Hi,
So I started Atkins last September. In three months I went from 10 9 to 8 9. It is a great diet!! I am only 5 2 and a small frame so in a strange way still look chubby. To be a healthy BMI I can even be 7.5 stone etc etc..
Christmas hit and I relaxed, put on only 1 pound, and then very unsuccessfully tried 5 2 but cravings hit on non fast days. I managed to maintain weight from Xmas up until two weeks ago and now it is creeping up on me. I am nearly up to nine stone again and as I am a small frame am looking chubby even at that weight. I am wondering whether to to give my body a weight loss boost as I enjoyed the structure of atkins but not entirely sure I can maintain it. I exercise on a cross trainer four times a week for half an hour for fitness( it sincerely makes no no difference to weight loss, only diet does that for me). Where do I go from here. I have worked so hard at losing baby weight I don't want it to go wrong. Where do you think I should go from here? Worried that all the fat from atkins might make me put on more wright now I am not particularly overweight. My ideal weight is probably about 8.5. I am a small frame so therefore I would be still be healthy at this weight. Health is important to me but still want to look good which is hard when you have a small frame. Weight looks so obvious when you are smaller. Any advice???? Just think I think I cheat too much on 5 2 and having two kids I keep finding excuses to bake x x
Thank you for any advice, just wanting experiences on a maintainable diet x x