I've been on the total solution for about 6 weeks now - had great results, lost about 2 stone so far which is fantastic
however the last 2 weeks I've stalled a bit..
I do have times when I have to eat a real meal but I try and be very careful about calorie and carb consumption when I do. I try to stick to 10g carbs, and 200 calories and occasionally 20g carbs when I haven't had a bar that day.
2 weeks ago I got a bit slack and had a few real meals that were controlled but only really around carbs.
On 3 or 4 days my calorie count was about 800 calories, and on one day it got up to 1400 (oops). So was expecting to lose weight but not as much -I actually put on about 5kg.
This week I've been pretty good - had 2 real meals on one day (2 eggs and small slice of bread, and a prawn and spinach salad) total coming in at 600 calories and 40g carbs as per usual exante day.
But I'm not really losing weight - other than that this week I've been on total replacement diet with only additions being bouillon (1 heaped tbsp max each day) and coke zero (max 1 can per day)
I check regularly with ketostix and I have never dropped out of ketosis (been very careful about that!) but have gone from very dark to quite light on the scale. I'm back in the middle at the moment.
I'm back to where I was 2 weeks ago in terms of weight loss - so my blip is sorted but I'm struggling to get lower. Any tips? Should I cut the coke zero? Do I really have to face facts that if I eat more than 600 calories now I'm going to put on weight?!
however the last 2 weeks I've stalled a bit..
I do have times when I have to eat a real meal but I try and be very careful about calorie and carb consumption when I do. I try to stick to 10g carbs, and 200 calories and occasionally 20g carbs when I haven't had a bar that day.
2 weeks ago I got a bit slack and had a few real meals that were controlled but only really around carbs.
On 3 or 4 days my calorie count was about 800 calories, and on one day it got up to 1400 (oops). So was expecting to lose weight but not as much -I actually put on about 5kg.
This week I've been pretty good - had 2 real meals on one day (2 eggs and small slice of bread, and a prawn and spinach salad) total coming in at 600 calories and 40g carbs as per usual exante day.
But I'm not really losing weight - other than that this week I've been on total replacement diet with only additions being bouillon (1 heaped tbsp max each day) and coke zero (max 1 can per day)
I check regularly with ketostix and I have never dropped out of ketosis (been very careful about that!) but have gone from very dark to quite light on the scale. I'm back in the middle at the moment.
I'm back to where I was 2 weeks ago in terms of weight loss - so my blip is sorted but I'm struggling to get lower. Any tips? Should I cut the coke zero? Do I really have to face facts that if I eat more than 600 calories now I'm going to put on weight?!