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Posted by: cyn_texas on 2010-02-13, 05:22:34
Hard to tell given so little info. You don't mention your height weight & if you need to lose any weight or if you had been dieting. Make sure you don't use any of the Atkins (or any other brand) bars or shakes. Make sure your fat ratio is greater than 65% of total calories. Make sure your total calories are more than adequate. Eliminate any fake foods or drinks - apparently citric acid will stop ketosis also. I would suggest 3 days of no carbs & increase carbs by 5 grams every 3 days til you reach 30 carbs. Increasing your fat ratio to 80% may also be helpful. A week is not soon enough to worry but most people lose water weight if they are going from a high carb diet to a low carb diet. If you have been doing low carb & just dropped your carbs, then no weight loss wouldn't be surprising. There is no reason to ever go off a low carb way of eating, you slowly re introduce carbs to your way of eating and as long as you don't exceed 9grams of carbs an hour (144 carbs a day) you won't trigger insulin (the fat storage hormone) no matter the calories. Most of us do low carb most of the time & if we cheat & slip back into low carb the next day. I still cheat with sugar occasionally. It's just not a regular part of my life (as it was preAtkins, 6 years ago, when I felt it controlled me & I had no control) You can also cheat easier than someone in glycolysis. IF you trigger insulin, all those carbs that would go to fat cells on someone in glycolysis instead fill up the empty glycogen stores & go to muscles for burning instead of fat cells. Which would slow weight loss but if you're in maintenance, weight loss is not a concern. (neat little bonus package) Some folks with massive amounts of weight to lose, do weight loss, maintenance & back to weight loss mode - gives them a cheat period without blowing anything. The rungs to reintroduction of carbs in 5 gram units - all available to very active people in as little as 11 weeks. Make sure you do them in order & you can skip a rung if you do not intend to include it in your permanent way of eating, such as the alcohol rung.: * (minimum week 3 - maximum 25grams day) Acceptable vegetables, larger quantities * (minimum week 4 - maximum 30grams day) Add 5grams Fresh cheese * (minimum week 5 - maximum 35grams day) Add 5grams Nuts and seeds * (minimum week 6 - maximum 40grams day) Add 5grams Berries * (minimum week 7 - maximum 45grams day) Alcohol can be added if desired * (minimum week 8 - maximum 50grams day) Add 5grams Legumes * (minimum week 9 - maximum 55grams day) Add 5grams Other fruits * (minimum week10 - maximum 60grams day) Add 5grams Starchy vegetables * (minimum week11 - maximum 65grams day) Add 5grams Whole grains If you are continuing to lose or maintain (whichever is goal) in week 12 and beyond, you continue to add 5grams a day per week til you reach your personal carb level. Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. (Isn't insanity defined as doing the exact same thing, in the exact same way and expecting different results??) Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health. You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don't eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you'll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace. Your body won't release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow your metabolism to compensate and store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering your calories, it will continue lowering that set point, til you can survive off nothing and store fat on anything. The body will only release it's fat stores if it knows there is plenty of food. Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) and exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat. The core of the Atkins program is converting your body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). You need to keep your fat levels at >65% of your calories, if you don't your body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis). Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin, the fat storage hormone. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger and unbalance other hormones. Controlling your ins |
