Hey Gang!
Just wanted to share something that busted me out of a 6 week stall!!!
I had been doing the right things...weight training at least 2x/wk, cardio at least 2 or 3x/wk, careful with my carbs (although not completely strict, more like I would eat too many veggies or a few too many LC tortillas) and I had not lost weight OR inches in a long time. I was COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED and at the point where I just thought that it was impossible for me to lose anymore weight! I was hovering around the same 5 pounds and I kept thinking "if I step on this scale ONE MORE TIME and see 270, someone's gonna get hurt!"
I started searching the internet for tricks to break LC stalls and I came across another forum where people were RAVING about the success that they had with a certain method. Basically, it goes right along with the Fat Fast that Dr. Atkins recommends except it's stricter. It's an "Egg Fast"! All you eat are eggs. You can mix the eggs with fats like butter, bacon grease, mayo etc. but NO other foods. No cheese, meat, veggies etc. JUST eggs.
I have found many benefits to doing this. 1- heavy ketosis immediately 2- The decreased appetite associated w/ ketosis 3- All cravings for sugar and carbs completely gone allowing me to think clearly about my food choices.
It just allows you to start FRESH! I did the egg fast for a total of 3 days last week and I lost FOUR pounds!!! YEEAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
I mostly ate egg salad, scrambled eggs and fried but I'm sure more creative minds could come up with something better!
Oh yeah, the only downsides that I experienced was that it DID make my tummy hurt a little bit. Nothing extreme just a little gassy.
If anyone tries this let me know your results!