[baritkello]

it's my third week on the Atkins diet - my BMI is still high - so i decided to continue the induction phase for 2 more weeks - i get on the scale every day - and every day i see some weight lose.

but today - i gained weight - even thought i changed nothing in my menu and kept doing my sport activity (maybe i ate too much vegies yesterday? but they all were green vegies.. Damn!)

please Help.. Before it's to late and i will return to my starting weight.

(i started at 165 Lbs and till yesterday i lost 12.36 Lbs.. and i was very please with myself.. and suddenly today - the scale shows i gained 0.66 Lbs!!)

i feel like such a failure !

[Opinion_counts]

Weight loss is neither predictable nor linear. Those little blips up are completely normal (all the reasons Blue suggested) and expected. Roll with it. Your weight over time, not your daily weight, is what you should be focusing on. Week to week, month to month, season to season... it's the big picture that gives you a better guage of your success. A temporary blip up is just something to teach you patience and perseverance. Use it.

[zuhraliyana]

Patience and Perseverance .....AH HAH....So that's what those roller-coaster blips are supposed to be teaching me...I must have an extra lot to learn then...lol

It took me a while to learn to NOT weigh in everyday...to not obsess over the daily changes...I finally got smart (smarter?) and got rid of the scale altogether...Now I weigh in once a week at my workout center...

Of all of the reasons that Blue listed the one (other than too much sodium, of which I am constantly guilty) that caught my eye is the "missed visit to the bathroom" one....Waaaaaay back in the sixties, when I first began my battle of the bulge, we ALWAYS "went" just before getting on the scale..'cause it was common "fact" that you weighed less that way..after all pee weighed in at "a pint/a pound"...If I had a dollar for every diet myth I listened to............................sigh.........

[Opinion_counts]

Well... it IS true that you weigh more before a BM than afterward!! LOL I don't think you should force yourself to poop before you weigh in though.