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Atkins Diet Quick Hits: How fast should I lose?
Yazar: admin September 4, 2008
In this Atkins Diet Quick Hits video deal the question “how fast did I lose the weight?” and “if you lost it slower, do you think loose skin would be less prevalent?”
I responded that I averaged about 4.3 pounds per week during much of the weight loss phase, and over 3 pounds throughout the 15 months of the diet. I advised against intentionally slowing down the diet by overeating or eating when you aren’t hungry. I do HOWEVER recommend eating above one’s Basal Metabolic Rate to avoid starvation mode and crash dieting, such as water restriction. I have read a story where the winner of the first Biggest Loser gained 35 pounds of water within 3 days after their weigh-in due to lost water weight. Eat according to the plan and ~3-5x per day, and you should be fine.
The whole point is to lose fat cells not muscle mass as much as possible. If you are worried about lost muscle mass, keep exercising and gauge your long term performance as a key indicator.
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I don’t think the …
I don’t think the OWL will necessarily affect the saggyness directly. It might help mitigate the tiredness when working out. I would encourage you to work towards that. As my exercise videos say, your body will get acclimated after a short period 2-3 weeks. That excess blood to your skin as you sweat should assist in the saggyness and regenerated the skin.
The pounds per month won’t matter in the long run — it is how the weight was lost — diet&exercise, the total amount, and age.
I’ve lost 17lb 1 …
(20yrs old) Im going to try and loose 55lb, hopefully I’ll be able to do so till christmas!
I’ve lost 17lb 1 month and I’ve already started having some sagging skin under my arms, but I have to admit that I haven’t been exercising, because since starting induction, I get tired quickly when using my crosstrainer. Now Im gonna move to OWL, because I don’t want to make my skin sag more than this, since Im too young for that.
8lb a month, do you think that’s too much?
Thanks for all your vids!
My only question …
My only question would be why? If it is because you have no desire to eat more than that amount, that is one thing. I would recommend a good multi- and keep trying to get a variety of vegetables eaten. If it is to lose quicker with the intention to raise it later, then I would suggest you are misguided.
You can certainly eat at Induction level carbs for perpetuity as long as your blood work comes back fine, and you have no additional cravings.
Thank you so much …
Thank you so much for your informative videos! My husband and I just recently started following the low carb diet. He wants to lose around 70 lbs and I need only lose about 12 lbs. I was on a similar diet a few years ago, drinking grapefruit juice with every meal and maintained a slim size 4, I am very small boned and only 5′1. My question is, how necessary is it to graduate to higher carb intake? Can we stay at 10 or so carbs per day as long as we want if feeling okay? Thank you again.
Okay, thanks. I’m …
Okay, thanks. I’m still on a low carb diet but in June I successfully increased my carb intake from below 5g to 200g, although I usually only have a little over 100g everyday. I still do plan to get off of this diet when I reach 180. I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to do it but I plan on doing it nonetheless. But anyway, thanks for clearing this up for me.
Congrats on your …
Congrats on your weight loss so far…
Are you still on Atkins? Last time we spoke, you had wanted to get off Atkins and wanted to increase your carbs to over 100g. As to the amount lost, I would like to point out you are still losing 1.5 pounds per week. While this is not 7 pounds per week you had been, but you are still losing. Weight loss is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. Occassionally the body will take a period of adjustment and hold on to weight longer.
I’ve been on a low …
I’ve been on a low carb diet since March and just last week I hit my 45lb mark of 210lbs, but since then I have been losing weight very slowly. From when I was losing 1lb a day I am now only losing .2lbs a day. I find this very frustrating and I’m unsure if this is a stall or if my body is trying to maintain my weight. I have been eating the same foods and doing the same exercise so I am very confused about why this is happening.
IMO it’s very …
IMO it’s very possible to lose weight fast and still be healthy if you have a lot to lose. When I started, based on my height, weight, and age, my BMR - just the basic metabolic stuff - required 3600 calories to maintain my weight! Since I was now eating about 2000 calories per day, I lost really fast. The exercise helped too.
The idea is to train yourself to eat until you are full, and eat the right stuff. I was definitely not starving at 2000 calories, and the weight was still flying off.
