I’m restarting after an 8 month hiatus, I recently moved form London UK to Lagos Nigeria. The proliferation of starchy, porridgey, food as well as the ubiquitiousness of rice dishes convinced me that I could give up Atkins and just ‘watch what I ate’. This was despite the fact that I had lost 30lbs on it from 185lbs to 155lbs
Fast forward to July 2003 and even though I’m exercising 3-4 times a week and ‘trying not eat junk’ I’m weighing in at 156lbs.
While my weight gain wasn’t drastic, I realized that the only way to reach my target weight of 135lbs would be to go back on Atkins.
Coming back on, I’ve lost 11lbs in month with a whoosh halfway through.
Ironically though this has been without exercise as I was a bit off healthwise (unrelated to WOE) and then I was being lazy. I restarted last and it was gratifying to hear from gym buddies that despite my absence, I was looking good

I’m going on Holiday (24th Oct) next month and I would really like to lose another 5-8lbs before then.
Do I

a. Give up. It’s an unrealistic aim
b. Go on a meat/fat fast
c. Try a reversal diet/fruit fast?
d. Obey whatever good advice you all have to dispense

Pls be gentle

tolstar
You're not fat, just beefy

Tolstar - seems to me that you are fairly close to goal as it is, so why would you give up now? In the meantime, because you are close to goal, the weight will take longer to come off. Atkins works for you, so why change your approach? If you lose .5 lb a week, you will have lost teo lbs by the time you go on holiday, which is a quarter of what you want to lose to meet goal - pretty stinkin' good! I guess what I'm trying to say is your spproach ain't broken, what needs to be fixed?

Jen
175/131/120

sorry, I wasn’t clear, I meant give up on attaining that goal in time for the 24th October. Thanks for your comments!

tolstar
You're not fat, just beefy

Edit your goal to doing the best you can?