Hi everyone. I'm sure someone here can help. You all are the most well read on lcing anywhere on the net. O.k, Now, assuming the diet is working well, and i'm losing like I should, what happens during OWL? I mean, Atkins tells us to add 5 carbs at a time, and then stop when you stop losing. Ok, I understand that. But, I only will weigh myself once a week. Can I assume that if the ketostix are still purple that I am still losing? or can they still turn purple and I not lose or even worse gain? I would hate to go a whole week turning purple and thinking everything is just hunky, and then find out I gained.
Any thoughts?

Thanks,
cimart

Why not go slowly into OWL?

Increase to 25 carbs a day for two weeks. If no gain, then go to 30 carbs a day for two weeks. Keep increasing until you find that magic little number where you stop losing. Then you can back down to lesser carbs to continue losing.

I know everyone is different, but Atkins suggests that ON MAINTENANCE you should stay bw 40 to 60 carbs a day and that's with average meabolic resistance (page 251). I'm on my last few pounds so I try to stay under 40, but the choice is yours. Protein Power suggests on their OWL to stay under thirty, which is what I stayed at for about two months (after induction). I definitely agree you should slowly increase the carb intake.

Good Luck,
Erin