I've been going to the gym 6 days a week. Eating right...w/ the exception of the past 2 days...for 3 weeks now. Not an inch gone. Not another pound. What in the great world is going on!??!? I haven't lost ANYTHING since the 8 lbs whoosh 3 weeks ago which I think was all because of water.

I alternate cardio and weights 20 minutes of HIIT cardio and 30-45 minutes of HIIT weights

My menu:
Breakfast:
1-2 c of broccoli sauteed in Coconut oil w/ mixed italian cheese
1 scrambled egg
1/2 an avocado

Lunch:
3 c of cabbage w/ tuna (mayo and relish)

Snack:

4 deviled egg halves

Dinner:
Some type of meat and cauliflower, squash, or broccoli

My water intake is approx 150-180 oz a day.

Thanks to you all your responses REALLY help to not just quit after trying for so long so hard!!

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Wish I could help, but I've been stalled for ever, can't get into the next decade no matter what I try. Just bounce up and down in a 5-8 lb range like a yo-yo. You might try cutting back a tad on the veggies and see if that helps. I've gone back to the original Atkins plan, circa 1972, where you count carbs, not net carbs, and start at essentially 0 and add in 5 per day each week, primarily veggies and cottage cheese. We have a thread in the challenge forum, if you want to take a peek.

With all your exercise, perhaps you're gaining muscle weight??? If you're not gaining, but holding steady, it could be just that.

I understand your frustration, but one day you'll see a downward trend, and we'll all let out a big "whoopee!" for ya!

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Wow - maybe it's just the season. I just posted my stall story in the 100 thread. (I've been stuck between 210-215 for over a month now) This is despite walking 10 miles a day for a week.

The truth is, we're both a lot closer to our goal weight then when we started and sometimes our bodies need a little time to adjust before moving on.

ps Sue - I don't see anything wrong with your diet as long as the relish is sugar free....

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Welcome to low-carb eating.
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What? That's all ya got? "I'm stalled too's"??! You were supposed to say "Oh don't worry! Monday you'll wake up and be 15 lbs lighter! LOL Just kidding!

I'm glad to see that there are other that are with me. At least I know I'm not the only one on the planet with this problem! I changed my exercise routine a little though. I'm circuit training 2 days a week and cardio 4 days a week and instead of running I'm increasing my incline by 1% each minute for intervals of 4 minutes and increading my speed by .5 miles SO
minute 0-2 3.0 warm up
3 3.5 1%
4 3.5 2%
5 4.0 3%
6 4.0 4%
7 3.5 1%

and so on until I get to minute 17 then I up it to 5% at 4.5 where I'm jogging. I thought that this might not be as good as a work out as I'd planned out on paper but today was my first day of the change and BOY was I exhausted when I was done! I've read that circuit training is better and that walking at an incline is better than running. Maybe this'll get it in the right direction.


Spride, I can't believe that you've lost NOTHING walking 10 miles a day! When I went to Spain in Sept we walked abt 15-20 a day I was there for 4 days and lost 4 lbs...gained it all back though :( Why do you walk so much?

Queen mama, What is up with the 8 lbs fluctuation! That happened to me too! I'm even making sure I have my ACV and everything is cooked in coconut oil and I use sea salt so I should be getting enough of that too. I'm thinking of adding some green tea and hoodia to the mix. Although I really don't know what the Hoodia is all about yet...We should get together and have a celebration party when we finally break the stalls!

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Well, we moved here (to Bermuda) 3 months ago and I don't have a gym yet.
The only one car restriction leaves me without wheels every day b/c dw/dd need it for the commute.

Since the day here starts an hour earlier, I have time in the morning to go for long walks, so I do!

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Welcome to low-carb eating.
The food's not bad here.

Tia, my stall finally broke. I had to get serious about counting every carb and calorie, watching my portion control, and now I've had a nice break, finally got just into the new decade after many, many, many months. Looks like this is going to be the way I have to do it. I've been plugging my food into Fitday, and it's been helping to see what I've been eating each day. I've decided to do the original Atkins plan, counting carbs instead of net carbs, and it is working for me. After all, the first time I did low carb, it was before anyone had ever heard of net carbs, and it worked great then.

