cream,I am worried that this is the cause of my not loseing weight.Anyone from Ireland will know the brand "birds suger-free jelly" on the pack it says carbs11.5 per100g and per serving-.4g.So you can see why I am so worried!,in every other respect I seem to be following the diet to the letter.

[irene1703]

Hi There

I think having lost 9lb is very good. When I first started Atkins along with some friends, they all lost big for the first few weeks whilst I only lost 1 or 2lb per week. I was so disheartened and was going to stop. It was then I realised how much healthier I felt (heartburn totally gone) and I decided to keep going. Having been on it for some 6 months now (with a few cheats along the way) I am 2 stones lighter. I am really, really chuffed with this because never have I had such a success whilst not suffering and going without.

I notice this post was in November so hopefully you have had some more success since posting. This forum is ideal too for getting help and support.

I wish you well

[Kelly_L]

Hi Carmel W

I've been meaning to send you a note but I see you still don't have a journal, so I guess I'll try to catch you from this post. You were looking for carb counts on items and I would recommend going to the top of this page to the orange bar and use the low carb tools. There is a place where you can enter in the stats of food and it will give you the true carb count, that’s if the manufacturer have it listed. Not sure what it like in Ireland but in Canada we are fortunate that almost everything has nutritional labels.

Also you asked in another post how Imber could have lost so much weight in such a short time, well he’s a guy and they make it look disgustingly easy so don’t try to compare yourself with their progress.

And 19 pounds gone is fantastic. Until my stall I was averaging about 1.5 pounds a week and I feel the slower it takes to come off the less likely I’ll gain it back.

Good luck to you.

Kelly

[CARMEL W]

kelly l,thanks for the encouragement.Yes I know men seem to be able to lose their weight soooooo much faster then us,a mans world or what?,and I have given up on the "quick fix"idea and am quite pleased with my results thus far.This new year I feel so much more positive about myself and what I can lose in my weight.

[Dumbletore]

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