Thread: Getting Discouraged!

Don't let this discourage you. 7 pounds is absolutely water-weight unless you've eaten 7 pounds of butter in the past 2 days. Yes, drop the slim fast bars like they're on fire. HAve you been eating anything really salty? Pickles? Ham? etc. The tortillas are a YMMV thing, so drop them and see if you can introduce them later during OWL. And speaking of OWL, you can redo induction, if you wish but after the 2 weeks start increasing net carbs each week by 5 as recommended.

Hmmmmm, sounds to me like youve tested and now you know what you cant do. That is what this WOE is all about. Figuring your body out and what will work for it and what wont. Congratulations on a huge milestone, figuring out what works for you and what wont and acknowledging what your body will tolerate and wont. As Rob says, it could be that your body is not ready for that stuff right now.

I agree with Rob that it is likely water weight. Rather than adding in LC products you should be increasing the amount of legal veggies you eat at this point. You can not go wrong with vegetables.

Also make sure you are drinking enough water. You should try to drink half your body weight in ounces of water everyday. Beleve me it makes a difference.

You have done great so far. Many of us have experienced unusual weight fluctuations along the way. Is it possible that you are close to your time of month? I know my weight can go up 5-10 pounds overnight between TOM and excess salt.

I would simply agree with what everyone has said and stress that when coming out of induction, we should increase our carbs fist with veggies, then fruits and nuts. You may have temporarily stalled, but drink plenty of water and eat your veggies, you'll be losing again before you know it!

This hapened to me because of a low carb traeat i was eating and I cut out the treat and went back to induction for a few days and I was losing again!

Hang in there!

A lot of things can cause water weight - salty foods, ham, pork rinds, and prepared lc foods - bars, sometimes tortillas have a bit of salt.
TOM (time of month) can cause water weight
not drinking enough water
drinking diet sodas
etc....
I would drop back to 25 carbs per day instead of back to induction,
drop the bars, lc tortillas, and get into drinking lots of water (how much do you need to lose)
it is suggested that you drink 1/ 2 your weight in water ie if you weight 200lbs
drink 100oz of water (a little over 3 quarts)
I stall if I don't get enough water, sometimes if I am not drink much at all will show a gain.
hope this helps.
Don't give up
you just have to learn what you can and can't eat, drink, etc.

All I can say is "Ditto the great advice above!"

Yep, those meal-replacement bars are BAD NEWS for many of us. After more than 2 years of eating this way, I STILL can't eat them without stalling and/or gaining.
PLEASE make sure your water intake is at least half your body weight.
We're in the middle of summer and the heat will cause you to retain more fluid than normal. While this is not *true fat weight*, it is weight that your body has to lug around, so it does count.

And let me also say that you are doing just awesome!
Eighteen pounds in one month is nothing to sneeze at!
I wish you much continued success.

Hi, Jennifer:

WELCOME!! Kudos on the 18 pounds!

#1: PLEASE read this. I wrote that a long, long time ago, but I think it still applies. I read it myself every once in awhile just to stay focused.

#2: The Slim Fast Meal Bars have 17 grams per bar. You can see the nutritional data here. There are 13 grams of sugar alcohols per bar. Sugar alcohols affect some of us just as if we consumed real sugar. I performed the calculations for hidden carbs on that product, and came up with a true count of 16 grams per bar. (If you'd like a copy of my hidden carb calculator in Excel, e-mail me at aprilreinhardt2@yahoo.com.

#3: There is an excellent article regarding sugar alcohols here, written by our Web Mistress, Andrea. Please read it.

Ok, you already know what you've been doing and now know better (sometimes we just HAVE to try things for ourselves to learn)

BTW, personally I found that anything with soy flour makes me bloat up bigger than a Macy's Day Parade balloon. Soy flour is a standard sub for regular flour in LC products, read the labels to double check.

Hang in there, you've done SO good so far!

we ALL hit a wall sooner or later and the trick is to not dwell on it and convince ur mind that ur gonna eat food to live not live to eat food. keep to the veggies and slow on the lc *treats* and u will be feeling good in no time!!

If you've been drinking diet soda and caffeine all along and have lost 18 pounds thus far, it seems to me that that hasn't hindered your weight loss. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You've seemed to narrow down the culprit and you've cut out the bars. As for the low carb tortillas, I eat two or three per week and still lose weight. That may not be your experience, but constant tweaking to see what your body will respond to is part and parcel of this way of life.

My two cents...

i would drop the bars first, as they're the most likely culprit, and then look to the tortillas. but the advice you've already gotten is right on, as per usual.

DSH eats the bars often--but he is at goal weight--adn they don't seem to affect him at all--me they tear up my stomach and I don't like most of them either. I guess I am lucky in that respect! Watch the tortillas too--they can be full of unexpected substances that may cause you to retain--if you are sensitive to grains that might be the culprit--try eating clean for a few days --taht mean no extras-meat, veggies and fats--no treats and see if those pesky 7 don't disappear!