Is It Even Possible For Women To Lose Weight On PB? page 49

[Isis]

Personally, I think this has very much to do with how you were eating before going Primal, and how much going Primal has changed that. The worse your diet was before, the faster you will probably lose weight when switching. If you were eating decently before (although maybe too much), you probably will not have as fast/visible/measurable results instantly.

I do agree with this... as I was genearlly healthy to start with, I feel like I have the least to gain from primal, so to speak. of course I have received other benefits (reduced allegies etc), but would really love to loose some fat!

Posting up your average eating habits/meals may help. Have you looked into leptin reset? A lot of people have found that helpful. Remember that each body needs different things and one persons miracle cure may not be for you.

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ETA: To the person who bumped this up: check into the leptin reset. I don't know much about it, because it does not concern me, but there are a lot of people who have struggled to lose who have had success with it.

Also, look into the Leptin reset. I have adopted some of those rules/principles lately and they seemed to have helped.

For every person that the Leptin reset appears to have helped, there's at least one who gained weight, felt terrible and generally went backwards. I have been following that thread since it started and there's really only 2 or 3 stand out success stories. Isis (who resurrected this thread) was one of the people who gained weight doing it.

Haha yep I tried the leptin reset, as NourishedEm noticed the huge portein breakfasts got easier over time, but my waist got fatter, was feeling sick and gross on the way to work every morning, overcame that, but then my stomach got bloated and still is. but the reset helped with snacking and overeating, so one would expect weight to naturally drop off? but I suspect I was pretty much leptin sensitive to begin with, just upping my protein (and subsequentally all that fat that comes with it!) at breakfast didn't do anything in terms of weight loss.

meh. this week I'm purposely upping my carb intake because what do I have to loose?

[demuralist]

For me, the more I conceive of a program as, sort of -who I am and what I do- as opposed to -what I eat and how to lose weight- I do better losing weight and feeling good. Again, for me, the mere focus on the scales and trying to lose weight turns this into something akin to a diet, which makes me obsess about what to eat and want to cheat if the scale goes up or look for treats when the scale goes down, and I do, even if it is only a taste, and it is counter productive in terms of weight loss as well as becoming a person who is primal. That person I dream of being.

One of the things I think of as being part of my Primal Blueprint, is to learn to listen to my body cues as to hunger-when to eat, what to eat, when to stop-so the idea of cramming the amount of food prescribed by the Leptin Reset into my body within 30 minutes of waking up is a total no go. I am done with doing ridiculous things for the promise of weight loss (did that for about 38 years and ended up 100 pounds overweight as opposed to the original 10).

I was on Atkins-VLC for a good 3 to 4 months before I started this. I did not do all the shakes/bars but did use more dairy and artificial sweeteners than I should. I obsessed about every detail. That is how I lost the first 20 of my loss. I have been doing Primal for a week, just getting the hang of it. I have lost a couple more, but I now track on a journal instead of fitday or spark so that I can see what I am eating but to attempt to keep me from obsessing about the details.

I am 100% confident this does and will continue to work-for me my attitude has to match my program. I have to believe, and I do, that this is the best thing I can do for myself right now. It has to be about more than weight loss or I would not be able to walk away from all of the non-primal foods without feeling deprived.

[loves walking]

bump:

I decided to bump this thread up. Because I have been reading post after post about women having problems losing weight. I thought if they read this thread it might help them.
There is alot of good advice in this thread............

[Tigger]

[QUOTE=shepherd;98316]Not anywhere near my goal yet, but...
even though my weight numbers haven't shifted much (less than 10lbs of my 70 I need to lose), my body composition seems to have changed markedly. I've lost clothing sizes and I am starting to see some definition in the muscles I've been working. It's not because they weren't there before, it's because the fat is finally getting used.

I have noticed this one too. The scale numbers that we obsess about on CW really don't mean as much on PB. According to the scale, I have clothes that should still be obscenely tight and pulled. However, they fit wonderfully! Maybe I'm just re-distributing my fat, but for now, that's not a bad thing either.

NoSaladWithoutMeat -- Remember too, that the scale is only one indicator of health. How do you FEEL after being on PB for a few months?

[yogabug]

I read through many many of these pages and wanted to add my experience of the past six weeks on PB. Initially lost ten pounds, boom, fast, easy. I reckon it was mostly water and bloat. I have a sensitivity to gluten so stopping even the small grain cheats there undoubtedly helped.

Then I added in more exercise (30 day Bikram challenge, sprints, walking) and have gained two pounds but dropped 2% body fat. As much as I'd like to see a certain number on the scale I don't really care that much because I've had to buy a smaller size jean.

Otherwise I am sleeping more, have cut out a lot of the baggage (stress) in my life by saying no to things I don't want to do and yes to the things I do want to do. Such as Bikram every day for thirty days. Such as yes please I will have that big a** steak and hold the potato. By turning off the computer, the tv, the phone and going for a walk.

This may seem way off topic but here's a metaphysical question for you. Is there anything in your life that you feel you need protection from? There is a theory that we hold weight when we need to make bigger boundaries with the outside world. If PB isn't doing it for you, maybe look inside and see if there is any emotional reason you don't want to be thinner, smaller, sexier etc. Sometimes we need to dump the emotional junk before our bodies respond to our wishes.

[Knifegill]

very frustrating and disappointing for those of us who look for affirmations in the success of others.

Eating disorder? Or do you mean you like to see others succeed? Am I reading this wrong?

my stomach is super flat (never had trouble there though), my jeans are falling off constantly, my legs have less fat on them

Failure to acknowledge success? The number on the scale means nothing. You're watching your own body change for good and pretending it's not? I do not understand this at all.

Is that bony thing in your avatar you? Why are you only eating 1300 calories a day?