Ok all last week I was getting up at 5:15am during the week to exercise before work… anyway this morning I just couldn’t get up if my life depended on it.
Anyone else have issues getting up early the first few days into daylight savings? Or is it just me… lol
Let me start by saying I realize intellectually that stalls happen; I’m just needing a bit of support and possibly some input in case someone else sees something I don’t.
Started on Valentine’s day, lost 10 pounds in 7 days. (I know, what more can one ask for?) Unfortunately, I’ve gotten addicted to seeing the scale dip, and it’s remained constant for 3 days now. Previously, my body has seemed to have a "set point" at 292 for years, fluctuating by a couple of pounds only. For about 3 months, I’ve been watching what I eat a little better and got down to 286. Here’s some other background info:
I am male, 6′2", pretty muscular but carrying around what I think to be at least 50 lbs. of fat I could get rid of to reach good muscle definition. I work out 5 days a week (not new). Workout is usually 20 min. cardio (walking/running) followed by 30+ min. of fairly intensive weightlifting, rotating between chest&triceps/back&biceps/legs/shoulders&neck on alternate days. At most, each body part gets a workout 2 days a week; intense lifting (warmup set plus 3 sets of 8-10 reps, to failure on each set with the heaviest weight I can achieve those reps with, usually 4 exercises per body part for a total of 12 sets). Having done this for quite a while, I would seriously doubt that any slowdown in loss has anything to do with simultaneous increase in muscle mass.
Now, for what you want to hear: food. I’ve been sticking to induction. As a vegetarian, it has been a little modified, but still well within the rules. Here’s today’s menu, which is pretty typical (in fact, identical to yesterday):
7 am: Atkins vanilla shake plus coffee with Splenda (2g net carbs total)
8 am: 2 eggs, scrambled in butter (1.2g)
11am: Atkins vanilla shake pre-workout (1g)
1pm: Subway salad (lettuce, spinach, olive, cucumber) with veggie max patty, oil/vinegar (12g total for all, checked on Subway website)
3pm: 2 eggs, scrambled in butter (1.2g)
7pm: 2 mozzarella cheese sticks (0.5g ea = 1g)
9pm: 1 Morningstar farms veggie sausage patty (2g)
As you can see, this works out to 20.4g, even with me counting the Splenda packet as 1g, and the 0.5g each in the mozzarella cheese sticks. I purposely stuck the highest carb meal (12g, mostly vegetables) right after the workout because in the past it was a 60+g carb veggie sub post-workout to replenish me a tad.
The good side: honestly, I could eat this way every day, with maybe adding a big spinach/broccoli/green pepper salad and another protein shake once I’m on O.W.L. Zero cravings for anything except maybe another salad. Besides, I’ve been losing on it so far.
The bad side: a 3-day stall, when I am already used to already drinking 120 oz. of water a day, working out this exact regimen, not likely to be gaining much muscle mass at this point, etc… I mean, literally, my scale has varied by 2/10 of a pound for 3 days (same time of day).
Thoughts?
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In my early 20s, wanting to lose about 20 pounds…pen pal anyone??
Hello
I just started atkinds today and am looking for some people with similar goals. I’m 140 now looking to get to 115 by June…Bikini Weather! So 25 pounds in just under 3 months.
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hi everyone…im 22 yrs old…live in indiana and just had a baby girl in september ….i have been on the diet for 2 months and lost 20 pounds but know its coming off quite slowly…im just looking for some atkins goers round my age to talk to and make friends with….good luck everyone !!!