After reading so many post which say things like "I'm just starting my 4th week of induction" it's no wonder so many people don't know their CCLL!

I think OWL is an important preparation for this diet becomming a wol, people should discover their CCLL and enjoy the freedom this gives them.

When I was on Atkins I raised the carb levels as he recommends in the book. I lost easily on 30/day, less easily on 60, but I was still losing--albeit slowly--when I switched to BFL. On my LC version of BFL, I can go up to 100 carbs/day and still lose about 1.5 lbs per week (although it sometimes doesn't show on the scale, it always shows in my clothes).

Great thread! I am a turtle and have been from the very first week of a "clean" induction period. I never expected to be able to take in a lot of carbs. I can't go over 20. But "H" lost fast and I thought he would be able to to have a pretty high CCLL...but he also stalls out and starts to gain if he goes over 25! He is at his goal weight and I have about 17 lbs more to go. I'm really not complaining, though. We eat well, and "healthy". Hopefully, when the weather gets better and stays that way, we will be more active and be able to up the carbs.

I have always believed that the more weight a person needs to lose, the quicker it comes off. And conversely, the less a person needs to lose, the slower it comes off. So, as we lose weight and get closer to our goals the rate of loss will slow down. Anybody care to comment?

My CCLL seems to be from 20 to 25. When over 25, I don't lose.

I am not sure what my CCLL is, I was in OWL when I found out I was pregnant so jumped straight to maint. phase but I was at 60 to 75 carbs a day with no exercise at all and still losing.

Jenn

I try to hang out around 25g per day. Sometimes I go as low as 10, but then the next day I don't feel so good. I also get very cranky when I am too low. I am with "wigglers", but my wiggle room is about 22 to 27. But you gotta wiggle sometimes. ;-)

JL3563 I agree with you. My friends who only have about 15-20lbs to lose are going slowwwwwlllyyyy. They are all a bit annoyed that after 2 weeks I lost 8lbs (I regained 2 this weekend).

I am so glad I read this I thought I was the only one that lost in chunks. My loss comes in around 3 week intervals. I try to keep it at 15 to 20 so I don't run into the hidden carb problem.
Pat S.

????? Who knows!

20 or less will be mine, I bet?, I am new

But when people write 60 to 100 WOW!!!
I wonder if someone had CCL as low as 30 and with exercise and loosing the weight got a CCL of 90? How "hi" can we go once we are more healthy?

i am doing lean for life, and my ccl is around 125 after subtracting net carbs. i eat fruit at least twice a day, and also have milk and cereal.....hoping i can reach goal in the next coupla months .

Very interesting stuff!
I never could figure my CCLL out, it seems my weight comes off when it wants to (but usually not!) I have lost weight at around 100 carbs but have to be eating "lowfat" (only fats consumed are fish and leaner meats and a little olive oil) and exercising regularily (6 days week, 3 days cardio and 3 days weight training). But no matter what I do anymore I have to really watch calories or I don't lose an ounce! I'm one of those lucky ones.

My ccll is at 30. For awhile it was at 25 whenever I tried to up it to 30 it didn't work after about 6-8 weeks it went up to 30. I don't do cardio I am waiting for the doctor to tell me when I can start hopefully this week. When he does release me I plan to start using my weight again also then maybe eventually my CCLL will go up. The ones who can lose at 50 or more make me very jealous. If mine were that high I would be in hog heaven, I wouldn't know what to eat. I was thinking before this poll that I must be at the below average ccll but now I see that I am actually average and it does make me feel better. Not so deprived.