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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I forgot to post an update (as if anybody cares)

Last Wednesday (Nov. 2) was the 2 week mark from beginning the low carb diet. While unfortunately, I did not have an accurate measurement from the beginning, I know I was somewhere in the 265-270 range. On November 2, I weighed 248. Needless to say, I was excited. I figure at this rate, by the end of February, I should be down to 85 pounds.

Actually, I have been wondering how it's been going.

That's awesome Kevy! You must feel great about that much weight loss! Now that you've been on induction for two weeks, it's time to move on to maintenance. The Atkin's book warns about the temptation to stay on induction. That can be very damaging to your health. Your body needs carbs to function. So time to start adding in some healthy carbs and watch the weight loss slow down a bit to a healthy pace.

I did my diet pretty faithfully for a week and lost eight pounds. Unfortunately, then I discovered that I had really not grocery shopped properly to sustain that kind of eating for two weeks. So for the last week I've tried to stick to the plan as much as possible, but it ended up only being about halfway.

I've kept six of the pounds off (some of that is water weight from eating so much veggies and protein anyways) and am starting fresh today. I've planned out every meal and snack and only shopped for a week at a time. It took me several hours to plan. I'm finding this to be more difficult than when I was on Atkins/South Beach because you count carbs, protein, and veggies. I feel better though because on the other diets I felt very bogged down by all that meat. Now if I can just fit in some exercise...