What am I doing wrong?

penny928 · 06-05-2008, 06:10 AM

I started back on low carb 2 weeks ago - the first week I lost 4 pounds, this week I gained 1 pound, eating the same things.
For breakfast I eat Linda's Mexican quiche
For lunch I eat Linda's Deep Dish Pizza or other quiche or Boars Head salame and cheese
For dinner I eat meat and vegetable
For evening snack I eat Pork rinds drizzled with butter and sprinkled with Splenda/cinnamon.
Sometimes I have a small spoon of natural peanut butter, sometimes I have cheese for a snack to keep symptoms of hypoglycemia away.
Is it obvious that I am making some mistakes?
Penny

ragtopwife · 06-05-2008, 06:39 AM

Perhaps too few calories? Are you eating to your BMR?

BMR!!! Eating To your BMR... No Matter What!

cyberjja · 06-05-2008, 05:21 PM

A few things come to mind.... Maybe its the salty salami thats making you keep on water weight? Are you drinking a lot of water daily?

You might also want to ditch the peanut butter until a little later on... and one last thing, i dont know the ingredients that are in the "Lindas Recipes" but if there is a lot of cheeses, that might cause a stall.

Oh, and make sure to eat more vegetables...

Califrog · 06-05-2008, 07:25 PM

I just finished my first month back on low carb. For two and one-half weeks of that, I bloated up like a prize turkey with water weight gain from PMS and TOM, barely able to maintain what I had lost. This week it's whooshing right off (well, out!

) of me.

Some weeks are just like that.

penny928 · 06-06-2008, 08:41 AM

cyberjja,
You may be right in your comments in several ways. I will stay away from the salame and peanut butter for a while and see what happens. Yes, there is a lot of cheese in the recipes I use, and after reading another person's stall and eventually discovering the problem was cheese, it made me wonder if that is my problem. I will make adjustments and hope that will fix the problem. I drink about 80 - 100 ounces of water a day and I do eat a lot of veggies.

JerseyGyrl · 06-06-2008, 08:48 AM

12-15 of your 20 carbs for the day should be coming from veggies & salad.

06-05-2008, 06:10 AM	#1
penny928 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 15 Gallery: penny928 Stats: 277/206/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June, 2003	What am I doing wrong? I started back on low carb 2 weeks ago - the first week I lost 4 pounds, this week I gained 1 pound, eating the same things. For breakfast I eat Linda's Mexican quiche For lunch I eat Linda's Deep Dish Pizza or other quiche or Boars Head salame and cheese For dinner I eat meat and vegetable For evening snack I eat Pork rinds drizzled with butter and sprinkled with Splenda/cinnamon. Sometimes I have a small spoon of natural peanut butter, sometimes I have cheese for a snack to keep symptoms of hypoglycemia away. Is it obvious that I am making some mistakes? Penny

06-05-2008, 05:21 PM	#3
cyberjja Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7 Gallery: cyberjja	A few things come to mind.... Maybe its the salty salami thats making you keep on water weight? Are you drinking a lot of water daily? You might also want to ditch the peanut butter until a little later on... and one last thing, i dont know the ingredients that are in the "Lindas Recipes" but if there is a lot of cheeses, that might cause a stall. Oh, and make sure to eat more vegetables... Last edited by cyberjja : 06-05-2008 at 05:23 PM.

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06-05-2008, 06:39 AM	#2
ragtopwife Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: SC Posts: 393 Gallery: ragtopwife Stats: 218/181.5/145 WOE: Atkins Start Date: March 2006 - 218/172 & July 27 2008 @ 196	Perhaps too few calories? Are you eating to your BMR? BMR!!! Eating To your BMR... No Matter What!

06-05-2008, 07:25 PM	#4
Califrog Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: California Posts: 540 Gallery: Califrog Stats: 209/187/148 5'9" Age: 41 WOE: Vintage Atkins Minus Gluten Start Date: May 5, 2008	I just finished my first month back on low carb. For two and one-half weeks of that, I bloated up like a prize turkey with water weight gain from PMS and TOM, barely able to maintain what I had lost. This week it's whooshing right off (well, out! ) of me. Some weeks are just like that.

06-06-2008, 08:41 AM	#5
penny928 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 15 Gallery: penny928 Stats: 277/206/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June, 2003	cyberjja, You may be right in your comments in several ways. I will stay away from the salame and peanut butter for a while and see what happens. Yes, there is a lot of cheese in the recipes I use, and after reading another person's stall and eventually discovering the problem was cheese, it made me wonder if that is my problem. I will make adjustments and hope that will fix the problem. I drink about 80 - 100 ounces of water a day and I do eat a lot of veggies.

06-06-2008, 08:48 AM	#6
JerseyGyrl Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NW New Jersey But, My Heart's In Pittsburgh! GO STEELERS!!! Posts: 884 Gallery: JerseyGyrl Stats: 245/143/145 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 13,2004	12-15 of your 20 carbs for the day should be coming from veggies & salad.