Atkins Pre Maintenance Phase

http://www.content4reprint.com/fitn...nance-phase.htm

Hope this helps!

I'm a bit confused by this article. In the beginning it states that in premaintenance you add 10 g of carbs per week. However, later in the article, it says you add 10 g per day. Is it 10 g per week or per day??

I'm actually at this pre-maintenance phase now, for the first time ever, and I'm struggling a bit trying figure it how to eat best for my body. I think I'm metabolically resistant. If I increase my carbs above 20 g per day, I don't lose weight. Recently, I've added one 5.5 oz can of tomato juice every day, and it stopped my weight loss. [aside: I was sick on saturday and had a very high carb day, but this is an unusual situation, and I gained 4 pounds as weighed in today for that little error.] If the tomato juice appears to have stopped my weight loss for the past month, does that mean I shouldn't drink it, or just that my weight loss may be slowed down a lot? Why do I need to keep my carb intake so low?

I highly doubt it is the 5.5 ozs of tomato juice.
Sorry but you will need to tell us all the food that you eat so that a real determination can be made. It is supposed to be 5 carbs a week....and is best done by following the OWL carb ladder. Although, many don't follow it exactly and do fine.
Are you also paying attention to your total calories? At your current weight, your total calories will play a big role in your bodies ability to lose the last 10 lbs.
What other carbs (other than veggies)have you been eating? How much cheese? how much nuts? How high is yout total fat?

Judy,

Thanks for answering. Below I've listed a typical menu (doesn't vary too much from this).

Pre-breakfast: 2 12 oz cups of coffee with sweet and low (half a pack) and a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with about a teaspoon of diced onion and 1/4 broccoli and about 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese. Salt and pepper added. This is when I usually have the tomato juice. Most days I also have bacon with breakfast (5 slices of oscar meyer). Sometimes I'll put some chicken breast in with the eggs.

Lunch: chicken breast, usually. If I don't have chicken breast, I will occasionally go out for a cobb salad (once a month or so), or I will bring in hamburger.

Snack: 1/4 cup almonds, roasted. Sometimes I'll add about 1 oz of cheddar cheese with this snack.

Midday: coffee prepared same as in the morning.

Dinner: hamburger patty with a side of zucchini and tomatoes sauteed in olive oil with chopped garlic (includes one small zucchini and one small tomato).

Snack in the evening: varies. sometimes nothing, sometimes some almonds. last night it was 1/2 cup cottage cheese.

Variations include the meat at dinner (chicken or hamburger or shrimp sauteed in the veggies). I almost always eat zucchini and tomatoes, sometimes with 1/2 cup of broccoli added.

Beverages throughout the day: water all day long. coffee in morning and in the afternoon. With dinner I will usually drink iced tea (brewed myself) with a pack of sweet and low.

The tomatoes I eat these days have slowly been added back to my diet as I've lost weight.

Is there anything glaring that could be slowing me down? I'm not even eating Atkins bars anymore (it's been a long time).

Yes, a couple of things actually.

1- keep your total cheese intake to a total of 2 ozs daily....too much cheese will up your calories and your salt too high.
2- keep yout nut intake to 1 oz total daily
3- 5 slices of bacon? keep that to 2 slices and up your veggies.

IMO, you would do well to knock out all cheese and nuts for 2 weeks to break this stall. Then add them back in much smaller quantities. At your current weight, yout total calories will play a big roll in your bodies ability to lose.
Enter a couople of days into MYPLAN or Fitday to see where you are.

Great - thanks Judy. I'll give it a try.