[letmelogin]

Oh, help me please!

I did Atkins successfully in 2000 and lost 75 pounds, went into maintenance and successfully kept it off. I then contracted meningitis, forgot how to walk, literally, and regained an outrageous amount over the course of 14 months.

This Easter, I started induction with my fiancé at 272 pounds. (I'm 5'8") We cleared the house of any and ALL carbs, and went on an extremely strict version of induction, since I'm very resistant. He lost 55 pounds by July. I lost 32, but 20 was due to a bout of food poisoning.

Now, nearly six months later, I have been completely unable to lose a bit since April! I consume NO caffeine, NO aspartame, and no more than 5 grams of carb a day, and more usually 0! No booze, no soda, not even any sweetener. Meat, water, fiber, and sugar-free vitamin preps. I've picked up swimming laps on my doctor's advice, and still, NOTHING. Nor inches lost, either. No sauces, no dressings, no fun at all. . . but I can and will do it, if it'll work! I'm desperately sick of plain chicken breasts!

I do have some dietary limitations (dairy for one) and must be really strict about what I eat, so cheating for me is worse than just the blahs and a few pounds gained, thus, I don't do it. For a while I had sunk below 1500 calories a day, but about 6 weeks ago I corrected to get back to or slightly above that level. I KNOW Atkins works, it did for me once, but I'm so terribly disheartened - I was hoping to be at least 50 pounds down after 6 months of perfect behavior!

I can't believe my body really wants to stay at 240 pounds, which is outrageously heavy health-wise! I've built some muscle mass, but even with the lean mass addition, I'd expect the metabolically active tissue to help me lose faster, not stall me completely. . . has anyone ever run into this?