Hi, I hope you can help and that you can allay my fears that weird things are going on. I am a major fan of the Atkins diet and managed to shed 28lbs, 2 years ago, on it and have kept it off. I am now 159lbs and went on the Atkins again about 8-10 weeks ago as I was starting to feel suffocated by my extra weight. slowly, I managed to lose 6.25lbs, but more importantly 10 inches. I had a bit of a bad spell when my Boyfriend had his Birthday, but I got straight back to it and have been feeling slimmer than ever. However, I weighed myself this morning and I have put on 3.25 of the 6.25lbs I lost (not all in one go, the last time I weighed I had put some on), but I have lost another 1.5 inches, making my total inch loss 11.5. How can I be losing inches, but not weight and actually putting it on? I am desperate to be around 140lbs as I am only 5'2". If any of you have any help, advice or reassurance, please may I have it? Thanks

I tried it.I think it did make a slight difference.I should probobly pull it out again.The hardest part was eating all the greens.I was tired of lettuce usually half way through the amount I was supposed to eat.The salmon,oatmeal,bluberries were all fairly easy,and his entire plan is not terribly far removed from the way I eat anyway.I did think the photos were bogus in the book.All the befores were sans makeup.All the afters looked like they had a professional do their makeup.Much of his diet is common sense.Who hasn't heard the one about drinking lots of water to hydrate the skin?And I believe that other researchers have made links between sugar consumption and inflamation.It's worth a try for a quick fix.Might be hard if youre a junk food junkie though.

When I first saw this, I didn't know whether it was the "Corn" Rotation Diet or the Short-for-"Carnal" Rotation Diet. Either way, I'd consider this an ad if I worked here.... :-(

@gsciencechick you should update us! Are you still following this program? Do you do two meals a day? I know we had some type diet thread and I mentioned that I was kind of doing IF but unknown to me. I do not like to eat early in the morning. I most often eat around 11:00 ish and will either do breakfast or lunch foods, whatever I am in the mood for. I rarely have caffeine, but I do like a hot drink in the mornings if I'm having breakfast type food. I usually don't eat again until dinner, although many days I will have something mid-afternoon, usually an apple or nuts, or sugar-free cocoa (during cold weather), etc. Once I started hearing so much about IF, I became more intentional. I try to eat between 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Right now I'm really working on getting in more water. I have not lost any weight recently, but I have not gained, even during the pandemic.