Mon, Nov-15-10, 02:26
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Atkins induction after weanning the baby - no success so far
Hi all
I am a mum to a 18 mo and have just started atkins induction. Atkins used to do wonders with my weight loss, especially the induction phase. However, this time around that's not the case. It's been 5 days now that I started it and there was virtually no weight loss so far. I know there are people whose bodies follow that jumpy pattern of not losing any weight at the beginning and then losing tremendous amounts later on, but I am not that case. I rather lose a lot at the beginning, then plateau for a while, than lose again and so on. So I am surprised to see that my weight is stuck at the same place for 5 days. Also, I am experiencing diarrhea every day since staring induction (this is due to metabolism of fat and I expect it to stop after a week or so). If anything, this should have contributed to my weight loss at least in some tiny amounts due to water release from the body. But nothing!
One thing does come to my mind as a possible explanation for this. I just stopped breastfeeding and my body is still producing some milk. Since that milk is not consumed by the baby my own body needs to break it down and resorb it as the milk can't sit there forever. So, my body actually consumes some of that milk and even though I am sticking to the induction rules to a tee I still end up taking some carbs with that milk which hinders the weight loss. Does this make any sense to you? Is there any article or any other source that addresses this issue?
Is there anyone else who started induction just after complete weaning and what kind of experience did you have?
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