Atkins Diet: Why am I not losing? (Part 1)

In this video, I deal with another viewer comment on why do people not lose weight or suffer weight loss stalls / plateaus. The first answer is "is it really a stall?", "Have you lost any inches not just pounds?", and "Have you not lost in more than 4 weeks?" If you satisfy these above question, this video is for you.

Here is list of reasons that I go into in this video:
1.) Eating too many carbs (hidden carbs / underestimating)
2.) Undereating - starvation mode dieting
3.) Dehydration
4.) Overeating
5.) Too little exercise
6.) Stress
7.) Food Sensitivities / Candida

In the next video I will touch upon your response. Here are some other good low carb resources:
http://lowcarb4life.sugarbane.com/stalls.htm
http://www.lowcarb.ca/tips/tips008.html
They as well as years of helping others assisted me in making video

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• Atkins
• Diet
• Low
• carb
• Carbohydrate
• Fitness
• Weightloss
• Success
• Exercise
• Stalls
• Obesity

[paulwall0007]

great vids from the uk

[bowulf]

@paulwall0007 I appreciate it, and if you ever have specific requests for English cuisine, let me know... I take requests.

[Erinloveable]

It seems like I wont lose weight then. I am stressed out all the time and as unmotivated to exercise as it gets. "Just do it" is not motivation. And I also have frequent starvation phases where I am not hungry and I don't want to eat. Maybe low calorie and watching my fat has to be how it's done.

[bowulf]

@Erinloveable The problem is that those things will affect any weight loss. Low carb is not unique in this regard. The good news is often it is small changes that can lead to big results. Small habits can lead to further actions, and for me the ease of following the low carb plan, made the starting good habits that much easier. Struggling with the eating and trying to hit the gym would have been the double whammy for me. At least with Atkins, I could focus on one and still eat things I like.

[sizzlingsweet0820]

Anyone on the Atkins Diet should really research it. There is cases where people ended up with serious health problems from this diet including kidney failure. You may want to reconsider this diet.

[bowulf]

@sizzlingsweet0820 Really where is the proof? I know of maybe two cases of people thinking they were doing Atkins (but weren't) that had issues. I on the other hand have done it for 7 years and my annual physicals and blood works have been fantastic. My doctor uses me as his poster child for what should be done.

Doing research at non-biased (aka not PETA or PCRM supported) sites leads me to believe this is best way for me to live.

[OHpink]

@bowulf I just remove the replies from hecklers. Isn't it sad that they don't have anything to do but interfere with those of us that really want to learn something? You are doing a great service and explaining things that I haven't been able to find before. Thanks.

[bowulf]

@xjun2001 That is the key example for why Atkins works so well. From day 1, your insulin production should be put under control and leveled out. No longer are you subject to the blood glucose spikes and insulin dumps that your body was formerly subjected.

[xjun2001]

i read that if your are insulin resistance and have high levels of insulin, it is hard to lose weight. do you think that is true? if so, does atkins help get your insulin under control?

[TheMissKatrinaxxx]

I weighed myself this morning after doing 2 weeks of induction and I weighed the exact same weight as before I started the diet! Is it possible I haven't lost any weight?? Or the scales are lying? I'm feeling very discouraged...