I have been on Atkins for 4 months and am really pleased with my progress. However, I am struggling to follow the diet now as I have been diagnosed as lactose intolerant. I have switched to the GI diet plan but I don't want to put on any weight. For the past week I have been eating porridge for breakfast with soya milk, salad and chicken for lunch and veggies and meat with brown rice for dinner. However, I have put on weight. Will this come off again as my body readjusts or do I need to lower my carb intake? My mum is very unsupportive so I really need to adopt a style of eating that she sees as more "normal" . I'm sure some of you must have switched plans like this so any advice would be much appreciated.

There are lot's of Q and A's here. Check it out . We have a gi thread going under semi low carb plans if you wanna join us!

http://www.gidiet.com/en-us/faq.php

I have read that when you switch, you do gain a couple of pounds of water weight that comes off in a short period of time.

thing is it's not coming off!

Do you feel any heavier, do your clothes fit any differently?

When you eat more carbs you're going to be carrying around more water to store them. However, if you go low-carb again it'll go away in a very short time, like 2-3 days.

so do i basically have to go back on atkins to maintain my weight?