NotDead
Is it normal to feel totally knackered? I am 2.5 weeks in and just shattered. Am normally pretty full of energy.
Your energy levels might dip during the initial two weeks, while your body adjusts to burning fat, but by now you should be feeling better. Are you drinking all your water and eating plenty of fat?
ClopySow
I point blank refuse to get on the scales today. I haven't (sorry tmi alert) pooped since friday. I'll jump on them tomorrow or wednesday after the senakot has taken effect.
Make sure you're eating plenty of fat, and getting your carbs from veg and salad - but make sure you're eating fibrous veg, even if you think this might be a bit carbier. Also, lots of water. Other things that could help would be strong coffee, a high strength vitamin C tablet, exercise and - if all else fails - get some of M&S packs of sugar-free sweets - eat one of them all in one go and then go and take up your place in the loo 
voice of bitter experience
margaritasbythesea Mon 13-Jun-16 18:04:06
Definitely the better of two evils! Worth carrying some packs of almonds with you I think. Or - if there's a M&S Food (which more and more service stations have), buy some of their individually wrapped pieces of cheese.
princessconsuelabannahammock
Any ideas on what to do when you have a desire to eat? Should i just have something fatty or drown the feeling with water?
I suspect you probably are hungry - why not have a proper breakfast, instead of the BPC? Otherwise, just have a drink. Snacking can also just be a habit, so you need to accept that and see what you can do to break that.
SoMuchToBits
I'm a bit stumped as to why I've gained 3lb, as the food I've been eating has been much the same as for the previous 6 weeks (in which I had lost 5lb, so a steady, if slow, weight loss)
Sadly, weight loss isn't linear. Have you been taking your measurements?
A couple of days' sample menus:-
Breakfast - 1 rasher bacon, 2 eggs, 1 small tomato, 2 mushrooms, all fried in butter.
Lunch - prawn and avocado salad (125g prawns, 1 avocado, about 2 inches cucumber, 3 cherry tomatoes, a handful of spinach leaves, 2 dessertspoons mayonnaise)
Dinner - bolognaise (no pasta) with a small grating of parmesan, 3 broccoli florets, 5 spears asparagus, with a knob of butter.
Drinks - 2.5l water, 5 cups tea with cream.
Breakfast - 3 egg mushroom omelette, cooked in butter
Lunch - chicken and avocado salad (half a chicken breast cooked in butter, 1 avocado, small amount green pepper, 2 inches cucumber, handful salad leaves, 2 dessertspoons mayonnaise)
Dinner - salmon baked with green beans, basil, cherry tomatoes and black olives (1 salmon fillet, all cooked in olive oil) plus leeks cooked in butter.
Drinks - 2.5l water, 5 cups tea with cream
I have also been sometimes having a Babybel or two as a snack, but have not needed a snack every day
Have had cheese in my lunch about once a week, and a cream sauce in my dinner also about once a week, but trying not to overdo the dairy. But if anything I have had less dairy this last week than in previous weeks. confused
All your food looks fine - it could just be that you're experiencing the notorious week 3/4 slow down, just a bit later. If it worked for you at the beginning, then there's no reason why it wouldn't work now, so I'd say KOKO for now.
Also, you don't have a lot of weight to lose, so things are going to be slower for you.
StrawberryLeaf
S - latte - I know this is not low carb but it's a habit I'm struggling to kick at work not only is this not low carb, it's incredibly carby! Can't you substitute for an American with milk (or even better, cream)? That will really reduce your carbs.
SoMuchToBits
I have about 2 stone to lose, which I guess isn't a huge amount, but still seems like a fair bit to me.
That would put your target at 8 stone 5, which is really quite low - your own body may not want you go that low! I'd try not to focus on two stones, but think about a smaller immediate target, like getting under 140, for example. As you lose weight and change shape, you can reassess whether or not your target is realistic
Was I on another diet prior to this? That's kind of a difficult question to answer, as for most of my adult life I have been at least 'watching what I eat' if not on a specific diet plan. Most diet plans I have failed to stick to in the long term. In the last few years this has partly been because I have never been able to stop drinking fairly large quantities of alcohol (something which I have managed on Low Carb!), but even before this, I found with many of them I would stick to them rigidly but see very little result, and then give up after about a month. I have only twice in my life managed to lose weight successfully over a period of several weeks. If I don't watch what I eat at all and just eat what I like without thinking about it, I usually gain weight quite rapidly (e.g. 10lb over 2 weeks at Christmas)
I think this is about letting your body settle into a new WOE, and let it trust you!
Oh, and I'm still sticking to it, despite the weight gain. I have found my skin is better, my depression and anxiety are better, and my arthritis not so bad on this woe, so those are reasons to keep at it.
Very definitely! It's a much healthier WOE overall, so worth relaxing into it.
Just also point out, if you're on any long term medication (which it sounds like you might be), this can also sometimes impede weight loss.
I have found though, that I'm really tired all the time (which I expected might happen for the first couple of weeks, but I'm now 7 weeks in). Interesting about the salt though, as I'm the sort of person who never adds salt to anything, even chips and crisps (I would get the salt'n'shake ones and not add the salt). Not that I'm eating potato products now, of course! But I may need to add salt to my food, which seems quite alien to me.
Worth trying this, but also worth looking at the fat content of your diet and see if you can up that further.
WanHeda
The weight gain will have been mainly the re-filling of your glycogen stores - not fat. So hopefully it will soon be gone! If you can up your exercise levels as well, this will help.