Great info. Thank …
Great info. Thank you!
My meals are pretty …
My meals are pretty varied, and are mostly centered around how to integrate meat of some sort with a veggie. I use a fair portion of cream, butter, and cheese (still within daily limits) in my meals. I am constantly amazed at the variety of foods I can make or new takes on old dishes. Most of these taste actually better than the things I used to make, and LOTS better than the processed foods I used to buy.
Yes, there are …
Yes, there are supplements to help the sweet tooth — chromium picolinate is the most famous one. L-Glutamine can also help - watch my supplement video to get all my supplement views.
No, on the slip off the wagon, but at maintenance my wagon is lower to the ground than Induction. I still don’t go off even on days like today where I was in a tech seminar and the only provided meal was Turkey sandwich, chips, pickle, and a cookie. I ate the turkey off the sandwich and called it a meal.
I am as strict …
I am as strict within my particular phase as I was when I started, but that doesn’t mean I still eat below 20g each day. My daily limit now is closer 40g per day. What do I eat now?
Breakfast is usually a stirfry with sausage,peppers,onions or breakfast sausage or bf quiche with broccoli. Lunch is usually salad with chicken or roast beef or bunless cheeseburgers. Supper is probably the most varied meal - last night I had lc pancakes, before that steak, before that bbq chicken pizza.
Can you describe …
Can you describe your typical food day. What do you eat now? Are you as strict with your carbs as you were when you started? I am very much motivated to start the program each day but each day I fail because I am constantly craving sweets. Are there any suppliments to curb my sweet tooth? Let us know what are you eating now and do you ever slip of the wagon?
I think potential …
I think potential of big weight loss demonstrates the need for exercise (particularly resistance training) and adequate protein / fats to rebuild afterward. If you are actively using your muscles and fueling to repair the micro-tears, the chances of muscle lost are much reduced.
I keep saying does it really matter how fast you lose if you are developing a long term eating pattern. Does someone who loses it quick more or less likely to keep it off? Nope, it just means got their first.
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I really don’t …
I really don’t think it’s healthy to lose over 2 pounds per week unless (like you) you had so much to lose that it’s possible to lose more than that in a healthy way. I never lost more than 2 pounds week except for the first month when I was losing water weight as well as fat. But really, for the average dieter (especially woman) losing more than two lbs. a week will mean that they are losing muscle along with the fat.
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(cont.) Once your …
(cont.) Once your routine has featured ice cream every night or have partaken of donut friday in months, it becomes a lot easier to say no. The main thing is you need to set the standard or habit that no is your answer.
To be honest, there are times when no isn’t that easy. Sometimes it sucks. Sometimes you may have to go hungry because you didn’t plan as well as you should have. (been there done that– meetings or get-togethers) Please watch my temptation video where I deal this question.
Yes and no. There …
Yes and no. There were definitely times where the cravings for certain treats were more front of mind than others. As for what to do, there are often times lots of substitutes for these past treats. For example, ice cream has a good substitute in ziplock ice cream (google it, it’s amazing how good it is). Another option is to distract it with a different food, such as a really nice ribeye, or treat, like cheesecake.
For the most parts, daily life wasn’t about the cravings. (to be cont.)
The word diet is …
The word diet is misused or misthought of by most people. For example, a Vegan diet or herbivore diet is indeed lifestyle, but it is only when it gets attached to popular culture that it gets perverted into something temporary or short term. I don’t know any way around it. Yes, I could and do call it a lifestyle, but I think it goes beyond that as that implies choice where I think part of it is rooted in genetics.
I’ve been listening …
I’ve been listening to your video’s on a daily basis and the question that I have…During your 2 year weightloss did you ever experience craving for ice-cream,cookies, and other things you shouldn’t be eating on ATKINS. If yes, what did you do? How did you overcome these cravings? did you ever go and indulge? How did you loose all that weight without craving sweets? I am constantly struggling with cravings. Whenever I start the diet in about 3 or 4 days I start to crave sweets. What do I do?
thanks,, great …
thanks,, great information!
why do you …
why do you constantly say the “word diet” diet usually means temporarily. Why dont you every say that its a lifestyle and encourage poeple that its more of a lifestyle not a diet
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