Atkins Induction - Day 3 - YUCK!!

[Mommy Poppins]

Wow, you were all right! Today is day 3 for me with Atkins and I feel really crappy! Hopefully after tomorrow (day 4) I will start to feel better.

Thanks for all the encouragement and support!

 

[lexiluke]

Today is my Day 4, and YES!!! I do feel better - THANKFULLY!! Yesterday was terrible. In fact, yesterday evening when my DH got home I started crying. I was afraid I might feel like that for longer than I could stand, but today is definetly better, so hang in there!! I still can't say I feel 100%, but at least I do see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Hey, we've basically started at the same time. I hope we both have great success on this!

 

[scarlett873]

hang in there guys!! i just finished induction and i had a rough start...it gets easier!!!!!

 

[wdwnutze]

It definately does get easier usually around day 4-5. Pretty soon your appetite will diminish and your cravings will go away. Keep reading the boards to stay motivated and remember you are physically almost through the worst of it. It will get better and you will see how easy Atkins really is. I have been on Atkins for 8 wks today and I have lost 30lbs. I am still on the induction part(my choice to stay at this level for a little while) but I will be adding more carbs soon. I do not feel deprived or hungry and I have had a lot of success. You will get lots of encouragement and support from the boards so keep coming back. Good luck!

 

[Beanie]

I agree with the majority! It does get easier around Day 4 or 5...it did for me anyway! Keep up the great work, you can do this!! It does get better...pretty soon you won't even be thinking about it!

 

[Mommy Poppins]

Thanks for all the encouragement. I am still trying to figure out what I can and can't eat. Also, still not clear on how many carbs are in some foods. Oh well, I'm drinking about 80 oz of water a day, so it can't be all bad.

 

[Gillian]

I hope you have a good day today! Atkins is easy, but getting started is awful, isn't it?

Keep drinking that water!

 

[TigH]

Hang in there! You are doing a great job!!!! From everything I've read here you should be feeling better soon and then get that great rush of energy! Good luck, you can do it!!!!

 

[KeyKey]

Keep it up. The hardest part is over and it only gets better from here. LOL and congrats on making it through.

Kim

 

[cleo]

Keep at it! It DOES get better, and that headache will go away pretty quickly, too!

Just wondering: 80 oz of water is a lot. Your kidneys can only process about 4 oz per half hour and the rest is stored in your tissue (water weight gain!) Does your diet require you to drink that much? Wow!!

 

[BethR]

cleo, atkins suggests that you drink 8 - 8 oz glasses of water PLUS an additional 8 oz for every 25 pounds that you have to lose.

I had never heard the information that you shared about the kidneys only processing 4 oz per half hour!

 

[Highland Lass]

Hi

I'm on day 10 now of Atkins, the longest I have ever stayed on a diet !!

I haven't broken it at all despite having the headache from hell for the first 2 days and a weepy/rough day 8.

My first headache on Atkins started 2 hours after I started and I was sick all day..........thought I had made a huge mistake!!

However Day 10 is here and I am feeling OK if a little tired.

I find the encouragement on these boards fantastic, I look here daily.

Good luck and well done with the water. I struggle to drink enough!!

 

[webray]

Hang in there...we have been on Induction since mid june...hubby and I are both over 30 pounds off now and plenty of inches.

We are feeling great.

 

[nativetxn]

You are doing <i>great</i>, webray!

Mommy Poppins, are you feeling better now. It's been a month. Sorry I wasn't around when you were feeling so badly.