I just need to get back into the exercise routine. Truthfully, mornings are the best time for me to exercise, but I'd sure rather sleep!

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There must be really nice scenery where you are Spride! There's not much for me to see here where I live that I haven't seen already! Where did you move to Bermuda from?

Queen,
I meant to ask you abt the cutting back on the veggies. I've been trying to up my carbs. If I cut back on them what should I add. Today I plan on eating

Breakfast:
1 c broccoli 1 c cauliflower w/ 1 oz italian mix cheese sauteed in coconut oil w/ 1/2 avocado 1 slice crumbled bacon

Lunch:
Tuna salad w/ 3 cups Spinach ranch dressing (had to make w/ non sugar free relish bc we ran out and it was the only thing we had) and 1 slice crumbled bacon

snack: 10-15 pepperoni slices & 8 cheese cubes
snack: 1 c carrots w/ ranch

Dinner: some type of meat w/ ?? dunno...seems like I've eaten everything I should for the day. I'll prob eat a cup of cauliflower or something. That's the problem w/ eating those veggies for breakfast but that breakfast mix that I discovered is SOOO good!

Working on upping carbs. How would you suggest I tweak that Queen? Thanks!!

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Sue -

Just a thought, but one of the ways I've seen people break stalls is to cut out (or at least cut back on) cheese. I hate to do it, but it is a possibility.

Sven

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Welcome to low-carb eating.
The food's not bad here.

Now would that be cut back or cut out? Today and yesterday are the first days that I've really had cheese for a snack otherwise I've only had the cheese in the morning sprinkled on the broccoli and cauliflower mix. And I don't even think that it really comes to a full oz every time. I have no problem cutting it out if that's what you suggest I try! I'll give anything a try right about now! Thanks Spride!

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To me, it looks like maybe you are not eating enough. I am not saying go and carbo load. I'm just saying maybe you should eat a little more with all your HIIT workouts.

I have heard it time and time again to exercise more, eat less. Well, that might work for some people but it never worked for me. Sure, I would do that and I would gain weight and inches. It wasn't until I started exercising the same amount and fueling my body with a little more healthier low carb choices that I was able to break through my stall. As soon as I did this, I dropped 7 lbs in 3 days. (this was still when I had about 30 lbs left to lose)

Also, maybe you should be eating 5 smaller meals a day - like every 2.5-3 hours to keep your metabolism revved up. This has worked wonders for me and has helped me to build leaner muscle mass.

One person I truly admire and respect is Tom Venuto and his program 'Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle'. I don't exactly follow it to a tee but I do incorporate some of his wisdom into my healthy lifestyle (5 smaller meals, exercising, etc)

I wish you the best of luck and hope you find what works for you

Hi Tia! A two or three week stall after induction is not at all unusual. Hang in there and you'll drop some weight shortly (can't promise by monday )
Tracking food to see if you're not eating enough (or eating too much) is a good idea. Also sometimes when you first up your exercise you can stall. Keep tweaking. giving up cream in favor of half and half once worked for me to break a stall. You never know what your own personal barriers to weight loss are unless you play around with this woe.

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Sheyla,
You've got to elaborate more! I have 2 snacks. Does that not count as meals? These are must knows!! I am willing to take ANY advice right about now to stay on this wagon. I've been doing REALLY well so I'm trying to keep the faith so to speak. Like what else should I add. There's not much that I see that I could add w/ out going over the 25-30 carbs that I'm trying to achieve. Thanks SO much for all the input!

Rob- exercising causes stalls!! What did I start for?!?! LOL J/K I actually still get up at 4:30am even when I don't have to work to go to the gym at 5:00 it's turned into a very good habit I've always loved working out but could never find the time and when I finally resolved to wake up earlier to get to the gym at the beginning of the day. I found that I LOVE it even more than I did before because I've already accomplished something for the day!

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One thing you might want to do is up your protien counts... most people forget that building muscle you need protien for repair, etc... ifyou don't give your body enough protien, then it will go to its own muscles to get what it needs ... ie your heart is muscle... protien... so... just looking at your listings, watch the pepperoni (salted and might be holding on to water) add protien, that might help also...

take care
glad to see you back around here.
carolyn

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