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Old Sat, Aug-22-20, 16:53
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Plan: Atkins NDR (2002)
Stats: 270.2/236/165 Female 5ft
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Progress: 33%
Location: UK
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You could be in ketosis and not have the noticeable "keto breath" or register on the ketostix. Has your appetite dropped? Have you felt the weird switch over from sluggish, headache riddled "keto-flu" to having more energy and mental clarity? You say you've lost a few pounds, but sometimes ketosis can see you lose the initial bunch of pounds via water-weight, then really slow down for a while before you get a bit of a "whoosh" loss.

I can see from your macro stats that you are keeping your fat percentage high and your protein low, with carbs at the lowest percentage. But how do those percentages break down in terms of actual numbers? How many carbs a day are you consuming? Is your overall food intake still very high in calories? Are you consuming so much protein that some of it is converting to glycogen?

Even if you're taking in 20 carbs a day or fewer and your protein isn't excessive, human bodies are annoyingly idiosyncratic in the way they operate. Any number of things could be causing a slow weight loss. Meds, health problems, stress, age, low carb products with ingredients like sugar-alcohols that you're more sensitive to, which pull you out of ketosis. Plus our bodies really don't want to give up their fat stores!

If you're keeping to your plan, keep on keeping on! We all want those big losses and expect to see them early on. But sometimes we just need to have patience, not jump on the scale every day and give it time. This is a long-term WOE. There will be many slips, stalls, highs, loss and tinkering ended to find out what works for you and what will eventually be your maintenance diet. Re-read all the info pertaining to your plan of choice, stick to it and give it the good old 'college try' before worrying that something isn't right or working properly.

Good luck!

Blue
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