HELP!! What am I doing wrong?
Well, this is the beginning of week 8. I am very discouraged, I need help.
I am nearly 100 pounds overweight, I have diabetes (oral meds), high blood pressure (oral meds), an under active thyroid (oral meds)...and on and on.
I have been on the Atkins diet for 7+ weeks, have lost only 12 pounds (on a good day). Have followed the diet religeously, inches have changed, but now have slowed.
AVERAGE DAY: Today
Breakfast: 2 eggs (poached with butter)
Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast, with 1/2 cup saute'd onion/green pepper and mushrooms and 3 slices of swiss cheese melted on top. A small cucumber, plain with some salt.
Dinner: 6 oz boneless pork chop (grilled), a medium dinner salad, with lettuce, romaine, two or three slivers of red sweet pepper, about 6 cherry tomatoes 1/2 small cucumber with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.
Late snack: I'm munching on some deli oven roasted turkey breast.
This has been my general routine for nearly 8 weeks, why isn't the weight dropping. Why have I never achieved Ketosis. Some days I have much more 'fat' than this particular day, ei: bacon, chunk cheese, deviled eggs...but very little carbs, generally less than 30 grams.
PLEASE SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME TIPS, ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING. The only really positive thing out of this diet, is my blood sugars are WONDERFUL !
Thanks, everyone and anyone...BH
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